AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate
Prepare for the SOA-C03 exam and validate your ability to deploy, manage, and operate workloads on AWS.
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5 modules · 75 lessons
Module 1: Monitoring Logging and Performance
Implement metrics, alarms, filters, and optimize performance. (22% of exam)
CloudWatch Metrics and Alarms
Configure AWS monitoring and logging using CloudWatch and related services.
- Lesson Introduction to AWS Monitoring 10 min
- Quiz Introduction to AWS Monitoring Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson CloudWatch Agent Configuration 10 min
- Quiz CloudWatch Agent Configuration Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson CloudWatch Alarms and Composite Alarms 10 min
- Quiz CloudWatch Alarms Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson CloudWatch Dashboards 10 min
- Quiz CloudWatch Dashboards Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson AWS CloudTrail for Auditing 10 min
- Quiz AWS CloudTrail Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Amazon SNS Notifications 10 min
- Quiz Amazon SNS Notifications Quiz 5 questions
Remediation and Automation
Analyze performance metrics and automate remediation strategies.
- Lesson EventBridge Rules and Event Routing 10 min
- Quiz EventBridge Rules Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Systems Manager Automation Runbooks 10 min
- Quiz Systems Manager Automation Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Lambda Auto-Remediation 10 min
- Quiz Lambda Auto-Remediation Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson AWS User Notifications 10 min
- Quiz AWS User Notifications Quiz 5 questions
Performance Optimization
Optimize compute storage and database resources for performance.
- Lesson EC2 Performance Optimization 10 min
- Quiz EC2 Performance Optimization Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson EBS Performance and Volume Types 10 min
- Quiz EBS Performance Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson S3 Performance Optimization 10 min
- Quiz S3 Performance Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson RDS Performance Insights 10 min
- Quiz RDS Performance Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson EFS Performance and Lifecycle 10 min
- Quiz EFS Performance Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson EC2 Placement Groups 10 min
- Quiz EC2 Placement Groups Quiz 5 questions
Module 2: Reliability and Business Continuity
Implement scalability, high availability, and backup strategies. (22% of exam)
Scalability and Elasticity
Configure scaling mechanisms and caching for dynamic scalability.
- Lesson EC2 Auto Scaling Groups 10 min
- Quiz EC2 Auto Scaling Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson ElastiCache for Caching 10 min
- Quiz ElastiCache Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson DynamoDB Auto Scaling 10 min
- Quiz DynamoDB Auto Scaling Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson RDS Read Replicas 10 min
- Quiz RDS Read Replicas Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson CloudFront Caching Strategies 10 min
- Quiz CloudFront Caching Quiz 5 questions
High Availability
Configure fault-tolerant and highly available systems.
- Lesson Elastic Load Balancing Configuration 10 min
- Quiz Elastic Load Balancing Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Route 53 Health Checks 10 min
- Quiz Route 53 Health Checks Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Multi-AZ Deployments 10 min
- Quiz Multi-AZ Deployments Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson AWS Global Infrastructure 10 min
- Quiz AWS Global Infrastructure Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Aurora Global Database 10 min
- Quiz Aurora Global Database Quiz 5 questions
Backup and Restore
Automate backups and implement disaster recovery procedures.
- Lesson AWS Backup Service 10 min
- Quiz AWS Backup Service Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson RDS Snapshots and Point-in-Time Recovery 10 min
- Quiz RDS Snapshots Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson S3 Versioning and Replication 10 min
- Quiz S3 Versioning Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Disaster Recovery Strategies 10 min
- Quiz Disaster Recovery Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson EBS Snapshots and AMI Backups 10 min
- Quiz EBS Snapshots Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Cross-Region Replication 10 min
- Quiz Cross-Region Replication Quiz 5 questions
Module 3: Deployment Provisioning and Automation
Provision cloud resources and automate management. (22% of exam)
Resource Provisioning
Create and manage AMIs and deploy resources using IaC.
Infrastructure as Code
Create and manage stacks using CloudFormation and CDK.
- Lesson AWS CloudFormation Fundamentals 10 min
- Quiz CloudFormation Fundamentals Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson CloudFormation StackSets 10 min
- Quiz CloudFormation StackSets Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson AWS CDK Overview 10 min
- Quiz AWS CDK Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Troubleshooting CloudFormation Deployments 10 min
- Quiz Troubleshooting CloudFormation Quiz 5 questions
Automation Tools
Automate operational processes using AWS services.
- Lesson AWS Systems Manager Overview 10 min
- Quiz Systems Manager Overview Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Lambda Event-Driven Automation 10 min
- Quiz Lambda Event-Driven Automation Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Terraform with AWS 10 min
- Quiz Terraform with AWS Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Git and Version Control 10 min
- Quiz Git and Version Control Quiz 5 questions
Deployment Strategies
Implement deployment strategies and deployment services.
Container Management
Manage containers using ECS and EKS.
Module 4: Security and Compliance
Implement security tools, data protection, and compliance. (16% of exam)
IAM and Access Management
Implement IAM features and troubleshoot access issues.
- Lesson IAM Password Policies and MFA 10 min
- Quiz IAM Password Policies Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson IAM Roles and Federation 10 min
- Quiz IAM Roles and Federation Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson IAM Access Analyzer and Policy Simulator 10 min
- Quiz IAM Access Analyzer Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Multi-Account Security Strategies 10 min
- Quiz Multi-Account Security Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson AWS Trusted Advisor Security 10 min
- Quiz AWS Trusted Advisor Quiz 5 questions
Data Protection
Implement encryption and secure secrets management.
- Lesson AWS KMS Encryption 10 min
- Quiz AWS KMS Encryption Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson AWS Certificate Manager 10 min
- Quiz AWS Certificate Manager Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Secrets Manager and Parameter Store 10 min
- Quiz Secrets Manager Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Data Classification Schemes 10 min
- Quiz Data Classification Quiz 5 questions
Security Monitoring
Configure and remediate findings from security services.
Module 5: Networking and Content Delivery
Implement networking features, DNS, and content delivery. (18% of exam)
VPC Configuration
Configure VPCs including subnets, route tables, and security groups.
- Lesson VPC Fundamentals 10 min
- Quiz VPC Fundamentals Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Security Groups and NACLs 10 min
- Quiz Security Groups and NACLs Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson NAT Gateways and Internet Gateways 10 min
- Quiz NAT and Internet Gateways Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson VPC Peering and Transit Gateway 10 min
- Quiz VPC Peering and Transit Gateway Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson VPC Endpoints and PrivateLink 10 min
- Quiz VPC Endpoints Quiz 5 questions
DNS and Content Delivery
Configure Route 53 and CloudFront for DNS and content distribution.
- Lesson Route 53 DNS Configuration 10 min
- Quiz Route 53 DNS Configuration Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Route 53 Routing Policies 10 min
- Quiz Route 53 Routing Policies Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson CloudFront Distributions 10 min
- Quiz CloudFront Distributions Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson AWS Global Accelerator 10 min
- Quiz AWS Global Accelerator Quiz 5 questions
Network Troubleshooting
Troubleshoot VPC configurations and connectivity issues.
- Lesson VPC Flow Logs Analysis 10 min
- Quiz VPC Flow Logs Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Troubleshooting Connectivity Issues 10 min
- Quiz Troubleshooting Connectivity Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson AWS Network Firewall and WAF 10 min
- Quiz AWS Network Firewall and WAF Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson VPN and Direct Connect 10 min
- Quiz VPN and Direct Connect Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson CloudWatch Network Monitoring 10 min
- Quiz CloudWatch Network Monitoring Quiz 5 questions
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