AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Official Study Guide: Associate Exam

555 Pages·2017·16.4 MB·English

by  Stephen Cole, Gareth Digby, Chris Fitch, Steve Friedberg, Shaun Qualheim, Jerry Rhoads, Michael Roth, Blaine Sundrud

AWS
Certified SysOps
Administrator Official
Study Guide - Associate Exam
Stephen Cole, Gareth Digby, Christopher Fitch,
Steve Friedberg, Shaun Qualheim, Jerry Rhoads,
Michael Roth, Blaine Sundrud
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Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank a few people who helped us develop and write the AWS
Certifed SysOps Administrator Offcial Study Guide – Associate Exam.
First and foremost, a very big thank you to all of our friends and families who put up
with us spending weekends, evenings, and vacations creating content, writing questions,
and reviewing each other’s chapters. Their fexibility, patience, and support made this book
a reality.
Thank you to Nathan Bower and Victoria Steidel, the technical writers at AWS who
reviewed and edited every single piece of content. They were always willing to review content,
and their due diligence kept us on schedule. Their wisdom made us all better writers.
We could not have written this book without the help of our friends at Wiley. Gary
Schwartz, Project Editor, provided valuable advice that kept us on track with our deliver-
ables. Additionally, we were guided by Kezia Endsley, Copy Editor, who further refned our
content to make the various chapters written by the many authors, fow into one cohesive
piece of work.
A special thanks to Eli Schilling, Biff (yes that’s his real name) Gaut, and Brian Wagner.
Eli gathered the group of authors to write this book, Biff provided us much needed fore-
sight, as he had co-authored the AWS Certifed Solutions Architect Offcial Study Guide,
and Brian helped us write some last-minute questions for the online practice exams.
Lastly, we want to thank all the Solutions Architects and Technical Trainers at AWS
who participated in certifcation blueprint development, question writing, review sessions,
and the development of a world-class certifcation program for cloud practitioners that is
setting the standard for our industry. #LearnAndBeCurious
About the Authors
Stephen Cole is a Technical Trainer with AWS, having joined the Training
and Certifcation team in 2016. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree
from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) in 1991 and, in 2015, earned
a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University.
Currently, he has two AWS certifcations: Solutions Architect Associate and
SysOps Administrator Associate. Stephen would like to express his grati-
tude and appreciation for his wife, Laura, and son, Eli, as they were both
very patient while sacrifcing signifcant family time for this book.
Gareth Digby, Technical Trainer for AWS, delivers training on AWS
services to students throughout North America. Gareth holds a B.Sc.
and Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University
of Swansea. Gareth has held full time faculty posts in the Electrical and
Electric Engineering Department at the University of Swansea and at
the School of Electrical and Electric Engineering at the University of
Birmingham. He has taught as adjunct faculty in the Department of
Computer Science at the University of Oxford and the Graduate School
at Penn State. Prior to joining AWS, in addition to his academic posts, Gareth held System
Engineering and System Architecture roles on a variety of public sector projects. Gareth
wants to thank Enfeld Grammar School for introducing him to computers, the Electrical and
Electronic Engineering Department, and the Computer Science Department at the University
of Wales, Swansea for inspiring him to teach about computers. He would also like to thank his
family for allowing him to pursue these passions for far too many years.
Christopher Fitch is a Technical Trainer with AWS. He has over 15 years’
experience in various engineering, administration, and architectural posi-
tions. His experience brings with it a combination of academic and hands-
on knowledge that’s provided a diverse and well-rounded set of skills.
Prior to working with AWS, he spent most of his career working with the
DoD. Christopher holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Technical Management
from DeVry University, a Master of Science in Information Systems, and
a Master of Science in Network and Communications Management from the Keller Graduate
School. Chris is a geek at heart. He is a native Floridian and Seattle transplant who is passion-
ate about design, photography, and biking.
Steve Friedberg has been an educator for 40 years, teaching in ten
different countries. He has been a course developer and instructor for
IBM, Oracle, DEC, Cisco, Microsoft, Marconi, and TIBCO, as well
as an adjunct professor at Grace College in Winona Lake, IN. He has
been with AWS as a Technical Trainer for over a year, and he holds
all three AWS Associate certifcations. Steve’s formal training includes
a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Cornell University and a
Master of Arts in Education from Ball State University. He lives with
his wife in Indiana near his children and grandchildren. His real passion is teaching and
developing curriculum about the Old Testament feasts, holidays, and prophecies.
vi About the Authors
Shaun Qualheim has been with AWS since September 2014. He is cur-
rently serving customers as a Senior Solutions Architect. In previous lives,
Shaun was a Linux Systems Administrator at companies ranging from a
leading computational fuid dynamics (CFD) company to one of the largest
educational assessment companies in the world. Shaun is the proud father
of an amazing 9-year old son, Jackson, who loves to come to the NYC
AWS offce and socialize with everyone. He wishes to thank his team for
their patience while he worked on this book. Shaun would like to dedicate
his portion of this book to his father, who taught him the value of never wavering in doing
what’s right for the customer and whose example continues to show him the value of diligent
work. Without that guidance, Shaun wouldn’t be where he is today.
Jerry Rhoads has been with AWS since May 2014. Jerry started off as a
Solutions Architect, and he recently joined the Training and Certifcation
Team as a Technical Trainer. Jerry holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Com-
puter Science and a Master of Science in Information Systems Technology
from the George Washington University, as well as all fve AWS certifca-
tions. Jerry would like to give special thanks to Dr. Marjorie Battaglia, who
inspired him to be a better writer; Reggie Carreker, who provided him with
a passion for teaching; his wife, Linda, and his four children (+ one on the way), Ashley, Harry,
Tinsley, and Liam for their much-needed patience and inspiration.
Michael Roth is a Technical Trainer with AWS, having joined Amazon
in 2015. He is a Certifed Cisco Network Academy Instructor and has
taught Linux. Michael graduated from the University of Michigan
with a Bachelor of Science in Zoology and a Bachelor of Arts in Urban
Planning. He also has a Master of Science Degree in Telecommunications
Management from Golden Gate University. Michael would like to thank
his co-workers in the AWS Technical Training Organization—he is very
proud to be a part of this amazing group of people. Finally, he would like
to thank his spouse, Betsy, and son, Robert. Without their support and love, this book would
not have been possible.
Blaine Sundrud began his teaching career at the Show Low Arizona
High School before becoming a product evangelist for Digital Technology
International. At DTI, Blaine worked with newspapers from around the
world helping them improve their publishing platforms, until he realized
that supporting the print newspaper industry was not a long-term employ-
ment option. Blaine now works in the Training and Certifcation depart-
ment at AWS, where he holds all fve certifcations. His current focus is
on leveraging brain science to improve classroom learning through the NeuroEducate program
that he developed at AWS. Blaine wants to thank his three children: Kelly, Hunter, and Dessa
for their resiliency, as well as his wife, Diana, for her high availability.
Contents at a Glance
Foreword xix
Introduction xi
Assessment Test xxvi
Chapter 1 Introduction to Systems Operations on AWS 1
Chapter 2 Working with AWS Cloud Services 23
Chapter 3 Security and AWS Identity and Access
Management (IAM)  41
Chapter 4 Compute 107
Chapter 5 Networking 151
Chapter 6 Storage Systems 207
Chapter 7 Databases 249
Chapter 8 Application Deployment and Management 313
Chapter 9 Monitoring and Metrics 363
Chapter 10 High Availability 441
Appendix Answers to the Review Questions 481
Index 499