This is the actual blueprint for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, and the 19 lessons that cover it. Every certification in the catalog is mapped the same way — domain, weight, topics, lessons.
The AWS Cloud value proposition: benefits, Well-Architected design principles, migration strategies, and cloud economics.
4 topics in this domain
- Define the benefits of the AWS Cloud
- Identify design principles of the AWS Cloud
- Understand the benefits of and strategies for migration to the AWS Cloud
- Understand concepts of cloud economics
Domain 2
Security and Compliance
The shared responsibility model, AWS security and governance concepts, identity and access management, and security resources.
4 topics in this domain
- Understand the AWS shared responsibility model
- Understand AWS Cloud security, governance, and compliance concepts
- Identify AWS access management capabilities
- Identify components and resources for security
Domain 3
Cloud Technology and Services
How to deploy and operate in AWS, the global infrastructure, and the core service portfolio: compute, database, network, storage, AI/ML, and analytics.
8 topics in this domain
- Define methods of deploying and operating in the AWS Cloud
- Define the AWS global infrastructure
- Identify AWS compute services
- Identify AWS database services
- Identify AWS network services
- Identify AWS storage services
- Identify AWS artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) services and analytics services
- Identify services from other in-scope AWS service categories
Domain 4
Billing, Pricing, and Support
AWS pricing models, cost-management tooling, and the support and technical-resource landscape.
3 topics in this domain
- Compare AWS pricing models
- Understand resources for billing, budget, and cost management
- Identify AWS technical resources and AWS Support options