AWS/DevOps
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This article will cover topics related to the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional exam and certification.
Contents
Domains
The 6 domains outlined in the AWS blueprint for the certification include:
- Software Development LifeCycle (SDLC) Automation [22%]
- Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code [19%]
- Monitoring and Logging [15%]
- Policies and Standards Automation [10%]
- Incident and Event Response [18%]
- High Availability, Fault Tolerance, and Disaster Recovery [16%]
Domain 1: SDLC Automation
- 1.1 Apply concepts required to automate a CI/CD pipeline
- 1.2 Determine source control strategies and how to implement them
- 1.3 Apply concepts required to automate and integrate testing
- 1.4 Apply concepts required to build and manage artifacts securely
- 1.5 Determine deployment/delivery strategies (e.g., A/B, Blue/green, Canary, Red/black) and how to implement them using AWS Services
Domain 2: Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code
- 2.1 Determine deployment services based on deployment needs
- 2.2 Determine application and infrastructure deployment models based on business needs
- 2.3 Apply security concepts in the automation of resource provisioning
- 2.4 Determine how to implement lifecycle hooks on a deployment
- 2.5 Apply concepts required to manage systems using AWS configuration management tools and services
Domain 3: Monitoring and Logging
- 3.1 Determine how to set up the aggregation, storage, and analysis of logs and metrics
- 3.2 Apply concepts required to automate monitoring and event management of an environment
- 3.3 Apply concepts required to audit, log, and monitor operating systems, infrastructures, and applications
- 3.4 Determine how to implement tagging and other metadata strategies
Domain 4: Policies and Standards Automation
- 4.1 Apply concepts required to enforce standards for logging, metrics, monitoring, testing, and security
- 4.2 Determine how to optimize cost through automation
- 4.3 Apply concepts required to implement governance strategies
Domain 5: Incident and Event Response
- 5.1 Troubleshoot issues and determine how to restore operations
- 5.2 Determine how to automate event management and alerting
- 5.3 Apply concepts required to implement automated healing
- 5.4 Apply concepts required to set up event-driven automated actions
Domain 6: High Availability, Fault Tolerance, and Disaster Recovery
- 6.1 Determine appropriate use of multi-AZ versus multi-region architectures
- 6.2 Determine how to implement high availability, scalability, and fault tolerance
- 6.3 Determine the right services based on business needs (e.g., RTO/RPO, cost)
- 6.4 Determine how to design and automate disaster recovery strategies
- 6.5 Evaluate a deployment for points of failure