AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02): Cloud Foundations and Compute

Course Description

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02): Cloud Foundations and Compute serves as the initial leg of the Cloud Practitioner certification journey. This course bridges the gap between "what is the cloud" and "how do I use it." You will explore the global infrastructure that powers AWS, including Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations. The course dives deep into the Shared Responsibility Model, ensuring you understand the security boundaries between AWS and the customer. A significant portion of the training is dedicated to Compute Services, where you will contrast virtual machines (EC2), containers, and serverless (Lambda) architectures to determine the best fit for various business workloads.

Who is this course for

This course is designed for:

• Certification Seekers: Individuals preparing for the CLF-C02 exam who need to master the Infrastructure and Technology domains.

• New Cloud Users: Professionals who need to navigate the AWS console and understand the terminology of cloud-native systems.

• Business Professionals: Managers and analysts who need to understand how the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and different migration strategies (the 7 Rs) impact business outcomes.

Course Objectives

• Infrastructure Literacy: Explain the differences between Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations and how they contribute to high availability.

• Security Awareness: Define the Shared Responsibility Model and identify how responsibilities shift across different service types.

• Compute Mastery: Evaluate and deploy various compute options, including Amazon EC2, Containers, and AWS Lambda.

• Data & Storage Basics: Explore the fundamental differences between RDS (relational) and DynamoDB (NoSQL) through hands-on replication labs.

• Strategic Migration: Summarize the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework and distinguish between various migration strategies for moving data and applications.

Prerequisites

• Fundamental: Basic computer literacy and a general interest in how the internet and cloud services function.

• Technical: No prior AWS experience is required; the course includes a "Navigating Your AWS Account" lab to help beginners get started.

Course outline

Section 1: AWS Cloud Foundations

1. About the Exam

2. Types of Cloud Services and How They Work

3. What Is Cloud Computing and Why Is It Important?

4. What Is the AWS Shared Responsibility Model?

5. How Do AWS and Customer Responsibilities Shift across Services?

6. How AWS Regions and Availability Zones Keep Your Services Running

7. Why Do AWS Edge Locations Deliver Faster Services?

8. Building Reliable and Secure Systems with AWS Frameworks

9. Lab: Navigating Your AWS Account

10. Tips for Mastering Cloud Concepts on the Exam

Section 2: AWS Compute Services

1. What Are AWS Compute Services and Why Do They Matter?

2. Understanding Key Features of EC2

3. Lab: Hands-on Working with EC2

4. How Does AWS Support Containerized Applications?

5. How Does Serverless Computing Simplify Your Workloads?

6. Lab: Deploy a Lambda Function within the Console

7. Exploring RDS and DynamoDB

8. Lab: Working with RDS for Data Replication

9. Exploring Other AWS Compute Options

10. Tips for Acing Compute Services on the Exam

Section 3: AWS Cloud Adoption Framework and Migration Strategies

1. What Is the Cloud Adoption Framework?

2. How the AWS CAF Drives Business Success

3. Beginner's Guide to AWS Migration Strategies

4. Moving Data with AWS Snowball and Database Replication

5. Tips for Passing the AWS CAF, Managed Services, and Migration Strategies on the Exam