AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02)

Exam CLF-C02 AWS Foundation

The entry point to the AWS certification track — services, pricing, security model and the shared responsibility boundary.

3 courses · 20 sections · 140 lectures · 37 labs · ≈ 24 h of hands-on labs

All 37 CLF-C02 hands-on labs on one page →

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Exam domains

Cloud Concepts — 24%
Security and Compliance — 30%
Cloud Technology and Services — 34%
Billing, Pricing, and Support — 12%

The AWS Technical Essentials course was built on an earlier outline, so check the current topics against AWS's free CLF-C02 exam guide.

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The path

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Step 1 — Learn the AWS fundamentals

Core services, billing and the shared responsibility model.

1 course · 14 sections · 72 lectures

Learn

CourseAWS Certified Cloud Practitioner - Essentials Course (opens in a new tab)opens on courses.stationx.net 🔒 StationX Membership — $299 / year ($24.92/mo billed annually)
14 sections · 72 lectures
1. Section 1: Introduction to Cloud Computing 23
2. Section 2: First Steps into Amazon Web Services 4
3. Section 3: Identity and Access Management (IAM) 5
4. Section 4: Networking in AWS - Virtual Private Clouds 5
5. Section 5: Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) 5
6. Section 6: Amazon Storage 5
7. Section 7: Fault Tolerance and Elasticity 3
8. Section 8: DNS and Content Delivery Networks 2
9. Section 9: Monitoring , Auditing and Alerts 6
10. Section 10: Databases 3
11. Section 11: Serverless Computing 1
12. Section 12: Security and Compliance 3
13. Section 13: AWS Pricing, Billing, and Support Services 6
14. Section 14: AWS Technical Essentials - Conclusion 1

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Step 2 — Use the console and CLI

Deploy and manage real AWS resources.

1 course · 4 sections · 61 lectures · 37 labs

Learn

CourseAWS Cloud Practitioner Labs (opens in a new tab)opens on courses.stationx.net 🔒 StationX Membership — $299 / year ($24.92/mo billed annually)
4 sections · 61 lectures
1. Course Overview 1
2. Module 1 20
3. Module 2 20
4. Module 3 20

Practise

Infra LabsAWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) — 11 labs 🔒 Add StationX Infrastructure Labs — $149 / year · 3 attempts per lab in any 12 months
- Monitor Activity by Using the AWS Audit ManagerLevel: GuidedDuration: 30 min
- Monitor AWS access by using IAM toolsLevel: GuidedDuration: 45 min
- Filter Traffic by Using AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF)Level: GuidedDuration: 30 min
- Implement Best Practices by Using the AWS Trusted AdvisorLevel: GuidedDuration: 45 min
- Create Resources by Using the Console, CLI and Cloud FormationLevel: GuidedDuration: 30 min
- Implement Microservices by Using AWS ContainersLevel: GuidedDuration: 30 min
- Implement a CloudFront distribution for a Load Balanced Web SiteLevel: GuidedDuration: 30 min
- Implement AWS Analytics Services by Using Amazon AthenaLevel: GuidedDuration: 45 min
- Create a Message Queue by Using Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)Level: GuidedDuration: 30 min
- Using AWS Cloud9Level: GuidedDuration: 30 min
- Implement Cost Management by Using the AWS Pricing CalculatorLevel: GuidedDuration: 1 h
Infra LabsAWS Technical Essentials TE.1 — 13 labs 🔒 Add StationX Infrastructure Labs — $149 / year · 3 attempts per lab in any 12 months
- Getting Started with AWS Tech EssentialsLevel: Getting StartedDuration: 1 h 20 min
- Build a Network by Using the VPC WizardLevel: GuidedDuration: 30 min
- Build VPC Resources ManuallyLevel: GuidedDuration: 30 min
- Can You Build a Network Foundation in AWS?Level: AdvancedDuration: 45 min
- Configure an S3 Bucket and WebsiteLevel: GuidedDuration: 30 min
- Configure Data Transfer and Storage Options for an S3 BucketLevel: GuidedDuration: 30 min
- Can You Build a Website by Using an Amazon S3 Bucket?Level: AdvancedDuration: 45 min
- Connect to an EC2 Instance by Using RDPLevel: GuidedDuration: 30 min
- Configure Storage by Using EBSLevel: GuidedDuration: 30 min
- Create a Custom AMI by Using an Existing EC2 InstanceLevel: GuidedDuration: 30 min
- Create a Launch TemplateLevel: GuidedDuration: 30 min
- Can You Implement a Repeatable Compute Layer by Using EC2?Level: AdvancedDuration: 45 min
- Can You Deploy an End-to-End Solution in AWS?Level: ExpertDuration: 45 min
Infra LabsAWS Technical Essentials TE.2 — 13 labs 🔒 Add StationX Infrastructure Labs — $149 / year · 3 attempts per lab in any 12 months
- Getting Started with AWS Secure Architecture ConfigurationLevel: Getting StartedDuration: 1 h 30 min
- Implement Security by Using an IAM RoleLevel: GuidedDuration: 30 min
- Implement Security by Using Security GroupsLevel: GuidedDuration: 30 min
- Enable Network Security in AWSLevel: GuidedDuration: 30 min
- Can You Implement a Multi-Layer Security Model?Level: AdvancedDuration: 45 min
- Configure a Relational Database by Using Amazon RDSLevel: GuidedDuration: 30 min
- Configure a NoSQL Database by Using Amazon DynamoDBLevel: GuidedDuration: 30 min
- Can You Design a Database Solution?Level: AdvancedDuration: 45 min
- Configure High Availability by Using an Elastic Load BalancerLevel: GuidedDuration: 30 min
- Create a Scalable Website That Uses an Elastic Load BalancerLevel: GuidedDuration: 30 min
- Monitor Applications by Using CloudWatchLevel: GuidedDuration: 30 min
- Can You Design an Elastic, Highly Available Architecture in AWS?Level: AdvancedDuration: 45 min
- Can You Implement an End-to-End Solution in AWS?Level: ExpertDuration: 1 h

Before the exam

CourseAWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-02) Exam Practice Tests (opens in a new tab)opens on courses.stationx.net 🔒 StationX Membership — $299 / year ($24.92/mo billed annually)
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