AWS / Foundational / CLF-C02
Cloud Practitioner
Build a clear mental map of AWS: business value, shared responsibility, service selection and cloud economics.
THE REVISION PATH
Your topics, in order.
Read. Recall. Explain the alternative.
Cloud Concepts and Global Infrastructure
Elasticity follows demand; availability survives a failure; agility shortens the time to try an idea.
IAM and Shared Responsibility
AWS secures the underlying cloud; you still control your identities, data and chosen configuration.
Security, Monitoring and Governance
CloudWatch observes, CloudTrail records API activity, Config evaluates configuration.
EC2, Containers and Serverless Compute
Choose who manages the server, then choose how the capacity is paid for.
Storage and Databases
Object, block, file and database access patterns are different interfaces.
VPC, DNS and Content Delivery
Routing finds a path; filtering permits it; DNS gives a name an answer.
Integration, Analytics and AI Services
Queue work, broadcast notifications, route events, retain streams, then analyse the data.
Migration, Deployment and Cloud Adoption
A migration moves a workload; adoption also changes people, process and governance.
Billing, Pricing and Support
Estimate before use, analyse after use, alert during use; none is an automatic spending cap.
How this guide is organised
Original revision notes arranged around practical decisions. The linked official objectives define the mapped scope; primary documentation supports the explanations. Read each topic, answer without looking, then explain why another option would fail.
- Official exam guide ↗ Scope authority
- Stephane Maarek: Cloud Practitioner public course outline ↗ Sequence reference; public outline only
Revision material supports preparation; it does not guarantee every possible exam question. Check the exam version and official objectives before booking.