AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Study Guide: Associate (SOA-C01) Exam

Sara Perrott, Brett McLaughlin

John Wiley & Sons, Mar 10, 2020 - Computers - 512 pages

Your #1 all-in-one reference and exam Study Guide for the UPDATED AWS SysOps Administrator certification!

This comprehensive book guides readers through the role of a SysOps Administrator and helps prepare candidates to take the updated AWS Certified SysOps Administrator—Associate (SOA-C01) Exam. The AWS Certified SysOps Administrator—Associate certification validates technical expertise in deployment, management, and operations on the AWS platform.

This Study Guide not only prepares readers for the AWS exam, but it makes sure the reader is ready to perform the duties expected of SysOps Administrators. The book focuses on the skill-set required of AWS professionals by filling in the gap between test preparation and real-world preparedness. Concepts covered include:

• Monitoring and Reporting
• High Availability
• Deployment and Provisioning
• Storage and Dada Management
• Security and Compliance
• Networking
• Automation and Optimization
• And More

Readers will also have one year of free access to the Sybex interactive online learning environment and test bank, providing a suite of robust study tools including an assessment test, chapter tests, bonus practice exam, electronic flashcards, and a glossary of key terms.

Contents

• Table of Exercises: 21
• Monitoring and Reporting: 29
• 1 Create a Custom CloudWatch Dashboard: 49
• AWS Organizations: 61
• 1 Create an AWS Organization: 70
• AWS Config: 77
• 1 Create a New S3 Bucket for Storing Configuration Information: 89
• 6 Turn Off AWS Config: 95
• AWS CloudTrail: 101
• 1 Create a New CrossRegion Trail for Logging S3 Write Access: 109
• Amazon Relational Database Service: 121
• Auto Scaling: 141
• 1 Create a Launch Configuration: 154
• Deployment and Provisioning: 163
• 1 Create a VPC Peering Connection: 173
• AWS Systems Manager: 187
• 1 Create a Role for SSM and Attach It to Your EC2 Instances: 197
• 7 Configure Patch Manager for Your EC2 Instances: 203
• Storage and Data Management: 209
• 1 Create an S3 Bucket: 227
• 4 Create and Apply a Bucket Policy: 229
• Elastic Block Store EBS: 237
• 1 Create an Unencrypted EBS Volume: 245
• Amazon Machine Image AMI: 253
• 1 Create an EC2 Instance from an AMI: 261
• Security and Compliance: 269
• 1 Create an IAM User: 285
• Reporting and Logging: 295
• 1 Set Up a Trail in AWS CloudTrail: 306
• Additional Security Tools: 315
• 1 Set Up and Configure Amazon Inspector: 321
• Virtual Private Cloud: 336
• 1 Create a VPC: 351
• Route 53: 361
• 1 Create a Hosted Zone: 373
• CloudFormation: 383
• 1 Create a CloudFormation Stack: 394
• Elastic Beanstalk: 401
• Updates in Elastic Beanstalk: 408
• Resilience: 413
• AWS Elastic Beanstalk CLI: 414
• Summary: 415
• Exam Essentials: 416
• Review Questions: 418
• Appendix Answers to Review Questions: 423
• Introduction to Systems Operations on AWS: 424
• Amazon CloudWatch: 425
• AWS Organizations: 427
• AWS Config: 429
• AWS CloudTrail: 430
• Amazon Relational Database Service: 432
• Auto Scaling: 434
• Hubs Spokes and Bastion Hosts: 436
• AWS Systems Manager: 437
• Amazon Simple Storage Service S3: 439
• Elastic Block Store EBS: 440
• Amazon Machine Image AMI: 441
• IAM: 443
• Reporting and Logging: 444
• Additional Security Tools: 446
• Virtual Private Cloud: 447
• Route 53: 449
• CloudFormation: 451
• Elastic Beanstalk: 452
• Index: 455

About the author

SARA PERROTT is an accredited AWS Academy instructor at Bellevue College where she is an adjunct professor. She works full-time in the cybersecurity field and is passionate about her work. She has an MS in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance and holds several industry certifications such as the CISSP and GCIH, in addition to the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate and AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate certifications. You can contact Sara via her website at https://www.saraperrott.com.

BRETT MCLAUGHLIN currently works in cloud computing, focusing on scalable cloud platforms and staging and distributing petabyte-scale data stores. He is an expert in cloud-based architectures and large data sets and has led projects for NASA and billion-dollar AUM hedge funds. He is currently the CTO for Volusion, as well as an active instructor in the AWS and serverless communities.

Bibliographic information

• Title: AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Study Guide: Associate (SOA-C01) Exam
• Authors: Sara Perrott, Brett McLaughlin
• Edition: 2
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2020
• ISBN: 1119561558, 9781119561552
• Length: 512 pages
• Subjects: Computers / Certification Guides / General; Education / General; Medical / Test Preparation & Review