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# AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional Exam Guide



## About



This guide serves to help the user pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional exam.



It generally follows the great course by Adrian Cantrill [AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional](https://learn.cantrill.io/p/aws-certified-solutions-architect-professional) course, but includes some additional content that will supplement.



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### Table of Contents



#### AWS Essentials



* [Disaster Recovery: RPO and RTO](./docs/1_AWS_Essentials/Disaster_Recovery_RPO_TRO.md)

* [High Availability, Fault Tolerance and Disaster Recovery](./docs/1_AWS_Essentials/High-Availability_Fault-Tolerance_Disaster-Recovery.md)

* [Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations](./docs/1_AWS_Essentials/Regions_AZs_Edge-Infrastructure.md)

* [Data Persistence](./docs/1_AWS_Essentials/Data_Persistence.md)



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#### AWS Accounts



* **Management and Access:**

  * [IAM Overview](./docs/2_Accounts/2a_AWS_Identity_Basics/IAM_Overview.md)

  * [Identity and Resource Policies Overview](./docs/2_Accounts/2a_AWS_Identity_Basics/Identity_and_Resource_Policies.md)

  * [IAM Roles and Temporary Security Credentials](./docs/2_Accounts/2a_AWS_Identity_Basics/IAM_Roles_and_Temporary_Credentials.md)

  * [Cross-Account Access: Resource Permissions vs. Cross-Account Roles](./docs/2_Accounts/2a_AWS_Identity_Basics/Cross-Account_Access.md)

  * [AWS Accounts and AWS Organizations](./docs/2_Accounts/2b_Account_Management/Accounts_Organizations.md)

  * [AWS Config](./docs/2_Accounts/2b_Account_Management/Config.md)

  * [AWS Service Catalog](./docs/2_Accounts/2b_Account_Management/Service_Catalog.md)

  * [Billing](./docs/2_Accounts/2c_Billing_Models/Billing.md)



* **Advanced Identity and Permissions in AWS:**

  * [IAM Permission Boundaries](./docs/2_Accounts/2d_Advanced_Identity_in_AWS/IAM_Permission_Boundaries.md)

  * [Identity Federation](./docs/2_Accounts/2d_Advanced_Identity_in_AWS/Identity_Federation.md)

  * [Policy Evaluation Logic](./docs/2_Accounts/2d_Advanced_Identity_in_AWS/Policy_Evaluation_Logic.md)

  * [Resource Access Manager](./docs/2_Accounts/2d_Advanced_Identity_in_AWS/Resource_Access_Manager.md)



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#### Networking



* **Essentials:**

  * [VPC Basics](./docs/3_Networking/3a_VPC_Essentials/VPC_Basics.md)

  * [VPC Routing](./docs/3_Networking/3a_VPC_Essentials/VPC_Routing.md)

  * [Network Access Control Lists](./docs/3_Networking/3a_VPC_Essentials/NACLs.md)

  * [Security Groups](./docs/3_Networking/3a_VPC_Essentials/Security_Groups.md)

  * [Private vs Public Subnets, Internet Gateways, IP Addressing](./docs/3_Networking/3a_VPC_Essentials/Pub_vs_Priv_Subnets_IGW_IP_Addressing.md)

  * [Egress-Only Gateway](./docs/3_Networking/3a_VPC_Essentials/Egress-Only_Gateways.md)

  * [VPC Flow Logs](./docs/3_Networking/3a_VPC_Essentials/VPC_Flow_Logs.md)

  * [DNS](./docs/3_Networking/3a_VPC_Essentials/DNS_in_VPC.md)



* **Advanced VPC Networking:**

  * [VPC Endpoints](./docs/3_Networking/3b_Advanced_VPC_Networking/VPC_Endpoints.md)

  * [VPC Peering](./docs/3_Networking/3b_Advanced_VPC_Networking/VPC_Peering.md)

  * [VPNs](./docs/3_Networking/3b_Advanced_VPC_Networking/VPNS.md)

  * [Direct Connect](./docs/3_Networking/3b_Advanced_VPC_Networking/Direct_Connect.md)

  * [Private Link](./docs/3_Networking/3b_Advanced_VPC_Networking/Private_Link.md)

  * [Advanced VPC Structure](./docs/3_Networking/3b_Advanced_VPC_Networking/VPC_Structure.md)



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#### Security



* **Account and Service Security:**

  * [Key Management Service (KMS)](./docs/4_Security/4a_Account_Service_Security/Key_Management_Service_KMS.md)

  * [CloudHSM](./docs/4_Security/4a_Account_Service_Security/CloudHSM.md)

  * [Certificate Manager (ACM)](./docs/4_Security/4a_Account_Service_Security/Certificate_Manager_ACM.md)

  * [Directory Service](./docs/4_Security/4a_Account_Service_Security/Directory_Service.md)

  * [AWS Secrets Manager](./docs/4_Security/4a_Account_Service_Security/Secrets_Manager.md)



* **Network Security:**

  * [WAF and Shield](./docs/4_Security/4b_Network_Security/WAF_Shield.md)

  * [GuardDuty](./docs/4_Security/4b_Network_Security/GuardDuty.md)

  

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#### Compute



* **EC2:**

  * [EC2 Concepts](./docs/5_Compute/5a_EC2/EC2_Concepts.md)

  * [Creating and Using AMIs](./docs/5_Compute/5a_EC2/Creating_Using_AMIs.md)

  * [Virtualization and EC2 Instance Type: Deep Dive](./docs/5_Compute/5a_EC2/Virtualization_EC2_Deep_Dive.md)

  * [EC2 Storage and Snapshots](./docs/5_Compute/5a_EC2/EC2_Storage_and_Snapshots.md)

  * [EC2 Instance Profiles and Roles](./docs/5_Compute/5a_EC2/EC2_Instance_Roles.md)

  * [HPC and Placement Groups](./docs/5_Compute/5a_EC2/HPC_Placement_Groups.md)

* **Containers:**

  * [ECS Architecture](./docs/5_Compute/5b_Containers/ECS_Architecture.md)

  * [ECS Security](./docs/5_Compute/5b_Containers/ECS_Security.md)

* **Serverless:**

  * [Serverless and Event-Driven Architectures](./docs/5_Compute/5c_Serverless/Serverless_Event-Driven_Architectures.md)

  * [Lambda Layers](./docs/5_Compute/5c_Serverless/Lambda_Layers.md)

  * [API Gateway](./docs/5_Compute/5c_Serverless/API_Gateway.md)

* **Workspaces:**

  * [Workspaces Overview](./docs/5_Compute/5d_Workspaces/Workspaces_Overview.md)



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#### Scaling and Resilience



* **Scaling Architecture:**

  * [AWS Service Resilience](./docs/6_Scaling_and_Resilience/6a_Scaling_Architectures/AWS_Service_Resilience.md)

  * [Stateless Architectures](./docs/6_Scaling_and_Resilience/6a_Scaling_Architectures/Stateless_Architectures.md)

  * [Deciding between Spot and Reserved Instances](./docs/6_Scaling_and_Resilience/6a_Scaling_Architectures/Deciding_between_Spot_Reserved_Instances.md)

  * [Implementing Auto Scaling Groups (ASGs)](./docs/6_Scaling_and_Resilience/6a_Scaling_Architectures/Implementing_ASG.md)

  * [Elastic Load Balancers](./docs/6_Scaling_and_Resilience/6a_Scaling_Architectures/ELB.md)

* **CloudFront Essentials:**

  * [CloudFront Architecture](./docs/6_Scaling_and_Resilience/6b_CloudFront_Essentials/CloudFront_Architecture.md)

  * [Creating and Working with Distributions](./docs/6_Scaling_and_Resilience/6b_CloudFront_Essentials/Creating_and_Working_with_Distributions.md)

  * [Working with Custom Origins](./docs/6_Scaling_and_Resilience/6b_CloudFront_Essentials/Custom_Origins.md)

  * [CloudFront and Security](./docs/6_Scaling_and_Resilience/6b_CloudFront_Essentials/CloudFront_Security.md)

  * [Optimizing Caching](./docs/6_Scaling_and_Resilience/6b_CloudFront_Essentials/Optimizing_Caching.md)

  * [Lambda@Edge](./docs/6_Scaling_and_Resilience/6b_CloudFront_Essentials/Lambda_Edge.md)

  * [Logging, Reporting, and Monitoring](./docs/6_Scaling_and_Resilience/6b_CloudFront_Essentials/Logging_Reporting_Monitoring.md)

* **Route 53:**

  * [Route 53 Architecture](./docs/6_Scaling_and_Resilience/6c_Route53/Route53_Architecture.md)

  * [Advanced Route 53 Concepts](./docs/6_Scaling_and_Resilience/6c_Route53/Advanced_Route53_Concepts.md)



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#### Storage



* **Object Storage: Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3):**

  * [S3 Architecture](./docs/7_Storage/7a_S3/S3_Architecture.md)

  * [S3 Storage Tiers, Intelligent-Tiering, and Lifecycle Policies](./docs/7_Storage/7a_S3/S3_Storage_Tiers_Intelligent-Tiering_Lifecycle_Policies.md)

  * [Versioning and Locking](./docs/7_Storage/7a_S3/S3_Versioning_and_Locking.md)

  * [Controlling Access to S3 Buckets](./docs/7_Storage/7a_S3/S3_Controlling_Access.md)

  * [Cross-Region Replication](./docs/7_Storage/7a_S3/S3_Cross-Region_Replication.md)

  * [Object Encryption](./docs/7_Storage/7a_S3/S3_Object_Encryption.md)

  * [Optimizing S3 Performance](./docs/7_Storage/7a_S3/S3_Optimizing_Performance.md)

  * [Glacier Architecture](./docs/7_Storage/7a_S3/Glacier_Architecture.md)

* **Elastic File System (EFS):**

  * [EFS Architecture](./docs/7_Storage/7b_EFS/EFS_Architecture.md)

* **FSx:**

  * [FSx Architecture](./docs/7_Storage/7b_FSx/FSx_Architecture.md)

  * [FSx Lustre](./docs/7_Storage/7c_FSx/FSx_Lustre.md)

* **Storage Gateway:**

  * [File Gateways vs. Volume Gateways vs. Tape Gateway](./docs\7_Storage/7d_Storage_Gateway/File_vs_Volume_vs_Tape_Gateways.md)



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#### Databases



* **Databases Introduction:**

  * [EC2 Self-Managed Databases](./docs/8_Databases/8a_DB_Introduction/EC2_Self-Managed_DB.md)

  * [Database Data Models and Engines](./docs/8_Databases/8a_DB_Introduction/DB_Models_Engines.md)

* **SQL Databases:**

  * [Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)](./docs/8_Databases/8b_SQL/RDS.md)

  * [Aurora](./docs/8_Databases/8b_SQL/Aurora.md)

  * [Athena](./docs/8_Databases/8b_SQL/Athena.md)

* **NoSQL Databases:**

  * [DynamoDB](./docs/8_Databases/8c_NoSQL/DynamoDB_Architecture.md)

  * [DocumentDB](./docs/8_Databases/8c_NoSQL/DocumentDB.md)

  * [General NoSQL - Neptune & QLDB](./docs/8_Databases/8c_NoSQL/General.md)

* **ElastiCache:**

  * [ElastiCache Architecture](./docs/8_Databases/8d_ElastiCache/ElastiCache_Architecture.md)



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#### Analytics, IoT, and Streaming



* **Elastic Map Reduce:**

  * [Elastic Map Reduce (EMR)](./docs/9_Analytics_IoT_Streaming/9a_EMR/EMR.md)

* **Kinesis:**

  * [Kinesis](./docs/9_Analytics_IoT_Streaming/9b_Kinesis/Kinesis.md)

  * [Kinesis Firehose](./docs/9_Analytics_IoT_Streaming/9b_Kinesis/Kinesis_Firehose.md)

* **Redshift:**

  * [Redshift Overview](./docs/9_Analytics_IoT_Streaming/9c_Redshift/Redshift.md)

* **IoT Platform:**

  * [IoT Overview](./docs/9_Analytics_IoT_Streaming/9d_IoT_Platform/IoT_Architecture.md)

* **QuickSight:**

  * [QuickSight Overview](./docs/9_Analytics_IoT_Streaming/9e_QuickSight/QuickSight.md)

* **Elasticsearch:**

  * [Elasticsearch Overview](./docs/9_Analytics_IoT_Streaming/9f_Elasticsearch/Elasticsearch.md)



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#### Deployment and Operations



* **Monitoring:**

  * [CloudWatch](./docs/10_Deployment_and_Operations/10a_Monitoring/CloudWatch.md)

  * [CloudTrail](./docs/10_Deployment_and_Operations/10a_Monitoring/CloudTrail.md)

* **Systems Manager:**

  * [Systems Manager Overview](./docs/10_Deployment_and_Operations/10b_Systems_Manager/Systems_Manager.md)

  * [Parameters Store](./docs/10_Deployment_and_Operations/10b_Systems_Manager/SSM_Parameters_Store.md)

* **CloudFormation:**

  * [CloudFormation Overview](./docs/10_Deployment_and_Operations/10c_CloudFormation/CloudFormation_Overview.md)

  * [Stack Updates](./docs/10_Deployment_and_Operations/10c_CloudFormation/CloudFormation_Stack_Updates.md)

  * [Template Portability and Reuse](./docs/10_Deployment_and_Operations/10c_CloudFormation/CloudFormation_Template_Portability_Resuse.md)

  * [Stack References and Nested Stacks](./docs/10_Deployment_and_Operations/10c_CloudFormation/CloudFormation_Nested_Stacks.md)

  * [Using CloudFormation for Disaster Recovery](./docs/10_Deployment_and_Operations/10c_CloudFormation/CloudFormation_DR.md)

* **Elastic Beanstalk:**

  * [Elastic Beanstalk Overview](./docs/10_Deployment_and_Operations/10d_Elastic_Beanstalk/Elastic_Beanstalk_Overview.md)

* **OpsWorks:**

  * [OpWorks Overview](./docs/10_Deployment_and_Operations/10e_OpsWorks/OpWorks_Overview.md)

* **AWS Code\***

  * [AWS Code*](./docs/10_Deployment_and_Operations/10f_Code/AWS_Code.md)



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#### Migrations and Hybrid Architectures



* **AWS Data Pipeline:**

  * [Data Pipelines Overview](./docs/11_Migrations_and_Hybrid_Architectures/11a_Data_Pipelines/Data_Pipelines_Essentials.md)

* **AWS Snow\*:**

  * [Snowball and Snowmobile](./docs/11_Migrations_and_Hybrid_Architectures/11b_AWS_Snow/Snowball_Snowmobile.md)



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#### Application Integration



* **Simple Queue Service (SQS):**

  * [SQS Overview](./docs/12_Application_Intergration/12a_SQS/SQS_Overview.md)

* **Simple Notification Service (SNS):**

  * [SNS Overview](./docs/12_Application_Intergration/12b_SNS/SNS_Architecture.md)

* **Amazon MQ:**

  * [Amazon MQ Overview](./docs/12_Application_Intergration/12c_MQ\MQ_Essentials.md)

* **Workflow Orchestration:**

  * [SWS and Step Functions](./docs/12_Application_Intergration/12d_Workflow_Orchestration/SWS.md)



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### Useful Links



Additional links can be found in the content specific links above.



* **Practice Exams:**

  * [Whizlabs](https://www.whizlabs.com/aws-solutions-architect-professional/practice-tests/)

  * [Jon Bonso](https://portal.tutorialsdojo.com/courses/aws-certified-solutions-architect-professional-practice-exams/)

  * [PSI Practice](https://aws.psiexams.com/)



* **AWS Produced Content:**

  * [AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional](https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-solutions-architect-professional/)

  * [AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C01) Exam Guide](https://d1.awsstatic.com/training-and-certification/docs-sa-pro/AWS_Certified_Solutions_Architect_Professional-Exam_Guide_1.2.pdf)

  * [AWS Digital Library](https://www.aws.training/LearningLibrary?&search=&tab=digital_courses)

    * [Exam Readiness: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional](https://www.aws.training/Details/eLearning?id=34737)

    * [AWS Well-Architected](https://www.aws.training/Details/Curriculum?id=42037)

    * [Migrating and Tiering Storage to AWS](https://www.aws.training/Details/eLearning?id=16368)

    * [Deep Dive into Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)](https://www.aws.training/Details/eLearning?id=16362)

    * [Deep Dive into Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)](https://www.aws.training/Details/Curriculum?id=25384)

  * **White Papers:**

    * [Securing Data at Rest with Encryption](https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws-securing-data-at-rest-with-encryption.pdf)

    * [Web Application Hosting in the AWS Cloud](https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws-web-hosting-best-practices.pdf?refid=em_)

    * [Migrating AWS Resources to a New Region](http://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws-migrate-resources-to-new-region.pdf?refid=70138000001adyu)

    * [AWS Security Best Practices](https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/Security/AWS_Security_Best_Practices.pdf?refid=em_)

      * [Audio Version](https://soundcloud.com/serverless-guru-871496186/sets/aws-whitepapers)

    * [Implementing Microservices on AWS](https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/microservices-on-aws.pdf)

    * [Amazon Web Services: Overview of Security Processes](https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/Security/AWS_Security_Whitepaper.pdf)

    * [Practicing Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery on AWS](https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/DevOps/practicing-continuous-integration-continuous-delivery-on-AWS.pdf)

    * [AWS Well-Architected Framework](https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/architecture/AWS_Well-Architected_Framework.pdf)

    * [Building a Scalable and Secure Multi-VPC AWS Network Infrastructure](https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/building-a-scalable-and-secure-multi-vpc-aws-network-infrastructure.pdf?did=wp_card&trk=wp_card)

  * **FAQs:**

    * [Auto Scaling](https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/faqs/)

    * [Elastic Load Balancing](https://aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/faqs/)

    * [Elastic Beanstalk](https://aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/faqs/)

    * [Lambda](https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/faqs/)

    * [API Gateway](https://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/faqs/)

    * [DynamoDB](https://aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/faqs/)

    * [CodePipeline](https://aws.amazon.com/codepipeline/faqs/)

    * [CodeCommit](https://aws.amazon.com/codecommit/faqs/)

    * [CodeBuild](https://aws.amazon.com/codebuild/faqs/)

    * [Database Migration Service (DMS)](https://aws.amazon.com/dms/faqs/)

    * [Organizations](https://aws.amazon.com/organizations/faqs/)

    * [Server Migration Service](https://aws.amazon.com/server-migration-service/faqs/)

    * [Serverless Application Model](https://aws.amazon.com/serverless/sam/faqs/)

    * [EC2 Systems Manager](https://aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/faq/)

    * [Service Catalog](https://aws.amazon.com/servicecatalog/faqs/)

    * [Direct Connect](https://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/faqs/)

    * [Transit Gateway](https://aws.amazon.com/transit-gateway/faqs/)

    * [Key Management Service (KMS)](https://aws.amazon.com/kms/faqs/)



* **Adrian Cantril:**

  * [Solutions Architect - Professional Course](https://learn.cantrill.io/p/aws-certified-solutions-architect-professional)



* **Udemy:**

  * [Stephane Maarek's Course](https://www.udemy.com/course/aws-solutions-architect-professional/)



* **Linux Academy:**

  * [The Orion Papers Pro](https://interactive.linuxacademy.com/diagrams/OrionPapersPro.html)



* **Pluralsight:**

  * [AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional Path](https://app.pluralsight.com/paths/certificate/aws-certified-solutions-architect-professional)



* **Tutorial Dojo:**

  * [AWS Cheat Sheets](https://tutorialsdojo.com/aws-cheat-sheets/)



* **Other:**

  * [AWS In Plain English](https://expeditedsecurity.com/aws-in-plain-english/)

  * [AWS Certification Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/AWSCertifications/)



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## Planned Approach



* [x] **Watch Linux Academy Course Through**

* [ ] **Work Through Adrian Cantrill's SA Pro Course (If Available)**

* [ ] **Watch AWS Digital Library:**

  * [ ] Exam Readiness: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

  * [ ] AWS Well-Architected

  * [ ] Migrating and Tiering Storage to AWS

  * [ ] Deep Dive into Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)

  * [ ] Deep Dive into Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)

* [ ] **Read FAQs:**

  * [ ] Auto Scaling

  * [ ] Elastic Load Balancing

  * [ ] Elastic Beanstalk

  * [ ] Lambda

  * [ ] API Gateway

  * [ ] DynamoDB

  * [ ] CodePipeline

  * [ ] CodeCommit

  * [ ] CodeBuild

  * [ ] Database Migration Service (DMS)

  * [ ] Organizations

  * [ ] Server Migration Service

  * [ ] Serverless Application Model

  * [ ] EC2 Systems Manager

  * [ ] Service Catalog

  * [ ] Direct Connect

  * [ ] Transit Gateway

  * [ ] Key Management Service (KMS)

* [ ] **Take Practice Exams:**

  * [ ] 1 Bonso

  * [ ] 1 Whizlab

* [ ] **Read Whitepapers:**

  * [ ] Securing Data at Rest with Encryption

  * [ ] Web Application Hosting in the AWS Cloud

  * [ ] Migrating AWS Resources to a New Region

  * [ ] AWS Security Best Practices

  * [ ] Implementing Microservices on AWS

  * [ ] Amazon Web Services: Overview of Security Processes

  * [ ] Practicing Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery on AWS

  * [ ] AWS Well-Architected Framework

  * [ ] Building a Scalable and Secure Multi-VPC AWS Network Infrastructure

* [ ] **Watch Stephane Maarek's Udemy Course**

* [ ] **Take Practice Exams:**

  * [ ] Bonso

  * [ ] Whizlab

  * [ ] PSI

* [ ] **Review**

* [ ] **Schedule Exam**