Technologies and Concepts: Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02)
Published: (January 8, 2026 at 10:33 AM EST)
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Source: Dev.to
Source: Dev.to
Core Concepts & Cloud Foundations
- APIs – How software communicates with AWS services (most AWS actions are API calls under the hood).
- Benefits of Migrating to the AWS Cloud – Cost savings, agility, scalability, global reach, improved resilience.
- AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF) – Guidance for planning and reducing risk during cloud adoption.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) – Provision infrastructure using templates/code rather than manual steps.
Governance, Compliance, and Security
- AWS Compliance – Programs and guidance for meeting regulatory and industry requirements.
- Management and Governance – Tools and practices to monitor, control, and standardize AWS usage.
- Security – Protecting identities, data, apps, and infrastructure.
- AWS Shared Responsibility Model – AWS secures the cloud infrastructure; customers secure what they run in AWS.
- AWS Security Center – Central hub for AWS security guidance and resources.
- AWS Security Blog – Updates, deep dives, and announcements on AWS security topics.
- AWS Well‑Architected Framework – Best practices organized into pillars (operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization, sustainability).
Compute, Storage, Databases, Networking
- Compute – Services for running applications (VMs, containers, serverless).
- Amazon EC2 Instance Types / Purchasing Options – On‑Demand, Reserved, Spot (common pricing/usage patterns).
- Storage – Object, block, and file storage services and their use cases.
- Databases – Relational, NoSQL, in‑memory, and managed database services.
- Network Services – VPC, routing, connectivity, DNS, edge networking, etc.
- AWS Global Infrastructure – Regions and Availability Zones (how AWS provides global reach and high availability).
Migration and Data Movement
- Migration and Data Transfer – Strategies and tools for moving applications and data into AWS.
Analytics and Machine Learning
- Machine Learning – Services for building, training, deploying models, and using AI capabilities.
Pricing and Cost Management
- Cost Management – Tracking, analyzing, and optimizing AWS spend.
- AWS Pricing Calculator – Estimate costs before deployment.
Support, Help, and AWS Ecosystem
- AWS Support Center – Where you open and manage AWS support cases.
- AWS Support Plans – Support tiers (Developer, Business, Enterprise On‑Ramp, Enterprise).
- AWS Knowledge Center – Official AWS how‑to and troubleshooting articles.
- AWS re:Post – Community Q&A for AWS questions.
- AWS Prescriptive Guidance – Best‑practice patterns and step‑by‑step migration/architecture guidance.
- AWS Professional Services – AWS experts who help deliver migrations and major projects.
- AWS Solutions Architects – Architecture guidance and service selection/design support.
- AWS Partner Network (APN) – Partners including:
- Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) – Software solutions.
- System Integrators (SIs) – Implementation/migration/consulting.
Developer Tools & Programmatic Access
- AWS SDKs – Language‑specific libraries for calling AWS services programmatically.
Reminder: Always refer to the official exam guide for the most up‑to‑date list of in‑scope and out‑of‑scope services.