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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C01)

4 courses
8 hours

The AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Certification is the foundational certification for Amazon Web Services. Unlike the other AWS certifications, this exam is not focused on a single technical role. This is one of the many highly sought after certifications for companies that are leveraging the cloud.

This path covers the four key areas that are covered by this certification including cloud concepts, security and compliance, technology, and billing and pricing. The information and resources contained in this path will be vital in preparing to take the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam.

Courses in this path

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

TO NAVIGATE THIS PATH: Our paths follow the same pattern as reading a book in English. Start at the top from the left. Work your way left to right as you work down the page. Left to right and top to bottom. You'll find mixed content modalities with written guides, video content, and practice labs. Some of our certification courses also have a Practice Exam located at the right column of this page. Now let's jump in! Just click on the title of the first learning resource in the top left of the list.

The courses in this path will teach you the fundamentals of cloud computing, review the core AWS services, will provide an introduction to security and architecture on the platform. These topics are designed to prepare you for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam.

Fundamental Cloud Concepts for AWS

by David Tucker
1h 32m
(912)

Understanding AWS Core Services

by David Tucker
2h 36m
(501)

Introduction to Security and Architecture on AWS

by David Tucker
1h 56m
(247)

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner: Exam Prep

by David Tucker
1h 37m
(384)

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Certification Prep Path

This path will help prepare you for a certification exam.

What you will learn

Discuss the benefits of cloud computing over traditional infrastructure approaches
Explain the organization and purpose of the AWS Global Infrastructure tiers.
Contrast how organizations fund cloud initiatives against traditional data centers
Summarize the types of support provided by AWS
Understand AWS interaction methods
Understand the role of network and content delivery services
Understand AWS compute services
Understand File Storage on AWS
Understand databases and support utilities on AWS
Understand app integration services
Understand management and governance services
Understand the AWS Well Architected Framework
Understand high-availability architectures on AWS
Understand fault tolerant architectures on AWS
Understand Disaster Recovery architectures on AWS
Understand identities with AWS IAM
Understand controlled access to EC2 instances
Understand scaling applications on the cloud
Deploy a Static Site on AWS

Experience

Since this path is foundational, it is intended for either technical or non-technical resources. There are no prerequisites for the path.

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David Tucker

David is a Webby Award winning cloud development consultant that focuses on cloud native web, mobile, and IoT applications. For over fifteen years as a consultant David has led custom software development on emerging platforms for companies such as FedEx, AT&T, Sony Music, Intel, Comcast, Herman Miller, Principal Financial, and Adobe (as well as many others). David regularly writes and speaks on the digital landscape with published works for O'Reilly and Lynda.com. He has written for Mashable,... more

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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C01)