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Table of Contents
Introduction xxv
Assessment Test xxxi
Part I The Core AWS Services 1
Chapter 1 Introduction to Cloud Computing and AWS 3
Chapter 2 Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud and Amazon Elastic Block Store 21
Chapter 3 Amazon Simple Storage Service and Amazon Glacier Storage 47
Chapter 4 Amazon Virtual Private Cloud 67
Chapter 5 Databases 95
Chapter 6 Authentication and Authorization - AWS Identity and Access Management 123
Chapter 7 CloudTrail, CloudWatch, and AWS Config 141
Chapter 8 The Domain Name System and Network Routing: Amazon Route 53 and Amazon CloudFront 169
Part II The Well-Architected Framework 189
Chapter 9 The Reliability Pillar 191
Chapter 10 The Performance Efficiency Pillar 217
Chapter 11 The Security Pillar 247
Chapter 12 The Cost Optimization Pillar 277
Chapter 13 The Operational Excellence Pillar 295
Appendix Answers to Review Questions 327
Index 353
