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February 5, 2015 by Motasem Aldiab

Before talking about the AWS Solutions Architect exam, I’ll provide a brief introduction to Amazon

Web Services (AWS). AWS, the leading cloud provider in the market, started in 2007 with one

service (Simple Storage Service – S3), and has since expanded rapidly in all directions while, at the

same time, consistently dropping prices (they currently have over one million active enterprise

customers).

In 2013 Amazon introduced their which measured professional administrators’

AWS expertise. AWS tracks focus on three areas: Solutions Architects, Developers, and SysOps.

In this article, we will address the skills required for passing the AWS Solutions Architect exam –

Associate level. Although there are many sources of information on AWS, your first stop for reliable

information (after Cloud Academy) should be .

You don’t need to be expert in any one operating system, but you’ll need to know how to access

(using Windows RDP or Linux Shell) and manage EC2 Instances from the command line. Familiarity

with the basic principles of virtualization can also be useful. With our Hands-On lab “

” you’ll learn how to launch and configure your first Amazon EC2

instance using AWS Management Console.

What you’ll need to pass the AWS Solutions Architect

exam – Associate level

Everything you need to focus on in order to master the

AWS Solutions Architect certification exam

certification tracks

AWS documentation

What you’ll need to study for the Solutions Architect exam:

Linux and other operating systems

Create your first

Amazon EC2 Instance (Linux)

AWS Solutions Architect exam and Networking

A solid understanding of TCP/IP networking concepts, IP addresses, CIDR is necessary. You should

be very comfortable with configuring and working with AWS Virtual Private Clouds (VPC). Experience

using network route tables, access control lists, firewalls, NAT, HTTP, DNS, IP and OSI are all helpful.

With an “ ”, you’ll learn how to create an isolated network

infrastructure.

You must understand how AWS access control lists, security groups, and IAM work. And you’re

expected to be comfortable with high availability and design for failure best practices, along with

those related to disaster recovery. Your application security experience should include public key

encryption, SSH, access credentials, and X.509 certificates to pass the AWS Solutions Architect

exam. With an “ ”, our lab teaches you how to create IAM users and groups with

specific policies.

You should have at least a basic understanding of your OS’ file systems to be able to properly work

with Amazon’s Elastic Block Store (EBS) and Simple Storage Service (S3). Understanding RDBMS

(using MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server), and NoSQL will also be expected. “

” provides an in-depth overview on EBS, S3, Glacier and more.

Be familiar with loose coupling and stateless systems, web servers (Apache, Nginx, IIS), caching,

application servers, and load balancers, along with message queuing and RESTful Web Services,

XML, and JSON. A strong understanding on how to interact with AWS (AWS SDK, AWS API,

Command Line Interface, AWS CloudFormation) and the software development lifecycle are also

assumed. Our will test your knowledge on

these topics and more.

Introduction to Virtual Private Cloud

Security and Reliability

Introduction to IAM

Storage and Databases

Storage Fundamentals for A

WS

Enterprise architectures and Software life cycle

beginner quiz on Amazon Web Services, CloudFormation

Time and resources

Amazon recommends that you have at least one year of practical experience with AWS before doing

the AWS certified solutions architect – associate level. lists all the elements you’ll

need to focus on. One month of focused study before the exam is a reasonable time and

provides access to everything you need to successfully pass your

test.Don’t look for leaked exam questions (brain dumps), as all candidates sign an NDA before doing

the exam. And besides, many question sets available on the web are misleading. In any case, it’s

good to have a real evaluation of your level of mastery that only an honest exam result can give you.

The Solutions Architect exam questions are meant to test the real level of the candidate, as they are

written by AWS experts, and they don’t contain filler questions.

Cloud Academy is a great place to start studying for AWS certified solutions architect. Cloud

Academy has the most comprehensive Learning Path for the AWS Solution Architect Associate

Certification exam. It includes over 18 hours of study materials with 9 downloadable video courses,

12 quiz sessions and 15 hands-on labs that were created to thoroughly addresses the skills you’ll

need for the exam.

AWS is likely to continue its impressive growth as the demand on cloud services increases. Being

certified improves your skills and attractiveness on the job market. I’ve already discussed the

certifications in . Now you should be able to evaluate if you’re ready for the AWS

Solutions Architect Exam – Associate level.