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AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty Exam Guide: Build your knowledge and technical expertise as an AWS-certified networking specialist

Marko Sluga

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4.8 (8 Ratings)

eBook May 2019 308 pages 1st Edition

Marko Sluga

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eBook May 2019 308 pages 1st Edition

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A fast paced guide that will help you pass the exam with confidence
Learn advanced skill sets to build effective AWS networking solutions
Enhance your AWS skills with practice exercises and mock tests

Description

Amazon has recently come up a with specialty certifications which validates a particular user's expertise that he/she would want to build a career in. Since the Cloud market now demands of AWS networking skills this becomes the most wanted certification to upheld ones industry portfolio. This book would be your ideal companion to getting skilled with complex and creative networking solutions. Cloud practitioners or associate-level certified individuals interested in validating advanced skills in networking can opt for this practical guide. This book will include topics that will help you design and implement AWS and hybrid IT network architectures along with some network automation tasks. You will also delve deep into topics that will help you design and maintain network architecture for all AWS services. Like most of our certification guides this book will also follow a unique approach of testing your learning with chapter-level practice exercises and certification-based mock tests. The exam mock tests will help you gauge whether you are ready to take the certification exam or not. This book will also be an advanced guide for networking professionals to enhance their networking skills and get certified. By the end of this book, you will be all equipped with AWS networking concepts and techniques and will have mastered core architectural best practices.

Who is this book for?

If you are a system administrator, or a network engineer interested in getting certified with an advanced Cloud networking certification then this book is for you. Prior experience in Cloud administration and networking would be necessary.

What you will learn

Formulate solution plans and provide guidance on AWS architecture best practices
Design and deploy scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on AWS
Identify the tools required to replicate an on-premises network in AWS
Analyze the access and egress of data to and from AWS
Select the appropriate AWS service based on data, compute, database, or security requirements
Estimate AWS costs and identify cost control mechanisms

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Product Details

Publication date : May 27, 2019

Length: 308 pages

Edition : 1st

Language : English

ISBN-13 : 9781789808438

Vendor :

Amazon

Category :

Cloud & Networking

Concepts :

IT Certification

Tools :

AWS

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20 Chapters

Section 1: Introduction

Overview of AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty Certification

Technical requirements

The exam blueprint

The exam requirements

Section 2: Managing Networks in AWS

Networking with the Virtual Private Cloud

Technical requirements

Introduction to the VPC

Working with VPCs

VPC networking components

VPC Network Security

Technical requirements

An overview of network security

Securing the VPC

Securing EC2 instance operating systems

Delivering advanced network security in AWS

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Connecting On-Premises and AWS

Technical requirements

An overview of on-premises connectivity

Connecting VPCs and private networks

VPN with the virtual private gateway

Connecting with Direct Connect

Designing highly available and secure WAN links

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Section 3: Managing and Securing Network-Attached Platform Services in AWS

Managing and Securing Servers with ELB

Technical requirements

Introduction to ELB

Types of ELB

Working with the ELB

Securing traffic on the ELB

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Managing and Securing Content Distribution with CloudFront

Technical requirements

Introducing CloudFront

Working with CloudFront

Securing content delivery

Managing and Securing the Route 53 Domain Name System

Technical requirements

Introduction to Route 53

DNS resource record types

Routing policies

Health checking

Registering a domain name

Managing and Securing API Gateway

Technical requirements

Introduction to API Gateway

How API Gateway works

Securing API Gateway

Encryption

DoS mitigation and enhanced security

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Section 4: Monitoring and Operating the AWS Networks

Monitoring and Troubleshooting Networks in AWS

Technical requirements

Introducing CloudWatch

How CloudWatch works

Metrics, logs, and alarms

Monitoring types – standard and detailed

Creating a CloudWatch alarm

AWS CloudTrail

Working with VPC Flow Logs

Monitoring network components

Monitoring ELB

Monitoring CloudFront

Monitoring the API gateway

Section 5: Network automation in AWS

Network Automation with CloudFormation

Technical requirements

Introduction to CloudFormation

CloudFormation basic elements

How CloudFormation works

Creating network services with CloudFormation

Section 6: The Exam

Exam Tips and Tricks

Technical requirements

Introduction to the exam

Domain 1 – Design and implement hybrid IT network architectures at scale

Domain 2 – Design and implement AWS networks

Domain 3 – Automate AWS tasks

Domain 4 – Configure network integration with application services

Domain 5 – Design and implement for security and compliance

Domain 6 – Manage, optimize, and troubleshoot the network

Mock Tests

Assessments

Chapter 2 – Networking with the Virtual Private Cloud

Chapter 3 – VPC Network Security

Chapter 4 – Connecting On-Premises and AWS

Chapter 5 – Managing and Securing Servers with ELB

Chapter 6 – Managing and Securing Content Distribution with CloudFront

Chapter 7 – Managing and Securing the Route 53 Domain Name System

Chapter 8 – Managing and Securing API Gateways

Chapter 9 – Monitoring and Troubleshooting Networks in AWS

Chapter 10 – Network Automation with CloudFormation

Mock test 1

Mock test 2

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About the author

Marko Sluga

Marko Sluga has had the opportunity to work in computing at a very exciting time and has been privileged enough to witness the rise of cloud computing in the last 20 years. Beginning his career as a service technician, he excelled at solving difficult problems. He worked his way up the IT food chain to work on servers, operating systems, virtualization, and the cloud. In the past, Marko has architected numerous cloud computing solutions, and today works as a cloud technology consultant and an Authorized Amazon Instructor. He is AWS-certified, holding the Architect, SysOps, and Developer Associate AWS certifications, the DevOps and Architect Professional AWS certification, and the Security, Advanced Networking, and Big Data Specialty AWS certifications.

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