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+ +A curated list of AWS resources to prepare for the AWS Certifications for r/SysAdmin + +A curated list of awesome AWS resources you need to prepare for the all 5 AWS Certifications. This gist will include: open source repos, blogs & blogposts, ebooks, PDF, whitepapers, video courses, free lecture, slides, sample test and many other resources. + +---- + +Index: + +
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  1. Passing the AWS solutions architect - Associate exam (Published ☑)
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  2. Passing the AWS solutions architect - Professional exam (Coming soon...)
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  3. Passing the AWS SysOps Administrator Certification (Coming soon...)
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  4. Passing the AWS DevOps Engineer Certification(Coming soon...)
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  5. Passing the AWS Developer Certification (TBD)
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Passing the AWS solutions architect - Associate exam > Exam Overview

+ +You will find you make less errors when you don’t feel rushed on time. + + +The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam is intended for individuals with experience designing distributed applications and systems on the AWS platform. + +Exam concepts you should understand for this exam include: + +1. Designing and deploying scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant systems on AWS +2. Lift and shift of an existing on-premises application to AWS +3. Ingress and egress of data to and from AWS +4. Selecting the appropriate AWS service based on data, compute, database, or security requirements +5. Identifying appropriate use of AWS architectural best practices +6. Estimating AWS costs and identifying cost control mechanisms + +

Passing the AWS solutions architect - Associate exam > Prerequisites & Requirements

+ +Candidate Overview description provided by the AWS documentation + + Eligible candidates for this exam have: + + - One or more years of hands-on experience designing available, cost efficient, fault tolerant, and scalable distributed systems on AWS + - In-depth knowledge of at least one high-level programming language + - Ability to identify and define requirements for an AWS-based application + - Experience with deploying hybrid systems with on-premises and AWS components + - Capability to provide best practices for building secure and reliable applications on the AWS platform + +AWS Knowledge required for the Exam: + + +Key items you should know before you take the exam: + +1. How to configure and troubleshoot a VPC inside and out, including basic IP subnetting. VPC is arguably one of the more complex components of AWS and you cannot pass this exam without a thorough understanding of it. +2. The difference in use cases between Simple Workflow (SWF), Simple Queue Services (SQS), and Simple Notification Services (SNS). +3. How an Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) interacts with auto-scaling groups in a high-availability deployment. +4. How to properly secure a S3 bucket in different usage scenarios +5. When it would be appropriate to use either EBS-backed or ephemeral instances. +5. A basic understanding of CloudFormation. +6. How to properly use various EBS volume configurations and snapshots to optimize I/O performance and data durability. + +General IT Knowledge preferred for the Exam: + + + + +

Passing the AWS solutions architect - Associate exam > General Learning Material

+ +1. Solutions Architect—Associate Certification for AWS (2016) +2. A Guide to AWS Certification Exams +3. AWS Solutions Architect Certification +4. AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Exam +5. AWS Certification Exams: What to expect +6. Preparing for the AWS Solutions Architect Associate Exam - Webinar +6. AWS CLI: 10 Useful Commands You May Not Know +7. How I Got 5 AWS Certifications: continuous learning with AWS +8. Amazon AWS Certified Solutions Architect: What to Study, Tips and Resources +9. AWS re:Invent 2015 | (ARC301) Scaling Up to Your First 10 Million Users +10. AWS re:Invent 2015 | (CMP302) Amazon ECS: Distributed Applications at Scale +11. AWS re:Invent 2014 | (SDD413) Amazon S3 Deep Dive and Best Practices +12. AWS re:Invent 2015 | (DVO203) A Day in the Life of a Netflix Engineer +13. Study guide for AWS Certification - GitHub Repo +14. An app to track white AWS white papers I have read in preparation for architect certification. +15. Prepare for AWS Certifications - Webinar +16. AWS Certifications for Teams - Webinar + +

Passing the AWS solutions architect - Associate exam > Blueprints exam

+ +In this AWS whitepaper you'll find a sample exam. Here's a preview: +
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+In this amazing post Markos Rendell gave a deep explanation to every single AWS question. + +

Passing the AWS solutions architect - Associate exam > Direct experience from AWS Certified members

+ + +Here are some general observations by Miha Kralj in this great post. + + +-- +In this other write-up on LinkedIn Wong Chun Yin explained how to get all 5 AWS Certifications in Asia. Below, a couple of great hints for the SA - Associate. + + First of all, associate certifications are not hard, and if you have a chance to take the AWS training, then you just need to concentrate on reading the training slides is more than enough! Remember to read the details explanation under the slides. Good understanding of VPC and IAM is important for all associate exams. + +-- + +Dan-Claudiu Dragos shared his experience here on how he prepared for the AWS Solutions Architect Certifications in 7 days and succesfully passed it. + +I'd like to share my experience of getting AWS CSA(A) certified with Cloud Academy: + +The background:
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+That's it. I'm the number 16.891, not sure if this is small or big, or even if it matters. +
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+A redditor on r/aws gave awesome tips about the exam day +
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Passing the AWS solutions architect - Associate exam > The Exam

+Exam Registration fee is USD 150 +
+You have 80 minutes to complete a 40 quizzes exam. Most of the questions are up to 3 lines long in the multiple choice format. You should consider no more than 1.5/2 minutes per question if you want to read each question carefully and answer to all of them correctly. +
+It's possible to set a question for review and skip, you can get back to what you marked in this way at the end. +
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+Now you're ready to go. Here's where you book your exam! +
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