Introduction to Cloud Foundations - Additional Links

Week 1:

• Cloud Practitioner Exam: https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-cloud-practitioner/
• Example URL Construct: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/
• AWS documentation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/
• AWS YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/AmazonWebServices/Cloud
• twitch AWS: https://www.twitch.tv/aws
• SkillBuilder: https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn
• What is cloud computing: https://aws.amazon.com/what-is-cloud-computing/
• AWS Shared Responsibility Model: https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/shared-responsibility-model/

Week 2:

• AWS Data Centers: https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/data-center/data-centers/
• What to Consider when Selecting a Region for your Workloads: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/architecture/what-to-consider-when-selecting-a-region-for-your-workloads/
• AWS Outposts Family: https://aws.amazon.com/outposts/
• AWS Global Infrastructure: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/
• What’s the Difference Between Type 1 and Type 2 Hypervisors? https://aws.amazon.com/compare/the-difference-between-type-1-and-type-2-hypervisors/

Week 3:

• AWS Well-Architected: https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/well-architected/
• Disaster Recovery of Workloads on AWS: Recovery in the Cloud: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/disaster-recovery-workloads-on-aws/disaster-recovery-workloads-on-aws.html?did=wp_card&trk=wp_card
• AWS Well-Architected Tool FAQs: https://aws.amazon.com/well-architected-tool/faqs/
• AWS Trusted Advisor: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/technology/trusted-advisor/
• AWS Trusted Advisor check reference: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awssupport/latest/user/trusted-advisor-check-reference.html
• CI/CD on AWS: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/cicd_for_5g_networks_on_aws/continuous_integration_continuous_delivery.html

Week 4:

• AWS EC2 instance types: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/
• AWS EC2 pricing: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/
• What are the differences between Amazon EC2 and Amazon Lightsail? https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/lightsail-differences-from-ec2
• EC2 Dedicated Hosts: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/dedicated-hosts/
• Storage options for your Amazon EC2 instances: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/Storage.html

Week 5:

• AWS Databases: https://aws.amazon.com/free/database/
• AWS RDS: https://aws.amazon.com/rds/
• Compare AWS database services: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/aws-overview/database.html#compare-database-services
• Amazon DynamoDB: https://aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/
• What’s the Difference Between OLAP and OLTP? https://aws.amazon.com/compare/the-difference-between-olap-and-oltp/
• ACID and BASE databases: https://aws.amazon.com/compare/the-difference-between-acid-and-base-database/

Week 6:

• AWS Cloud Economics: https://d1.awsstatic.com/executive-insights/en_US/awscloudeconomicsebook.pdf
• AWS Budgets FAQ: https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/aws-budgets/faqs/
• Cloud Financial Management: https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/
• AWS Cost Explorer: https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/aws-cost-explorer/
• AWS Pricing Calculator: https://calculator.aws/#/

Week 7:

• AWS Networking and Content Delivery: https://aws.amazon.com/products/networking/
• AWS VPC: https://aws.amazon.com/vpc/
• Control traffic to your AWS resources using security groups: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/vpc-security-groups.html
• Control traffic to subnets using network ACLs: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/vpc-network-acls.html#nacl-basics
• What is CIDR: https://aws.amazon.com/what-is/cidr/

Week 8:

• What are AWS WAF, AWS Shield, and AWS Firewall Manager?: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/waf/latest/developerguide/what-is-aws-waf.html
• AWS WAF FAQs: https://aws.amazon.com/waf/faqs/
• AWS Security Hub: https://aws.amazon.com/security-hub/
• AWS Certificate Manager: https://aws.amazon.com/certificate-manager/
• Amazon Cognito: https://aws.amazon.com/cognito/

Week 9:

• Cloud Storage on AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/products/storage/
• What is Block Storage?: https://aws.amazon.com/what-is/block-storage/
• AWS Security Hub: https://aws.amazon.com/security-hub/
• S3 storage classes: https://aws.amazon.com/s3/storage-classes/
• A Decade of Ever-Increasing Provisioned IOPS for Amazon EBS: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/a-decade-of-ever-increasing-provisioned-iops-for-amazon-ebs/

Week 10:

• AWS Pricing Calculator: https://calculator.aws/#/
• Elastic Load Balancing: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/
• Compute and EC2 Instance Savings Plans: https://aws.amazon.com/savingsplans/compute-pricing/
• Amazon RDS Multi-AZ: https://aws.amazon.com/rds/features/multi-az/
• Amazon RDS Read Replicas: https://aws.amazon.com/rds/features/read-replicas/
• AWS Prescriptive Guidance: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/prescriptive-guidance/latest/aws-security-controls/aws-security-controls.pdf#introduction
• AWS Marketplace: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace

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