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Our Thoughts on the Beta Exam for AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C02)

2023-06-07T07:43:48+00:00

Our Thoughts on the Beta Exam for AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C02) Mark your calendars! March 2020 is the expected standard exam availability of the new version for AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C02). I took the beta exam this November in order to take a peek on the new technologies and scenarios that Amazon will probably add to the new exam version which they will release early next year.   My Preparation As always, I read the official exam guide for the new AWS exam version. I noticed that there are only 4 domains in the new version, compared with [...]

Our Thoughts on the Beta Exam for AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C02)2023-06-07T07:43:48+00:00

IP Blocking: Use AWS WAF or NACL?

2023-08-14T02:45:24+00:00

What should you do if you identified a series of malicious attacks on your application coming from a specific IP address? Will you use AWS WAF to block that IP address or create a rule in your Network Access Control List to deny traffic from that IP? It is true that AWS WAF can filter web requests based on IP addresses, HTTP headers, HTTP body, or URI strings, to block common attack patterns, such as SQL injection or cross-site scripting. NACL, on the other hand, acts like a firewall for controlling traffic in and out of your subnets. If the [...]

IP Blocking: Use AWS WAF or NACL?2023-08-14T02:45:24+00:00

PRE-BLACK FRIDAY SALE – All of our AWS Practice Tests at Rock Bottom Prices!

2023-12-15T02:28:56+00:00

PRE-BLACK FRIDAY SALE: All of our AWS Practice Tests at Rock Bottom Prices! As you may already be aware, the biggest sale of the year is coming in a few weeks. Udemy's annual Black Friday sale will showcase all of the courses listed on their site at heavily discounted prices, including our AWS practice test courses.  If you can't wait until the Black Friday sale happening on the week of November 25 then we have some good news for you! For five days only, Tutorials Dojo is running a pre-Black Friday sale where all of our AWS practice exams are [...]

PRE-BLACK FRIDAY SALE – All of our AWS Practice Tests at Rock Bottom Prices!2023-12-15T02:28:56+00:00

Released – AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Practice Exams

2020-08-18T08:44:12+00:00

Released - AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Practice Exams It is with absolute delight that we announce the release of our newest course - the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Practice Exams. And for the first time ever, this course was 50% co-authored by one of our valued team members, Adrian Formaran, who has recently passed both the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner and Solutions Architect Associate exams. x     x Get it through this link now: https://www.udemy.com/course/aws-certified-cloud-practitioner-practice-exams-amazon/?couponCode=NEW-CLOUDPRAC   (Discounted Price for a Limited Time and Valid only)   This practice test course is for anyone who is looking for a study [...]

Released – AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Practice Exams2020-08-18T08:44:12+00:00

Longest Prefix Match: Understanding Advanced Concepts in VPC Peering

2023-08-14T02:40:31+00:00

VPC Peering Basics In AWS, a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) peering connection is a networking connection between two VPCs which allows you to route specific traffic between them using either private IPv4 addresses or IPv6 addresses. A VPC peering connection can be created between your own VPCs, or alternatively, a VPC in another AWS account. You can also create an inter-region VPC peering connection where the VPCs are located in different AWS Regions. Amazon EC2 Instances in either VPC can communicate with each other freely as if they are within the same network. One example of VPC Peering is the [...]

Longest Prefix Match: Understanding Advanced Concepts in VPC Peering2023-08-14T02:40:31+00:00

How to invalidate API Gateway Cache

2021-05-03T13:34:08+00:00

To invalidate an existing cache entry of a request and retrieve the latest data from the integration endpoint, one must send the request together with the Cache-Control: max-age=0 header. If the recipient is authorized to communicate directly to the integration endpoint, then the integration endpoint will respond with the latest data for the request. This also replaces the existing cache entry with the new response. The IAM Policy that grants a client to invalidate the cache follows: {   "Version": "2012-10-17",   "Statement": [     {       "Effect": "Allow",       "Action": [         "execute-api:InvalidateCache"       ],       "Resource": [ "arn:aws:execute-api:region:account-id:api-id/stage-name/GET/resource-path-specifier"       ]     }   ] }    An alternative option [...]

How to invalidate API Gateway Cache2021-05-03T13:34:08+00:00

Top 5 Free AWS Review Materials

2021-06-26T13:32:00+00:00

Currently, the cost of an AWS Certification exam starts from 150 USD for associate-level exams and up to a whopping 300 USD for professional-level and specialty-type exams. For some, this amount is negligible but to many IT professionals around the world, this amount is relatively expensive. The official AWS Practice Exam ranges from 20 to 40 USD, which you can only take once (unless you shell out another $20 or $40 again in order to retake it). On top of it, there are a lot of people who subscribe to online cloud learning providers which can range from $30 to $38 per month or [...]

Top 5 Free AWS Review Materials2021-06-26T13:32:00+00:00

Instrumenting your Application with AWS X-Ray

2023-08-14T02:52:58+00:00

Bookmarks Instrumenting your Node.js application Instrumenting your Java application Instrumenting your C# .Net application Instrumenting your Python application Instrumenting your Go application Instrumenting your Node.js application The AWS X-Ray SDK for Node.js provides middleware that you can use to instrument incoming HTTP requests. You need to add the SDK to your application’s dependencies, usually via package.json. Initialize the SDK client and add it to your application prior to declaring routes. var AWSXRay = require('aws-xray-sdk'); AWSXRay.setDaemonAddress('host:port'); app.use(AWSXRay.express.openSegment('MyApp'));       3. Lastly, use the SDK exceptions after declaring routes. app.get('/', function (req, res) [...]

Instrumenting your Application with AWS X-Ray2023-08-14T02:52:58+00:00

Calculating the Required Read and Write Capacity Unit for your DynamoDB Table

2021-05-04T09:10:25+00:00

Read Capacity Unit On-Demand Mode When you choose on-demand mode, DynamoDB instantly accommodates your workloads as they ramp up or down to any previously reached traffic level. If a workload’s traffic level hits a new peak, DynamoDB adapts rapidly to accommodate the workload. The request rate is only limited by the DynamoDB throughput default table limits, but it can be raised upon request. For on-demand mode tables, you don't need to specify how much read throughput you expect your application to perform. DynamoDB charges you for the reads that your application performs on your tables in terms of read request [...]

Calculating the Required Read and Write Capacity Unit for your DynamoDB Table2021-05-04T09:10:25+00:00

AWS Lambda Integration with Amazon DynamoDB Streams

2021-05-03T13:23:37+00:00

Amazon DynamoDB is integrated with AWS Lambda so that you can create triggers, which are pieces of code that automatically respond to events in DynamoDB Streams. With triggers, you can build applications that react to data modifications in DynamoDB tables. After you enable DynamoDB Streams on a table, associate the DynamoDB table with a Lambda function. AWS Lambda polls the stream and invokes your Lambda function synchronously when it detects new stream records.  Configure the StreamSpecification you want for your DynamoDB Streams: StreamEnabled (Boolean) - indicates whether DynamoDB Streams is enabled (true) or disabled (false) on the table. StreamViewType (string) [...]

AWS Lambda Integration with Amazon DynamoDB Streams2021-05-03T13:23:37+00:00

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