The Exam Prep: AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate course is available from March 1 to May 31, 2022, as part of the Get AWS Certified: Associate Challenge.
In this intermediate-level course from Amazon Web Services (AWS), you will learn how to assess your preparedness for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate exam. The AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate certification validates technical expertise in deployment, management, security, and operations on the AWS Cloud. Throughout this course, you will explore the exam’s various topic domains, and learn how they map to both SysOps on AWS and to specific areas of study. You will also review sample certification questions in each domain, practice skills with hands-on labs, test your knowledge with practice question sets, learn strategies for identifying incorrect responses by interpreting the concepts that are being tested in the exam and take a full-length official practice test that will help identity your strengths and weaknesses in each domain area.
- Course level: Intermediate
- Duration: 6 hours
Activities
This course includes the following:
- Videos by expert instructors, who deliver presentations and review sample questions
- Practice question sets and labs
- Official AWS SysOps Administrator - Associate sample test with certification-scoring logic and detailed score report
Course objectives
After completing this course, you should be able to:
- Identify how questions on the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate exam relate to concepts about SysOps on AWS
- Interpret the concepts that are being tested by an AWS Certification exam question
- Apply best practices for allocating your time when you study for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate exam
Intended audience
This course is intended for systems administrators and systems operators who are preparing to take the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate exam.
Prerequisites
We recommend that attendees of this course have the following knowledge and experience:
- At least 1 year of hands-on experience provisioning, operating, and maintaining systems that run on AWS
- Completed the System Operations on AWS course (or have equivalent knowledge)
Course outline
Course Introduction
Module 1: Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation
- Provision and maintain cloud resources
- Automate manual or repeatable processes
- Question walkthrough
Hands-on Lab: Creating a Basic Environment
Understanding Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation
Module 2: Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation
- Implement metrics, alarms, and filters by using AWS monitoring and logging services
- Remediate issues based on monitoring and availability metrics
- Question walkthrough
Using AWS Monitoring and Logging Services: Question Walkthrough
Hands-on Lab: Automating with Monitoring
Understanding Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation
Module 3: Reliability and Business Continuity
- Implement scalability and elasticity
- Implement high availability and resilient environments
- Implement backup and restore strategies
- Question walkthrough
Understanding Reliability and Business Continuity
Module 4: Networking and Content Delivery
- Implement networking features and connectivity
- Configure domains, DNS services, and content delivery
- Troubleshoot network connectivity issues
- Question walkthrough
Hands-on Lab: Configuring Amazon S3 Buckets
Understanding Networking and Content Delivery
Module 5: Security and Compliance
- Implement and manage security and compliance policies
- Implement data and infrastructure protection strategies
- Question walkthrough
Hands-on Lab: Launching an EC2 Instance with the AWS CLI
Understanding Security and Compliance
Module 6: Cost and Performance Optimization
- Implement cost optimization strategies
- Implement performance optimization strategies
- Question walkthrough
Hands-on Lab: Configuring a Round-Robin Application Load Balancer
Understanding Cost and Performance Optimization
Benchmark Assessment: Practice Questions
Course Close
