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Sample SysOps Exam Lab Scenario #1 – Create an Alarm Using a Metric Filter

2021-08-10T06:50:48+00:00

This sample exam lab was taken from our AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate Practice Exams. Check out our practice test course for more exam lab scenarios. LEARNING OBJECTIVE The goal of this lab exercise is to help you understand how you can leverage CloudWatch Logs, CloudWatch Metrics, CloudWatch Alarms, and Amazon SNS services in creating an automated alarm system that can inform you of unusual activity in your AWS cloud environment. TIME: 20 MINUTES SCENARIO In this scenario, you have to create a CloudWatch alarm that publishes a message to an SNS topic when triggered. The alarm state is based [...]

Sample SysOps Exam Lab Scenario #1 – Create an Alarm Using a Metric Filter2021-08-10T06:50:48+00:00

My AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate SOA-C02 BETA Exam Experience in 2021

2021-04-22T00:33:41+00:00

I took the BETA version of the new AWS Certified SysOps Administrator SOA-C02 exam last week via the Pearson Vue online proctoring. There are a lot of recently-introduced features and services that showed up in this new version which you should be aware of. There is also a new Exam Labs section in the test, which is unique among the other existing AWS certifications. If you’re planning to take this exam soon, read on. UPDATE: April 8, 2021. The new SysOps exam version SOA-C02 will be available by July 27, 2021 as per this announcement. The new exam version can [...]

My AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate SOA-C02 BETA Exam Experience in 20212021-04-22T00:33:41+00:00

My AWS Certified Security Specialty Exam Experience – Tips and Important Notes

2021-04-08T08:51:55+00:00

My AWS Certified Security Specialty Exam Experience - Tips and Important Notes The AWS Certified Security - Specialty is included in the top 10 Most Popular Cybersecurity Certifications based on Global Knowledge’s 2020 IT Skills and Salary Report. Beating some of the famous security certifications on the list (e.g. CEH, CompTia: Security+) only shows how influential AWS has been to the IT industry in the previous years. Not only Security Professionals can benefit from this certification. Whether you’re a Cloud Engineer, Developer, or System Administrator, having a good understanding of the AWS security best practices and how they can be [...]

My AWS Certified Security Specialty Exam Experience – Tips and Important Notes2021-04-08T08:51:55+00:00

AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Exam Study Guide

2022-08-05T08:43:51+00:00

Bookmarks Study Materials Azure Services to Focus On Validate Your Knowledge Final Remarks The AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator certification exam is designed for people who have experience in implementing, managing, and monitoring a Microsoft Azure environment. The exam will test your technical skills in implementing solutions based on different scenarios. Having prior experience in infrastructure management will help you understand the concepts and services easily. The content of the exam will test your ability to perform the following: Manage Azure identities and governance Implement and manage storage Deploy and manage Azure compute resources [...]

AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Exam Study Guide2022-08-05T08:43:51+00:00

GCP Associate Cloud Engineer Exam Study Guide

2022-01-24T00:21:49+00:00

Bookmarks Study Materials GCP Services to Focus on Validate Your Knowledge Google offers the Associate Cloud Engineer (ACE) as an Associate level certification for individuals who already have IT experience but are relatively new to the Google Cloud Platform. For individuals with zero IT experience or for non-IT people who want to learn Google Cloud, you might want to check Google’s Cloud Digital Leader Certification. To be ACE-Certified, you need to pass the Associate Cloud Engineer exam. This exam will verify your knowledge in deploying, monitoring, and maintaining projects on Google Cloud. The ACE [...]

GCP Associate Cloud Engineer Exam Study Guide2022-01-24T00:21:49+00:00

Google BigQuery vs BigTable

2021-03-09T07:38:51+00:00

BigQuery BigTable BigQuery is Google Cloud's fully managed, petabyte-scale, and cost-effective analytics data warehouse that lets you run analytics over vast amounts of data in near real-time. You can use bq command-line tool or Google Cloud Console to interact with BigTable. You can access BigQuery by using the Cloud Console, by using the bq command-line tool, or by making calls to the BigQuery REST API using a variety of client libraries such as Java, .NET, or Python. A dataset is contained within a specific project. Datasets are top-level containers that are used to organize and control access to your tables [...]

Google BigQuery vs BigTable2021-03-09T07:38:51+00:00

Google Cloud Functions vs App Engine vs Cloud Run vs GKE

2021-03-09T07:38:33+00:00

Serverless compute platforms like Cloud Functions, App Engine, and Cloud Run lets you build, develop, and deploy applications while simplifying the developer experience by eliminating all infrastructure management. On the other hand, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) runs Certified Kubernetes that helps you facilitate the orchestration of containers via declarative configuration and automation. Both Google serverless platforms and GKE allows you to scale your application based on your infrastructure requirement. Here’s a table to help you identify when to use these specific services. Cloud Functions App Engine Cloud Functions is a fully managed, serverless platform for creating stand-alone functions that respond [...]

Google Cloud Functions vs App Engine vs Cloud Run vs GKE2021-03-09T07:38:33+00:00

Google Cloud Storage vs Persistent Disks vs Local SSD vs Cloud Filestore

2021-03-09T23:46:32+00:00

Google Cloud Storage Persistent Disks Local SSD Cloud Filestore Cloud Storage is a service for storing your objects in Google Cloud. An object is an immutable piece of data consisting of a file of any format. You store objects in containers called buckets. You specify a location for storing your object data when you create a bucket. You can either select region, dual-region, and multi-region as location. Objects stored in a multi-region or dual-region are geo-redundant. Cloud Storage offers different storage classes for various storage requirements: Standard, Nearline, Coldline, and Archive. GCS offers unlimited storage with no minimum object size. [...]

Google Cloud Storage vs Persistent Disks vs Local SSD vs Cloud Filestore2021-03-09T23:46:32+00:00

Google Compute Engine vs App Engine

2021-03-09T07:36:55+00:00

Google Compute Engine Google App Engine Compute Engine delivers configurable virtual machines running in Google's data centers with access to high-performance networking infrastructure and block storage solutions. App Engine is a fully managed, serverless platform for developing and hosting web applications at scale. Delivered as Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Delivered as Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) Supported Languages: Any Supported Languages: Go, Python, Java, Node.js, PHP, Ruby (.Net and Custom runtimes for Flexible Environment) A machine type is a set of virtualized hardware resources available to a virtual machine (VM) instance, including the system memory size, virtual CPU (vCPU) count, and persistent disk limits. In [...]

Google Compute Engine vs App Engine2021-03-09T07:36:55+00:00

Google Cloud Build

2021-02-25T05:57:44+00:00

Build, test, and deploy on Google Cloud Platform’s serverless CI/CD platform. Features Cloud build is a fully serverless platform that helps you build your custom development workflows for building, testing, and deploying. Cloud Build can import source code from: Cloud Storage Cloud Source Repositories GitHub Bitbucket Supports Native Docker. You can import your existing Docker file. Push images directly to Docker image storage repositories such as Docker Hub and Container Registry. You can also automate deployments to Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) or Cloud Run for continuous delivery. Automatically performs package vulnerability scanning for vulnerable images based on policies set by [...]

Google Cloud Build2021-02-25T05:57:44+00:00

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