AWS Flashcards

1
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Operational Excellence: (5)

A

Perform operations as code
Anticipate failure
Learn from all operational failures
Make frequent, small, reversible changes
Refine operations procedures frequently

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Reliability: (5)

A

Scale horizontally
Stop guessing capacity
Test recovery procedures
Automatically recover from failure
Manage change in automation

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3
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Performance Efficiency: (5)

A

Democratize advanced technologies
Use serverless architectures
Go global in minutes
Experiment more often
Consider mechanical sympathy

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4
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Stores/secures encrypted credentials/passwords, eliminating the need to hard-code them for API calls

A

Secrets Manager

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5
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used to give your CloudFront distribution permission to fetch a private object from your origin server

A

Origin Access Identity

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6
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Connects VPCs and on-premises networks (Hub and Spoke)

A

Transit Gateway

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7
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Gather information about on-premises environment for migration

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Application Discovery Service:

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8
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Moves large amounts of data from on-premises to AWS

A

Data Sync

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9
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ML-bases tool to recommend best compute solutions for a workload

A

Compute Optimizer:

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10
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One platform to manage VPC security groups, Shield, and WAF rules

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Firewall manager:

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11
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Enables users to share AWS resources easily and securely.

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Resource Access Manager:

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12
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Automates the set up and governance a secure and compliant multi-account AWS environment

A

Control tower:

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13
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Automates security checks across multiple accounts.

A

Security Hub

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14
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Allows for a single user’s password to seamlessly access many different machines/services (3rd party)

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Active Directory (MS)

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15
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automated deployment for workloads via cloud formation templates

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QuickStarts

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16
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allows you to set up and run popular in-memory data stores (high throughput/low latency (like Redis and Memcached)

A

Elasticache

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17
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Provides on-premises applications with access to unlimited cloud storage

A

Storage Gateway

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18
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For Site to site VPN (on premises side)

A

Customer Gateway

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19
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For Site to site VPN (VPC Subnet side)

A

Virtual Private Gateway

20
Q

Centralized console for managing hybrid cloud environment

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Systems Manager

21
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Connects on-premises services to 1000s of VPCs

A

PrivateLink

22
Q

Launches popular file systems like Windows and Lustre

A

FSx:

23
Q

Uses SQL to process data from data streams

A

Kinesis Data Analytics:

24
Q

Centralize and automatic backup of data

A

AWS Backup

25
Q

Self-service contact/call center GUI

A

Connect

26
Q

5G routing for application traffic to servers without leaving the telecommunications network.

A

Wavelength

27
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Message broker service - facilities message brokers (Apache ActiveMQ and RabbitMQ) that allows cross-platform exchange of information (sub for SNS, SQS)

A

MQ:

28
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Create/trigger a rule to perform scheduled tasks (CRON), or to react to events happening within your AWS accounts

A

EventBridge

29
Q

grants access to a specific resource(s)

A

Resource-based policy:

30
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used to restrict which services, resources, and API actions users/roles can use (in Organizations)

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Service Control Policies:

31
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View/Manage your resource limits in a centralized location

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Service Quotas (Service Limits):

32
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built by solutions architects to help deploy popular technologies

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AWS Quick Starts:

33
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visually coordinate the the assembly of application components and microservices

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Step Function:

34
Q

USB security key device using tap/touch

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U2F (Universal 2nd Factor) Security Key:

35
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in-memory cache that delivers fast read performance of DynamoDB tables

A

DAX:

36
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provisioning rightsizing recommendations for EC2/auto scaling, EBS, and Lambda

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Compute Optimizer:

37
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replicate data and scale automatically across regions (active/active)

A

Dynamo DB Global Tables:

38
Q

A service that creates temporary, limited-privileges credentials (when request is approved)

A

Security Token Service (STS)

39
Q

A way to extend Microsoft AD onto AWS

A

Directory Services

40
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Converts media files stored in S3 into the formats required by customer playback devices (phones, etc.)

A

Elastic Transcoder

41
Q

Store and sync data across mobile and web apps in real-time without a GraphQL server

A

AppSync

42
Q

Tools and services for developing and deploying scalable full stack web and mobile applications.

A

Amplify

43
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Application testing service - web and mobile apps against desktop browsers, real mobile devices, and tablets

A

Device Farm

44
Q

Scan and gather information about on-premises data centers and dependency mapping

A

Application Discovery Service

45
Q

Simplify migration by using lift-and-shift

A

Application migration service

46
Q

A scalable 2-way (outbound/inbound) marketing communications service

A

Pinpoint

47
Q

Allows you to download satellite data to your AWS VPC within seconds

A

Ground Station