Amazon Web Services

Compute

EC2

BeginnerTopic

AWS EC2 — Elastic Compute Cloud Fundamentals

Launch, configure, and connect to AWS EC2 instances. Understand instance types, AMIs, Security Groups, and key pairs.

#aws#ec2#compute

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EC2 High Availability

EC2 High Availability and Scalability for CloudOps

Operate highly available EC2 workloads with load balancers, Auto Scaling groups, placement groups, health checks, instance refresh, and warm pools.

#aws#ec2#alb

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Lambda

AWS Lambda for CloudOps

Use Lambda for operational automation: scheduled jobs, EventBridge reactions, S3 event processing, logging, retries, permissions, and troubleshooting.

#aws#lambda#eventbridge

Storage

EC2 Storage

EC2 Storage and Data Management - EBS and EFS

Operate block and shared file storage for EC2 with EBS volumes, snapshots, encryption, resizing, EFS mount targets, and lifecycle decisions.

#aws#ebs#efs

S3

Amazon S3 for CloudOps — Storage, Security & Data Management

S3 operations and governance for CloudOps. Versioning, replication, lifecycle policies, security, event notifications, Athena queries, and storage classes — all tested on SOA-C03.

#aws#s3#storage

Database

AWS Databases for CloudOps

Operate managed databases in AWS: RDS, Aurora, backups, Multi-AZ, read replicas, monitoring, Performance Insights, security, and ElastiCache.

#aws#rds#aurora

Networking

VPC

AWS VPC Networking — Deep Dive for CloudOps

VPC networking deep dive for operations engineers. Covers subnets, NAT, NACLs, VPC endpoints, VPN, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, and DNS — all heavy SOA-C03 exam topics.

#aws#vpc#networking

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Route 53

Route 53 and DNS for CloudOps

Operate DNS in AWS with public and private hosted zones, routing policies, health checks, resolver endpoints, query logging, and failover patterns.

#aws#route53#dns

Management & Governance

Monitoring

#aws#cloudwatch#cloudtrail

AWS Monitoring, Auditing & Performance — CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Config

Complete monitoring stack for CloudOps. CloudWatch metrics, alarms, logs, dashboards, EventBridge, CloudTrail auditing, and AWS Config compliance — all heavy SOA-C03 exam topics.

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Systems Manager

AWS Systems Manager (SSM) — Managing EC2 at Scale

Manage fleets of EC2 instances at scale. Covers Run Command, Session Manager, Patch Manager, Parameter Store, and automation — all key SOA-C03 topics.

#aws#ssm#systems-manager

CloudFormation

AWS CloudFormation for CloudOps

Infrastructure as Code for operations. Covers CloudFormation stack management, StackSets, drift detection, cfn-init bootstrapping, and troubleshooting — key SOA-C03 topics.

#aws#cloudformation#iac

Account Management

#aws#organizations#control-tower

AWS Account Management — Organizations, Control Tower & Billing

Multi-account AWS management for CloudOps. AWS Organizations, SCPs, Control Tower, Service Catalog, Cost Explorer, Budgets, and Compute Optimizer — key SOA-C03 exam topics.

Reliability

#aws#disaster-recovery#backup

AWS Disaster Recovery for CloudOps

Plan and operate AWS disaster recovery with RTO/RPO, backups, pilot light, warm standby, multi-site active-active, AWS Backup, and Route 53 failover.

Security