For AWS usage, you are billed for the support plans, and the resources you utilize. Billing and Pricing is 12% of the Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam, so it's imperative that you get a good grasp on the different support plans and the resource billings, as well as ways you can monitor consumption. Support Plans There are … Continue reading AWS Billing 101 for Cloud Practitioner Exam
AWS EC2: Elastic Compute Cloud
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) provides secure, elastic compute capacity in the cloud. You can think of it like you are renting a piece of a huge server where you can spin up your own independent instances catered to your specific needs. Features With EC2, you don't have to spend time or resources obtaining new … Continue reading AWS EC2: Elastic Compute Cloud
AWS Mnemonics: Simple Flash Cards
It's important to know the details of what each service is. But at the same time, it helps to know a simple phrase to trigger your memory as a complete newbie. So I've created this AWS Mnemonics page to help you remember key features and facts. Especially when there are half a dozen services that … Continue reading AWS Mnemonics: Simple Flash Cards
How to set up a WordPress site on EC2
Best way to learn a system is to use it! To help me study for my Certified Cloud Practitioner exam, I decided to set up a blog to chronicle my study journey using WordPress. To do this, I set up a WordPress website on EC2. Follow along to get your own WordPress site running on … Continue reading How to set up a WordPress site on EC2