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SAA-CO2 Flashcards

1
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AWS Organizations (units)

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Consolidated Billing, Root -> OU (organizational unit) -> Accounts

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SAML

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Security Assertion Markup Language

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Storage Gateway

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Hybrid cloud storage service

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File Gateway

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(NFS/SMB) on premise backs up to cloud, low latency access for on premises applications to in cloud data

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Tape Gateway

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replace physical tapes with virtual tapes

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volume gateway

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cloud backed block storage volumes

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Macie

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machine learning & NLP to discover, classify, protect sensitive data

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NAT Gateway

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connect to the internet from instances within a private subnet. prevents internet from initiating a connection. do not support ipv6 connections

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Max number of Internet Gateways per VPC

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1

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Internet Gateway

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VPC and internet connection

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egress only igw

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like NAT gateway but for ipv6, outbound traffic only

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12
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elastic IP address

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static ipv4 address

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13
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direct connect

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direct connection to AWS using colocation

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global accelerator

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directs customer traffic to optimal endpoints over the global network. provided two static IP addresses

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15
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privatelink

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private connectivity between VPCs, aws services, on prem networks

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16
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ENI

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elastic network interface: networking component in a VPC

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17
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gp2

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general purpose ssd EBS storage

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18
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Io1

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provisioned IOPS EBS storage (databases)

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19
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St1

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throughput optimized HDD (big data and Warehouses)

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20
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Sc1

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cold hdd (file servers)

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21
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Standard

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ebs magnetic (hdd for infrequent access)

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22
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ebs backed ami

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ebs storage backed ami, by default root volume is deleted on termination (can set to not do this)

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instance store backed ami

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ephemeral storage, lost on stop

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24
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ec2 hypervisors

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zen -> nitro

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25
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customer gateway

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customer side vpn to allow connection to vpc

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vpc endpoints

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allows privately connect VPC to supported services
interface endpoint: private endpoint to many services
gateway endpoints: nat gateway for s3 and dynamodb

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customer gateway

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customer side connection to private vpc through vpn

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28
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cluster placement group

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place ec2 near another in a datacenter, can’t span availability zones

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29
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partition placement group

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place ec2 across logical partitions; maximum 7 partitions

30
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spread placement group

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spread your ec2s out, max 7 per availability zone

31
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VPC network costs

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free traffic in, costs across AZ, inter region costs across vpcs, always use private connection over public

32
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ACL

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access control list, a firewall for a subnet. all traffic entering or exiting is checked against these rules. first rule that matches. default allowing all traffic. These are stateless. Allow and deny rules

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Route Table

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direct traffic into or out of a subnet. routes traffic to the correct destination. traffic sent to smallest CIDR range that matches

34
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Security Groups

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stateful (traffic out is allowed back in). virtual firewall for your instance. up to 5 allowed for an instance. automatically assigned default security group if not assigned. Allow rules only

35
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subnets

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part of a VPC in a specific availability zone

36
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glacier deep archive

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cheapest form, can be restored in 12 hours

37
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S3 Tiers

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Standard (9 9’s, 99.99 availability), IA (99.9 availability), One zone IA (99.5 availability) intelligent tiering (pay per object), glacier, glacier deep archive

38
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S3 object lock and glacier vault lock

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write once, read many. Governance mode: certain users can overwrite, compliance mode: no one can overwrite, legal holds: must actively delete holds

39
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S3 Performance

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first byte within 100-200ms, 3500 PUT/COPY, 5500 Get/Head requests/second/prefix

40
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S3 multipart upload

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recommended for 100MB, required for 5GB

41
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S3 Byte Range Fetches

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parallelize downloads, pull part of an object

42
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S3 Transfer acceleration

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use EDGE network to accelerate uploads

43
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AWS datasync

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move large amounts of data to AWS s3, syncs on prem to AWS

44
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S3 cross accounts

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create a cross account iam role

45
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IAM root sign in url

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different than user sign in url

46
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AWS RAM

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resource access manager, share resources across accounts

47
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AWS Shield

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sits on edge, protects against DDOS attacks. Standard: included with WAF (free). Advanced: enhanced protection for ec2, cloudfront, route53, etc. 24x7 response

48
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Cloud HSM

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hardware security modules. manage your own keys. Fips 140-2 level 3 service

49
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WAF

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web application firewall. monitor web requests and protect against bad actors. can inspect http traffic

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KMS

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key management service. regional. pay per api call. Fips 140-2 level 2 service. CMK=customer master key, AES-256. single tenant, multi-az cluster. must provision across az’s

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secrets manager

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cost per secret stored, automatically rotates keys. generate random secrets. shared across accounts

52
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RDS Backups

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automated backups, db snapshots (1-35 days). automated backups enabled by default. may have higher latency during backups. snapshots are retained. restored is a new RDS instance with new endpoint

53
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RDS Multi AZ

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automatic failover, ip address stays the same. during maintenance it fails over. synchronous replication. data charge is free for AZ

54
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RDS Read Replicas

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each read replica has its own endpoint. can promote to be their own database. asynchronous replication

55
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redshift

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BI / data warehousing. OLAP (online analytics processing). only one AZ. one day retention period default backup, max 35 days

56
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OLTP

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Online transaction processing

57
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Aurora

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AWS’s own high end database.

  • starts 10GB, scales in 10GB increments to 64TB.
  • two copies of data in each AZ, min 3 (6 copies)
  • self healing storage
  • automated backups always enabled (snapshots no impact on performance)
  • can be serverless (for unpredictable loads)
58
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elasticache

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caching, memcached and redis

memcached: simple, horizontal scaled key-value store
redis: different types, multiple az, backup restore

59
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AWS Directory Service

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Active Directory (Microsoft) for aws. SSO to ec2 instances
- AD trust to go on prem
AD Connector
Simple AD

60
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cloud directory

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directory based store for developers

61
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load balancers

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application load balancer: most features
network load balancer: high performance
classic load balancer: legacy
x-forwarded-for: users public ip address
load balancers exist in an az
listeners: check for http requests
target groups: instance targets
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sticky sessions

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bind users session to specific instance

63
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cross zone load balancing

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make sure to balance across az’s, number of instances can differ in each az

64
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path patterns

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path based routing using load balancers

65
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auto scaling

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auto scaling group: group of instances
configuration templates: instructions on what to launch
scaling options: how you scale your group

66
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auto scaling options

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maintain current instance levels
manually
on a schedule
based on demand (reactive)
based on predictions (proactive)
67
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HA Architecture

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plan for failure

68
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server migration service

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can be used on premises. migrate on prem workloads to aws

69
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application discovery service

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gathers information about on premises data centers

70
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sqs

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maximum visibility timeout 12 hours. long polling returns a response until messages arrive in the queue

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