AWS Fundamentals Flashcards
AWS has regions all over the world, what does it’s name look like?
us-east-1
Why are AZ (Availability Zones) separated from each other?
so that they’re isolated from disasters
What does an AZ (Availability Zone) look like?
us-east-1a, us-east-1b
Which AWS Consoles are not region scoped?
IAM, S3 & Route53
IAM means what?
Identity and Access Management
Where is your AWS Security located?
In IAM
What is in your AWS Security?
Groups, Users, Roles
How are policies written?
JSON
What is a user in IAM
Physical Person
What is a group in IAM
Ex: Functions(Admins, DevOps), Teams(Engineering, design). Contains Users
IAM has what type of view?
Global
Where is multifactor auth set up?
IAM
IAM Federation
Identity Federation uses the SAML standard(Active Directory). Big companies usually integrate their own repository of users with IAM. That way you can login with their company credentials.
How many Users can a physical person have?
One
How many IAM Riles per Application?
One
