Preparing for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (AWS CCP) exam? Don't know where to start? This post is the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Certificate Study Guide (with links to each objective in the exam domain).
I have curated a detailed list of articles from AWS documentation and other blogs for each objective of the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C01) exam. Please share the post within your circles so it helps them to prepare for the exam.
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Course
| Pluralsight | Cloud Practitioner Learning Path [Free Trial] |
| LinkedIn Learning [Free Trial] | Preparing for the Cloud Practitioner Exam |
| Udemy | AWS Practitioner Course by Zeal Vora |
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Practice Test
| Whizlabs Exam Questions | AWS Cloud Practitioner [195 Questions & 21 Labs] |
| Udemy Practice Test | AWS Certification Exam Practice Test Questions |
| Amazon AWS-CCP e-book | AWS Cloud Practitioner Study Guide |
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Preparation
| Coursera | AWS Fundamentals Specialization |
| Educative | Learn the A to Z of Amazon Web Services (AWS) |
To view other AWS certificate study guides, click here.
Full Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. I receive a commission when you purchase through them.
Cloud Concepts – 26%
Define the AWS Cloud and its value proposition
Cloud Computing, types of cloud computing & its benefits
An article on the AWS cloud value proposition
Watch a video on the AWS cloud value proposition
A Whitepaper on the Business Value of AWS
Identify aspects of AWS Cloud economics
Review this document on AWS Cloud Economics
Learn about the AWS TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) calculator
On-demand (Pay-As-You-Go) AWS Pricing Model
AWS Tiered Pricing enables you to use more & save more
Cost Explorer to view your historical AWS spend data
AWS Trusted Advisor to optimally provision your resources so you can save money
List the different cloud architecture design principles
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/apn/the-5-pillars-of-the-aws-well-architected-framework/
A Whitepaper on the five pillars of the framework
1. Operational Excellence pillar whitepaper
3. Reliability pillar whitepaper
4. Performance Efficiency pillar whitepaper
Security and Compliance – 25%
Define the AWS shared responsibility model
https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/shared-responsibility-model/
Define AWS Cloud security and compliance concepts
Some of the cloud security concepts to be aware of for the AWS CCP exam:
Infrastructure security in Amazon EC2
AWS Shield, defends against DDoS attacks
Protecting data with Client-side and Server-side encryption
CloudWatch to monitor, store, and access log files from Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
AWS CloudTrail that enables governance, compliance, and risk auditing of AWS account
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
AWS Multi-factor Authentication
Also, review this whitepaper on AWS Security & Compliance
Identify AWS access management capabilities
Review AWS IAM (Identity and Access Management)
Also, review some of the use cases of IAM:
1. Fine-grained access control to resources
2. AWS MFA (Multi-factor authentication)
3. Analyze access across AWS environment
3. Integrate with corporate directory
Identify resources for security support
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/user/getting-started
Technology – 24%
Define methods of deploying and operating in the AWS Cloud
Review this Whitepaper on the overview of deployment options on AWS
Also, learn about each AWS Deployment service and when they should be used:
2. AWS CloudFormation (For granular control over your infrastructure)
3. AWS OpsWorks (Automate server configuration with Puppet & Chef)
4. AWS CodeCommit (Hosts Git repos)
5. AWS CodePipeline (Continuous delivery service)
6. AWS CodeDeploy (For managing application deployment & updates)
7. Amazon Elastic Container Service (Run, stop & manage Docker containers)
Define the AWS global infrastructure
Review the document on AWS Global Infrastructure
Key Components of AWS Global Infrastructure – Regions, Availability Zones & Local Zones
Identify the core AWS services
Definitely, review the below core services for the exam:
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), a scalable computing capacity
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), a virtual network to launch your AWS resources
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) to store and retrieve any amount of data
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), a relational database in the AWS Cloud
AWS Lambda, a compute service to run code without provisioning servers
AWS Route 53, a Domain Name System (DNS) web service
Identify resources for technology support
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/user/getting-started
Amazon link (affiliate)
Billing and Pricing – 18%
Compare and contrast the various pricing models for AWS
AWS offers several pricing models depending on the product. The 5 different Pricing Models for Amazon EC2 are:
1. Amazon EC2 On-demand Pricing (only pay for use)
2. Amazon EC2 Savings Plan (Huge savings in exchange for commitment)
3. Amazon EC2 Spot Instances (Take advantage of unused EC2 capacity)
4. Amazon EC2 Dedicated Hosts (Bring your licenses)
Reservations (Commit to a minimum usage level):
1. Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances
2. Amazon DynamoDB Reserved Capacity
3. Amazon ElastiCache Reserved Nodes
4. Amazon RDS Reserved Instances
5. Amazon Redshift Reserved Nodes
Other AWS services pricing models
Recognize the various account structures in relation to AWS billing and pricing
AWS Account Structure Considerations
Consolidated billing process for Organizations
https://adamdivall.com/aws-account-structures/
Identify resources available for billing support
This brings us to the end of the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (AWS CCP) [CLF-C01] Exam Preparation Study Guide
What do you think? Let me know in the comments section if I have missed out on anything. Also, I love to hear from you about how your preparation is going on!
In case you are looking for other AWS certificate exams study guides, check out this page
Follow/Like ravikirans.com to receive updates
Sign up for Newsletter
Want to be notified as soon as I post? Subscribe to RSS feed / leave your email address in the subscribe section. Share the article to your social networks with the below links so it can benefit others.
