Getting Started
According to the AWS Documentation, where can you find tutorials for hands-on labs?
AWS Skill Builder self-paced labs help you learn cloud skills, hands-on with practice in the AWS Management Console.
What makes a service or application serverless?
A service/application is serverless when there is no server management, pay-for-value services, continuous scaling, and built-in fault tolerance.
For most enterprise data to be useful, where should it be stored?
What is a database?
Does Network and Application Protection on AWS give you real-time traffic visibility regardless of port or protocol?
Network and Application Protection on AWS gives you real-time traffic visibility, regardless of the port or protocol, from which you can enable fine-grained filtering, monitoring, and logging.
https://aws.amazon.com/products/security/network-application-protection/
What are the steps to access Explorations?
First, go to Clickstream Analytics on AWS Console, in the Nav. Bar, choose Analytics Studio. In the Analytics Studio page that opens, choose Explorations in the left panel.
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/solutions/latest/clickstream-analytics-on-aws/exploration.html
How do you store an object in Amazon S3?
To store an object in Amazon S3, you create a bucket and then upload the object to the bucket. When the object is in the bucket, you can open it, download it, and move it. When you no longer need an object or a bucket, you can clean up your resources.
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/GetStartedWithS3.html
What is messaging in the context of serverless applications?
Messages are lightweight JSON objects that typically contain event details. Event architectures communicate across services using messages.
What tasks does Amazon Relational Database handle?
The Amazon Relational Database handles database management tasks, such as provisioning, patching, backup, recovery, failure detection, and repair, and is straightforward to set up and deploy.
How can you automate Compliance and Auditing for security?
You can automate your compliance and auditing processes through best-in-class services supported by the scale and security of AWS infrastructure, per the Shared Responsibility Model.
How many availability zones does AWS have?
AWS has 120 availability zones.
What are decision guides in the AWS documentation?
Decision guides are designed to provide you with a detailed overview of the services offered by AWS, and structured guidance on how to choose the services that might be right for your use cases. Decision guides can also help you articulate and consider the criteria that will inform your choices.
https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/decision-guides/
What is the maximum function timeout allowed for a Lambda function?
The maximum function timeout allowed for an AWS Lambda function is 900 seconds, which is equivalent to 15 minutes.
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/configuration-timeout.html
How is data in Amazon Aurora stored?
Amazon Aurora data is stored in a cluster volume, a custom, single, virtual volume backed by SSDs, with this data replicated across three different Availability Zones
Why Use AWS network and application protection services?
AWS provides your network and application security teams with services that address their particular protection needs and compliance requirements.
https://aws.amazon.com/products/security/network-application-protection/
What is Cloud Computing?
Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of compute power, database, storage, applications, and other IT resources through a cloud services platform via the internet with pay-as-you-go pricing.
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/aws-overview/what-is-cloud-computing.html
What is the primary AWS Documentation tool that runs code without managing servers in AWS?
The primary tool AWS Documentation suggests for running code without managing servers is AWS Lambda. It is a serverless compute service where you upload your code and it runs in response to events, with AWS managing all the underlying infrastructure.
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/#:~:text=With%20AWS%20Lambda%2C%20you%20can,AWS%20Whitepapers
What is another name for a nonrelational database?
Another name for nonrelational database is: NoSQL database
Find the documentation for AWS CloudShell. Summarize its purpose in one sentence.
AWS CloudShell is a browser-based, pre-authenticated shell that you can launch directly from the AWS Management Console.
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudshell/latest/userguide/welcome.html
What is the AWS Documentation page for AI/ML services? Name one machine learning service listed there.
The primary AWS Documentation page for AI/ML services is generally found within the main AWS documentation portal, often categorized under "Machine Learning." One machine learning service listed on this page is Amazon SageMaker.
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/machine-learning/
Where can you find the official release notes for a service, and what is the typical structure of the release notes link for a specific service's documentation?
Official release notes for AWS services are primarily found within the AWS Documentation for each specific service.
What is application integration?
Application integration on AWS is a suite of services that enable communication between decoupled components within microservices, distributed systems, and serverless applications.
What is Amazon Neptune used for?
Amazon Neptune is used to graph database managed service with custom, distributed, SSD-based storage.
What does Network and Application Protection on AWS allow you to do?
Network and Application Protection services on AWS enable you to enforce fine-grained security policy at every network control point across your organization.
https://aws.amazon.com/products/security/network-application-protection/
Name all five AWS Well-Architected Pillars and briefly describe one.
The five AWS Well-Architected Pillars are Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, and Cost Optimization. For example, Security focuses on protecting information, systems, and assets by managing risks, implementing security best practices, and using appropriate AWS tools to secure cloud workloads.
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/framework/the-pillars-of-the-framework.html