AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE - 2026

The AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam (CLF-C02) is designed to be an entry point to cloud computing.

This guide is designed to prepare you to take and pass the CLF-C02 exam on the FIRST TRY, even if you have no background in cloud computing.

TIMESTAMPS:
1:32 Course intro
2:37 Study guide objectives
3:55 What you will be tested on
5:42 What you will NOT be tested on
6:15 Tips to pass this exam
9:05 Exam Domains
9:57 Cloud Computing Overview
10:52 Key concepts
12:31 Shared responsibility model
16:35 Break 1
19:42 Benefits of using the cloud
22:15 6 AWS advantages
25:05 Cloud Architecture principals
25:18 AWS Global Infrastructure
27:32 AWS Well-Architected framework
30:02 Break 2
33:14 Operational Excellence pillar
36:27 Security pillar
38:39 Reliability pillar
41:17 Performance Efficiency pillar
42:58 Cost optimization pillar
44:40 5 tenets of AWS architecture
44:49 key concepts
45:46 High Availability
46:38 Scalability
47:48 Elasticity
48:25 Fault tolerance
49:01 High Durability
50:55 Break 3
57:33 Management and Development tools
58:13 Key concepts
59:31 AWS Account ID's
1:00:28 AWS API
1:01:05 AWS Management console
1:01:53 AWS SDK's
1:02:39 AWS CLI
1:03:17 Access keys
1:04:19 AWS Compute
1:04:58 Key concepts
1:05:24 EC2
1:07:15 EC2 instance types
1:08:08 EC2 tenancy types
1:09:44 EC2 pricing models
1:12:48 Break 4
1:16:53 Auto scaling groups and Load balancers
1:19:29 VM's and containers
1:20:46 Serverless compute
1:22:35 AWS Storage
1:22:40 Key concepts
1:23:55 Types of storage services
1:24:58 S3
1:25:37 S3 Storage classes
1:28:40 AWS Snow family
1:29:41 Elastic File System (EFS)
1:30:42 Elastic Block Storage (EBS)
1:31:37 Break 5
1:25:46 AWS Databases
1:35:52 Key concepts
1:37:22 Key value pairs
1:38:20 AWS Relational DB services
1:39:34 AWS non-relational DB services
1:40:16 Other DB services
1:42:18 AWS Networking
1:42:27 Networking overview
1:44:39 Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and subnets
1:46:24 Security groups and NACL's
1:51:02 VPN and Direct Connect
1:52:49 AWS Security
1:53:07 Key concepts
1:54:50 Encryption
1:56:12 AWS Inspector
1:57:20 AWS Shield
1:58:45 Amazon GuardDuty
1:59:19 Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
2:00:37 AWS Web App Firewall (WAF)
2:01:35 AWS Key Management Service (KMS)
2:03:14 Break 6
2:06:10 AWS User and Identity Management
2:06:35 Key concepts
2:07:46 Identity and Access Management (IAM)
2:09:09 Key components of IAM policies
2:10:05 3rd party ID providers
2:11:25 Root user account
2:12:50 Application Integration
2:12:55 Key concepts
2:13:37 Queueing
2:14:22 Publish/Subscribe model
2:15:51 Streaming
2:16:12 API Gateways
2:16:53 Amazon EventBridge
2:17:37 Containers
2:17:40 Key concepts
2:18:13 Containers visualized
2:19:10 Container services
2:20:03 AWS Organizations and accounts
2:20:07 Key concepts
2:21:21 Organizations visualized
2:22:27 Organizations and SCP's
2:24:21 Governance and Compliance
2:24:30 Key concepts
2:25:03 AWS Config
2:25:40 CloudFormation
2:26:46 Tagging
2:28:14 AWS License Manager
2:29:04 Break 7
2:33:23 Logging
2:33:29 Key concepts
2:34:29 AWS CloudWatch
2:35:33 AWS CloudTrail
2:36:22 Pricing and Billing
2:36:25 Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
2:38:03 AWS Pricing Calculator
2:38:46 AWS Budgets
2:39:36 AWS Cost and Usage Reports
2:40:07 AWS Cost Explorer
2:40:51 Cost Allocation tags
2:41:26 AWS Consolidated billing
2:42:26 AWS free services
2:43:17 AWS Support and helpful services
2:43:21 AWS Support plans
2:44:29 AWS Trusted Advisor
2:45:05 AWS Marketplace
2:45:52 AWS Service Health dashboard
2:46:09 AWS Personal health dashboard
2:46:35 Terms of abuse
2:47:10 AWS Partner network
2:47:36 Service Definitions
2:47:40 Key concepts
2:49:00 Service definitions summary
2:55:30 Test taking tips and strategies
2:55:40 Key concepts
2:56:42 Scheduling your exam
2:57:19 Thank you!

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OFFICIAL GUIDE FROM AWS HERE:
https://d1.awsstatic.com/training-and-certification/docs-cloud-practitioner/AWS-Certified-Cloud-Practitioner_Exam-Guide.pdf

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