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AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate (SOA-C02)

Master the fundamentals of AWS SysOps Administrator Associate and gain the confidence to pass the SOA-C02 certification exam.

(SOA-C02.AP1) / ISBN : 978-1-64459-370-7
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This is an extensive course that helps you learn, practice and prepare for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate (SOA-C02) exam. You’ll explore the fundamentals and learn how to execute and run workloads on AWS. You’ll develop the skills, technical expertise, and confidence required to pass the certification exam in a single attempt. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to monitor, scale, troubleshoot, ensure continuity, network and optimize performance for the AWS cloud system.

Skills You’ll Get

  • Confidently managing and operating the AWS system
  • Monitor, identify issues and implement solutions
  • Ability to scale up or down resources as per the changing business needs
  • Ensure high availability of AWS architecture
  • Create and manage backup strategies
  • Deploy and provide AWS resources
  • Knowledge of AWS networking concepts, including VPCs, subnets, and security groups
  • Implement cost-optimization strategies
  • Lead performance-optimization for the AWS system

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1

Introduction

  • How to Prepare for the Exam?
  • Taking a Certification Exam
  • About This Course
2

Introduction to AWS

  • What is Cloud Computing?
  • The AWS Cloud
  • Six Benefits of the AWS Cloud
  • AWS Services Overview
3

Monitoring Services in AWS

  • Metering, Monitoring, and Alerting
  • CloudWatch
  • CloudTrail
4

Troubleshooting and Remediation

  • Responding to Alarms
  • Amazon EventBridge
  • AWS Config
5

Implementing Scalability and Elasticity

  • Scaling in the Cloud
  • Caching
  • Read Replicas
6

High Availability and Resilience

  • Availability Zones in AWS
  • High Availability with Elastic Load Balancers and Route 53
  • Highly Available Datastores
  • Highly Available Databases
7

Backup and Restore Strategies

  • Backup in the Cloud
  • S3 as a Backup Service
8

Provisioning Resources

  • Deployment Tools in AWS
9

Application Management

  • Lifecycle Management
  • Patching
10

Security and Compliance

  • Account Management
11

Data Protection at Rest and in Transit

  • Protecting Data
12

Networking and Connectivity

  • The VPC
  • VPC Connectivity
  • VPC Security
  • AWS Network Firewall
  • VPC Endpoints
  • VPC Peering
  • VPC
  • Direct Connect
  • AWS WAF
  • AWS Shield
13

Domains, DNS, and Content Delivery

  • Route 53
  • Route 53 Routing Policies
  • S3 Static Website Hosting
  • Amazon CloudFront
  • S3 Origin Access Identity
14

Troubleshoot Network Connectivity

  • VPC Flow Logs
  • ELB Access Logs
  • AWS WAF ACL Logs
  • CloudFront Logs
  • CloudFront Caching Issues
  • Troubleshooting Hybrid and Private Links
15

Cost Optimization Strategies

  • Operational Optimization
16

Performance Optimization

  • Optimizing for Performance
Videos

Appendix: Videos

  • Module 1: AWS SysOps Exam Basics
  • Module 2: Monitoring, Logging and Retention
  • Module 3: Reliability and Business Continuity
  • Module 4: Deployment, Provisioning and Automation
  • Module 5: Security and Compliance
  • Module 6: Networking and Content Delivery
  • Module 7: Cost and Performance Optimization

1

Monitoring Services in AWS

  • Creating a CloudWatch Dashboard and Adding a Metric to it
  • Creating CloudTrail
2

Troubleshooting and Remediation

  • Creating Amazon EventBridge Rules that React to Events
3

Implementing Scalability and Elasticity

  • Creating an Auto Scaling Group
  • Using ElastiCache
4

High Availability and Resilience

  • Assigning an Elastic IP Address to an EC2 Instance
  • Creating an Elastic Load Balancer
  • Creating an Amazon S3 Glacier Vault
  • Enabling Versioning in the Amazon S3 Bucket
  • Creating an Amazon S3 Bucket
  • Creating an Amazon DynamoDB Table
5

Backup and Restore Strategies

  • Creating an AWS Backup
  • Creating a Snapshot
6

Provisioning Resources

  • Creating and Deleting a Resource Share
  • Creating an Application in Elastic Beanstalk
  • Creating a CloudFormation Template
  • Using the AWS Command Line Interface
7

Security and Compliance

  • Configuring a Key
  • Configuring an IAM Role
  • Creating an IAM Group
  • Creating an IAM User
8

Data Protection at Rest and in Transit

  • Enabling and Disabling GuardDuty
9

Networking and Connectivity

  • Creating an Elastic Network Interface
  • Creating an Internet Gateway
  • Allocating an Elastic IP Address
  • Creating a VPC
  • Creating a NAT Gateway
  • Configuring a Route Table
  • Creating a Subnet
  • Creating a Security Group
  • Creating a Network ACL
  • Creating a Gateway Endpoint
  • Creating a VPC Endpoint
  • Creating a VPC Peering
10

Domains, DNS, and Content Delivery

  • Creating a Hosted Zone Using Amazon Route 53
  • Creating a Health Check
  • Creating an Amazon CloudFront Web Distribution
11

Troubleshoot Network Connectivity

  • Creating VPC Flow Logs
  • Creating an AWS WAF Web ACL
12

Performance Optimization

  • Creating a Placement Group
  • Creating an Encrypted Amazon EBS Volume with a Cold HDD
  • Creating a Linux Instance

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Yes, you should have at least 1 year of experience with deployment, management, networking, and security on AWS. The second option is, you can get the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certificate first, and then take this exam. 

This certification is ideal for those working in IT or cloud operation job roles wanting to upgrade their technical knowledge or those aspiring to make a career in this field.   

Preparing for this certification exam takes time, dedication and a good strategy. Take this online course to learn and practice in a structured way. Here’s how you should prepare: 

  • Complete the course, study the course content thoroughly.
  • Utilize the hands-on Labs for practical experience on the AWS system, practice multiple times. 
  • Utilize the practice exams which mimic the actual SOA-C02 exam format.
  • Review your understanding of key concepts and terms with flashcards, test-prep and glossary

You’ll get access to our Cloud Labs for practice exercises.

The minimum passing score is 720.

The cost of this exam in the US is USD 150.

Exam duration is 130 minutes. You have to answer 65 questions within the time limit. 

The SOA-C02 questionnaire is divided in 3 formats - Multiple Choice Questions, Multiple Response Questions, and Exam Lab to perform the given tasks in AWS Console. 

The AWS SysOps Administrator Associate certification is valid for 3 years.

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  Everything you need to know to pass the SOA-C02 exam is covered in this course.

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