Certification - AWS SAA : Certified Solutions Architect Associate
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate - SAA
AWS Fundamentals
- AWS Management console : https://aws.amazon.com/?nc2=h_lg
- AWS Global Documentaion : https://docs.aws.amazon.com/index.html
To interact with AWS resources/products, you can use
- AWS console.
- AWS CLI.
- AWS SDK.
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AWS Building blocks
- Regions : Is a physical location in the world that consists of 2 or more Availability Zones (AZs)
- Choose a region according to : Latency - Pricing - Service Availability - Compliance
- AZ : Is one or more data centers, each with redundant power, networking, housed in separate facilities.
- Relationship : Regions are clusters of AZs. AZs are clusters of data centers.
- Edge locations : Are endpoints for AWS that are used for caching content (CloudFront).
Well-Architected Framework
The Well-Architected Framework is based on 6 pillars:
- Operational Excellence : This pillar focuses on running and monitoring systems to deliver bus.
- Security : This pillar focuses on protecting information and systems.
- Reliability : This pillar focuses on the ability to prevent and quickly recover from failures.
- Performance Efficiency : This pillar focuses on using IT and computing resources efficiently.
- Cost Optimization : This pillar focuses on avoiding unneeded costs.
- Sustainability.
Scaling Best Practices
- Separate your application and database.
- Take advantage of the AWS Global Cloud Infrastructure.
- Identify and avoid heavy lifting.
- Monitor for percentile.
- Refactor as you go.