Study Guide for AWS Associate Level Certifications - Part 1

My recap notes for the 3 certification exams

While studying for the 3 AWS Associate level certifications I started taking notes in markdown format.

This is because to remember things I have to write them down, producing short summaries of the information I am reading. And this is the only method that works for me.

I later realized that this recap content, in addition to being a support to me as a refresher before the exams, might also be useful to others, so I decided to publish it on my blog.
I think and hope that it could be used as an additional study source, as a refresher, or even as a super-fast introduction to some AWS topics that you are approaching.

I will release the content gradually over the coming weeks, after a small review.

The content of the three exams is different, but there is a lot of overlap, and a general overview can be useful in any case, if you are studying for AWS Certified Developer - Associate, AWS Certified Developer - Associate or AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate.
In the end, I will also share a table with a matrix to better understand what are the services on which each exam is focused.

This is the content that comes with Part 1, released today:

• Introduction
• Concepts
  • Definitions
  • The AWS infrastructure
  • Services overview
  • DR & Support
• Networking
  • VPC
  • Route 53
  • ELB
  • Cloudfront
• Management
  • CloudFormation and SAM
  • Systems Manager (SSM)
  • OpsWorks, Beanstalk, Lightsail
  • CloudWatch
  • CloudTrail, VPC Flow Logs
• Security, Identity and compliance
  • Authentication and authorization
  • IAM
  • Secrets

In the next part I will share my notes about computing, databases, storage, developer tools, and many more.

I will also release a collection of the most interesting sample exam questions that I have come across while studying and practicing.

Please let me know if you find this useful in any way or if you find errors or inaccuracies in the content.