Well-Architected Framework Flashcards

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Describe design principles and best practices for running workloads in the cloud

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5 Pillars Well-Architected Framework

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Pillar focusing on creating applications that effectively support production workloads

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Operational Excellence

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3
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Plan for and anticipate failure

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Operational Excellence

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4
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Deploy smaller, reversible changes

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Operational Excellence

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5
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Script operations as code

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Operational Excellence

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6
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Learn from failure and refine

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Operational Excellence

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7
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Pillar focusing on putting mechanisms in place that help protect systems and data

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Security

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8
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Automate security tasks

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Security

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9
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Encrypt data in transit and at rest

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Security

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10
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Assign only the least privileges required

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Security

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11
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Track who did what and when

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Security

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12
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Ensure security at all application layers

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Security

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13
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Pillar focuses on designing systems that work consistently and recover quickly

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Reliability

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14
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Recover from failure automatically

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Reliability

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15
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Scale horizontally for failure resistance

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Reliability

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16
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Reduce idle resources

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Reliability

17
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Manage change through automation

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Reliability

18
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Test recovery procedures

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Reliability

19
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Pillar focuses on the effective use of computing resources to meet systems and business requirements while removing bottlenecks

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Performance Efficiency

20
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Use serverless architectures first

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Performance Efficiency

21
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Use multi-region deployments

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Performance Efficiency

22
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Delegate tasks to a cloud vendor

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Performance Efficiency

23
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Experiment with virtual resources

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Performance Efficiency

24
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Pillar focuses on delivering optimum and resilient solutions at the least cost to the user

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Cost Optimization

25
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Utilize consumption-based pricing

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Cost Optimization

26
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Implement cloud financial management

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Cost Optimization

27
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Measure overall efficiency

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Cost Optimization

28
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Pay only for resources your application requires

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Cost Optimization

29
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Using CodeComitt for version control and to enable tracking of code changes and to version-control CloudFormation templates

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Operational Excellence

30
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Using CloudTrail to configure central logging of all actions performed in your account

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Security

31
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Using Mult-AZ deployments for enhanced availability and reliability of RDS databases

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Reliability

32
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Using Lambda to run code with zero administration

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Performance Efficiency

33
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Using S3 Intelligent-Tiering to automatically move data between access tiers based on usage patterns

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Cost Optimization