Prepare for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner CLF-C02 exam with this practical AWS study guide covering cloud fundamentals, core AWS services, security, pricing, governance, and real-world cloud scenarios.
Key Features
Gain AWS cloud knowledge aligned with CLF-C02 exam objectives
Learn through a practical business case study
Understand cloud architecture, security, pricing, governance, and operations
Build hands-on experience with AWS accounts, databases, monitoring, and security tools
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Book DescriptionAWS is one of the world's leading cloud platforms, helping organizations build scalable, secure, cost-effective, and highly available digital solutions. Build a strong AWS foundation and prepare for the CLF-C02 exam with a practical, scenario-driven study guide. You will work through the needs of a fictional company, Belly Brew Co. Limited, and learn how AWS services can be used to solve real business and technical challenges.
You will begin by exploring cloud computing fundamentals, virtualization, AWS global infrastructure, support plans, account setup, multi-account strategies, and AWS Organizations. You will then learn how to secure AWS environments using IAM, IAM Identity Center, Amazon Cognito, and the principle of least privilege.
As you progress, you will explore key AWS services across storage, networking, compute, databases, high availability, elasticity, monitoring, governance, and security.
The book also introduces important cloud business concepts, including pricing models, cost optimization, AWS Budgets, Cost Explorer, cloud economics, the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework, and the AWS Well-Architected Framework. By the end of this book, you will be ready to approach the CLF-C02 exam with confidence and apply AWS cloud knowledge in real-world workplace scenarios.What you will learn
Understand cloud concepts, service models, and deployment models
Explore AWS global infrastructure, Regions, Availability Zones, and edge locations
Secure AWS accounts using IAM, MFA, and access best practices
Learn core services including S3, VPC, EC2, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, Route 53, and CloudFront
Explore SQS, SNS, EventBridge, Athena, Glue, Rekognition, Polly, and Textract
Who this book is forThis book is for beginners, students, IT professionals, developers, administrators, managers, analysts, and project managers who want to build foundational AWS cloud knowledge while preparing for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner CLF-C02 exam. Ideal for those new to cloud computing, moving into cloud roles, supporting cloud projects, or planning advanced AWS certifications. No prior AWS experience is required, though basic IT knowledge is helpful.
Table of Contents
Case Study
What is Cloud Computing?
Introduction to AWS & the Global Infrastructure
AWS Accounts, Multip Account Strategies and AWS Organizations
WS Access Management Capabilities
Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
AWS Networking Services Part 1 - VPCs
AWS Compute Services - EC2, Lightsail, ECS, EKS and Lambda
AWS Database Services
High Availability, Fault Tolerance and Elasticity on AWS
AWS Networking Services Part 2 - Route53 & CloudFront
Application Integration services AWS
Artificial Intelligence, Analytics and Machine Learning on AWS
Automation, Deployment and additional AWS services
Management and Governance on AWS
Other in-scope services on AWS
AWS Shared Responsibility Model, Compliance and Security
Security Tools on AWS
Cloud Economics and Pricing Strategies on AWS
AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)
The Well Architected Framework