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1
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What are the 2 modes for ECS

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EC2 and Fargate

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What is a container definition used in ECS

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Tells where the image is, and which ports are exposed

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What is a task defintion

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Represents the app as a whole, can have multiple containers. Has everything except what is in container definition

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4
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Where is Task role defined for ECS

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In Task definition

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5
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What is a service definition in ECS

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Defines a service

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What is a service in ECS

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Defines how Tasks scale, how to distribute load, etc

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What is in a Container definition in ECS

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Image and ports

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What is in a Task definition in ECS

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Security (Task role), Container(s) and resources

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9
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What is a Task role in ECS

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IAM Role which the task assumes

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10
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What is in a service in ECS

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How many copies, HA, restarts

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11
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What is DMS

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A managed Database Migration Service

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12
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What does DMS use

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A replication instance

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13
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Can the destination of DMS be onprem?

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Yes, either the destination or source needs to be in AWS

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14
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What do you define on a replication instance in DMS

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Replication task

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15
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What are the different states of EC2 instance

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Pending
Running
Rebooting
Shutting down
Terminated
Stopping
Stopped

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16
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To what state can an instance transtion from pending

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Running

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17
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To what states can an instance transition from running

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Rebooting
Shutting down
stopping

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18
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To what state can an instance transition to from Shutting down

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Terminated

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19
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To what state can an instance transition from terminated

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None; It is terminated

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20
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To what state can an instance transition from stopping

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Stopped

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21
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To what states can an instance transition from stopped

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Pending
Terminated

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22
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What is the pending state

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The instance is preparing to enter a running state

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23
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When will you be billed when an instance is stopping

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If it is preparing to hibernate

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24
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What are the 2 types of backup functionality in RDS

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Automated Backups
Snapshots

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25
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Where are backups from RDS stored

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AWS-Managed S3 buckets

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26
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Where are RDS backups taken from

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Standby instance if you are in multi-AZ mode
Otherwise from primary, so might have performance issues

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27
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Are RDS snapshots automatic

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No

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28
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What are RDS snapshots and backups taken of

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An instance, so all the databases within it

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29
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Do RDS snapshots expire

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No, you have to clean them up yourself, manual or external process to delete

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30
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What is a difference between RDS snapshots and backups

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Backups are automated
Also backups have transaction logs written every 5 minutes

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31
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What is the possible range of values for RDS backups retention

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0 to 35 days

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32
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Can you keep RDS backups after deleting a db

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Yes, but they still expire

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33
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Can RDS snapshots and transaction logs be replicated to another region

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Yes, but has to be explicitly configured; it is not the default

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34
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What happens when you restore an RDS snapshot

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A new RDS instance is created; with a new address

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35
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Is restoring a backup in RDS fast

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No, it restores the backup then replays the transactions from transaction log

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36
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What is AWS backup

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A fully-managed data-protection service

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37
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What is an advantage of AWS backup

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IT allows you to consolidate management in one place, across accounts and regions

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38
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What are some things supported by AWS Backup

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Compute
Block storage
File storage
DBs
Object storage

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39
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What is a central component of AWS backup

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Backup plans

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40
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What can you configure with lifecycles in AWS Backups

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When a backup transitions into cold storage and when it expires

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41
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What is a vault in AWS Backup

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Backup destination - assign KMS key for encryption

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42
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What is specified in an AWS Backup backup plan

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Frequency
Window
Lifecycle
Vault
Region copy

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43
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What is vault lock in AWS backup

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Write-once, read-many (lock); you get 72h to delete, then you can’t
Can still have lifecycle to make it expire

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44
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Can you do on-demand backup in AWS backup

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Yes

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45
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Can you do Point-In-Time-Recovery for AWS backup

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Yes, for supported product

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46
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What is S3 select

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Ways to retrieve part of an object instead of the whole object

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47
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What is a disadvantage of filtering a large object on the client side

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Still use the whole object size of data transfer

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48
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What does S3 select and Glacier Select do

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Allows you to use SQL-like segments to select part of the object

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49
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What is an advantage of S3 select

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S3 pre-filters an object, only sends the result

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50
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What are some file formats supported by S3 select

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CSV, json, parquet, BZIP2 compression for csv and json

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51
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What do S3 access points do

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Simplify managing access to S3 buckets and objects

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52
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What do S3 access points allow you to do

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Rather than one bucket with one bucket policy, you create many access points with different policies
Each access point has its own endpoint address
an have different network access control

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53
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What is a way of making S3 bucket accessible via VPC

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Access point with VPC origin

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54
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What types of records are supported with failover routing

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primary and secondary

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55
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What is the use case for failover routing

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Active-passive failover

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56
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What is a VPC router

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HA, runs in all AZs the VPC is in, each vpc has a vpc router

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57
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What is the address of the VPC router

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network + 1of the subnet

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58
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What does a VPC router do by default

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Route traffic between subnets

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59
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What is the main route table of a vpc

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The route table used by default by a subnet

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60
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What happens if many routes match traffic

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Higher prefix takes priority

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61
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What are possible targets for a route table

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Gateway or route table

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62
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Can you update local routes in route tables

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No

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63
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What kind of resilience does an internet gateway have

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Region resilient

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64
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Can you attach an internet gateway to more than one vpc

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no

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65
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Can you attach a vpc to more than one internet gateway

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no

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66
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What are the actions you need to take to make a subnet public

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Create IGW
Attah IGW to VPC
Create custom route table
Associate route table
Make the default route the internet gateway
Configure subnet to allocate IPv4 addresses

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67
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What happens when you allocate a public IP in a subnet

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A record is created in the IGW to associate the instance private ip to the public ip

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68
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Is an EC2 instance ever aware of it’s public IPv4 address

69
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Is an EC2 instance ever aware of it’s public IPv6 address

70
Q

What is a jumpbox

A

Bastion host

71
Q

What is Parameter store

A

Storage for configuration and secrets

72
Q

What are the 3 parameter types you can store in parameter store

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String, StringList and SecureString

73
Q

What are some features of parameter store

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It supports hierarchies and versioning

74
Q

What are the formats of data that can be store in parameter store

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Plaintext and Ciphertext (integrates with KMS)

75
Q

What are Parameter Store public parameters

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Parameters made available by aws, per region (eg latest AMI per region)

76
Q

Is parameter store public or private

77
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What can permissions be associated with in parameter store

A

Tree hierarchy or specific parameters

78
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How does Parameter store handle encryption

79
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What can parameter store changes generate

80
Q

What is Secrets Manager usable from

A

Console, CLI, API or SDK

81
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Which supports secret automatic rotation, Secrets Manager or PArameter store

A

Secrets Manager

82
Q

How does secret automatic location work in Secrets Manager

A

Using Lambda

83
Q

What are some features of Secrets Manager vs Parameter store

A

Secrets Manager is designed for secrets
It also directly integrates with some AWS products (RDS)

84
Q

What is EC2 on-demand

A

Multiple customers share hardware

85
Q

How are you billed for EC2 on-demand

A

Per second that the instance is running

86
Q

Do you have priority with on-demand

A

No, in case of big demand (major failure), people with reserved get priority

87
Q

What is spot pricing

A

AWS sells unused capacity at big discount, up to 90% discount
AWS sets price, customers set max they are willing to pay

88
Q

Should you use spot instances if your workload cannot tolerate interruptions

89
Q

Are you still billed for your unused reservation

90
Q

What are EC2 reservations defined by

A

Type of instance and AZ or region

91
Q

What happens if you lock an instance reservation to an AZ

A

You reserve capacity, but you can only take advantage in that AZ

92
Q

If you lock an EC2 reservation to a region, does it reserve capacity?

93
Q

What are the term lengths for reservation

A

1 or 3 year

94
Q

What is a dedicated host

A

You get a whole host
Hosts are designed for a famility of instances
Capacity management is required

95
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What is dedicated instances

A

You don’t own or share the host, but you have dedicated hardware
You don’t manage the host

96
Q

What are the limitations in terms of number of EC2 instances

A
  • On-demand: vCPU-based limit per region
  • Purchasing 20 reserved instances per region
  • Dynamic Spot limit per region for Spot instance requests
97
Q

What is AWS Nitro

A

The underlying platform for next generation of EC2 instances
Uses dedicated hardware for the hyervisors

98
Q

What instance types for general purpose

A

t-type
m-type

99
Q

Can you stop an Instance store-backed instance

A

No, you can only terminate it

100
Q

How do you give a static IPv4 address to an instance

A

Elastic IP addresses

101
Q

What OS are supported for instance hibernation

A

Amazon Linux
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

102
Q

What is a requirement for hibernation

A

Encrypted EBS-backed instance

103
Q

What happens when an instance hibernates

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Writes in-memory state to a file in root EBS

104
Q

What do you pay for in an hibernating instance

A

EBS Volumes and Elastic IPs

105
Q

What happens to attached EBS volume when an instance is terminated

A

Preserved by default

106
Q

How can you prevent accidental instance termination

A

Enable termination protection

107
Q

Is there such a thing as instance stop protection

108
Q

What can you do to a stopped instance

A

Modify properties, size, or update kernel

109
Q

What is included in an AMI

A

Template for root volume
Launch permissions
Block device mapping

110
Q

What are EC2 placement groups

A

They determine how instances are placed on underlying hardware

111
Q

What are the 3 options for placement groups

A

Cluster
Spread
Partition

112
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What is cluster placement group

A

It clusters instances into a low-latency group in a single AZ

113
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What is Spread placement group

A

Spreads instances across underlying hardware
Can span multiple AZs

114
Q

What is the max number of instance per AZ per group for cluster group

115
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What is partition placement group

A

Spread across logical partitions
Different partitions do not share hardware

116
Q

What is a use case for cluster placement group

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Performance, fast speeds, low latency

117
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What is a use case for spread placement group

A

Small number of critical instances that need to be kept separated from each other

118
Q

What is the maximum number of EC2 partitions per AZ

119
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What is partition group great for

A

Topology-aware apps

120
Q

What is Elastic inference accelerators

A

Enable to attach low-cost GPU powered acceleration to EC2, Sagemaker instances and other resources

121
Q

Does ENI stay attached when stopping an instance

122
Q

Does Elastic IP detach after stopping instance

123
Q

Can underlying host change when stopping an restarting instance

124
Q

What are the 3 components of AWS Glue

A

Central Metadate Repository
ETL Engine
Flexible Scheduler

125
Q

What is the AWS Glue Data Catalog

A

Perisitent metadata store

126
Q

What is the crawler used for in AWS GLue

A

Populate AWS Glue Data Catalog with tables

127
Q

How does the crawler work in AWS Glue

A

Determine format, schema of raw data
Group data into tables or partitions
Write metadata to AWS Glue Data Catalog

128
Q

What is needed to use DynamoDB accelerator

A

Install DAX SDK on instance

129
Q

Does DAX change how apps interact with DynamoDB from the apps perspective

130
Q

How is DAX accessed

A

Via an endpoint
It load balances

131
Q

What is the architecture of DAX

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Primary instance with replica in other AZs
Primary supports Write
Replicas support read

132
Q

Does DAX support write-through

A

Yes, on primary node

133
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Is DAX HA

A

Yes, if primary fails, we have a failover

134
Q

What kinds of scaling does DAX do

A

Up AND Out

135
Q

Is DAX a public service

A

No, it is deployed within a VPC

136
Q

Do you have to set autoscaling for Dynamodb

137
Q

What is capacity in DynamoDB

138
Q

What is on-demand mode for DynamoDB

A

You only pay for the operations

139
Q

What do you set when you use provisioned DynamoDB

A

RCU and WCU, they are KB per second of read or write

140
Q

What does Autoscaling do with DynamoDB

A

Dynamically adjusts the provisioned throughput capacity

141
Q

What is DynamoDB Global Tables

A

Multi-master cross-region replication

142
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Who wins conflict resolution with DynamoDB Global Tables

A

Last writer

143
Q

What is the speed of replicaiton for Global DynamoDB

A

GEnerally sub-second

144
Q

What is AWS Transit Gateway

A

A Network Transit Hub to connect VPCs to onprem networks

145
Q

What does Transit Gateway use

A

site-to-site vpns and DX

146
Q

What attachments are supported for AWS Transit Gateway

A

VPC
Site-to-Site VPN
Direct Connect Gateway

147
Q

How many VPN tunnels do you need from a Customer Gateway to a Transit Gateway to have HA

148
Q

Where do you configure VPC attachments for a Transit Gateway

A

One to a subnet in each AZ where service is required

149
Q

How can you connect to VPCs in another account or region with Transit Gateway

A

Peer to other transit gateway that belongs to another account or region

150
Q

When you peer Transit Gateways, where does traffic transit by

A

AWS Global Network, not public internet

151
Q

Does Transit Gateway support transitive routing

A

Yes
As long as appropriate routing is in place

152
Q

How can you share Transit Gateways between AWS accounts

153
Q

What does Transit Gateway do with regards to Multicast

A

It enables customers to have fine-grain control on who can consume and produce multicast traffic
Can maange multicast groups

154
Q

What are the 3 modes of storage gateway

A

Volume
-Cache
-Stored
Tape
File

155
Q

What is Storage Gateway Volume stored mode

A

It only uses AWS for backups

156
Q

What does AWS Storage gateway file mode do

A

It presents a file-based interface to S3

157
Q

How does Storage Gateway volume mode work

A

Uses volumes that have S3 snapshots

158
Q

What is Amazon DocumentDB

A

Fully managed document database
COmpatible with MongoDB

159
Q

If you can’t change the code and must use MongoDB, what should you use

A

DocumentDB

160
Q

What is Amazon Neptune

A

Graph database

161
Q

What is the Cluster endpoint in Aurora

A

AKA writer endpoint
Points to primary

162
Q

What is Aurora Parallel Query

A

Enables Aurora to push down and distribute computational load of a single query across thousands of CPUs in Aurora storage layer

163
Q

What are the 4 types of endpoints for Aurora

A

Cluster
Reader
Custom
Instance

164
Q

What is a custom endpoint in Aurora

A

It reprensts a set of instances you choose, and does load-balancing

165
Q

What is an instance endpoint in Aurora

A

Connects to a specific instance

166
Q

What can wildcard certificates handle

A

Syb-domains

167
Q

When should you use dedicaeed IP custom ssl

A

For browsers that do not support SNI

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