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Cloud computing is necessary for organizations of all sizes, from large enterprises to small startups. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a cloud provider with the largest customer share. An AWS SysOps Administrator operates and maintains the AWS infrastructure while handling cybersecurity, which is a high-demand skill.

This course provides in-depth coverage of core AWS Services, including EC2, Auto Scaling, ELB, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, and more. You’ll learn AWS best practices for security, compliance, automation, monitoring, and troubleshooting through practical hands-on labs for key topics. You’ll test your knowledge by attempting quizzes and two full-length sample AWS SysOps Administrator - Associate practice exams at the end. 

By the end of the course, you’ll have gained practical experience through real-world examples and hands-on labs in administering systems and applications running on AWS to ace the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate exam.

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate Exam Prep

Change the volume configuration and increase the number of IOPS

Your instance uses a 50 GB gp2 volume, but you notice that this volume doesn’t have sufficient IOPS capacity for your requirements. What can you do to solve the issue?

Your instance uses a 50 GB gp2 volume, but you notice that this volume doesn’t have sufficient IOPS capacity for your requirements. What can you do to solve the issue?

**(Select all that apply.)** Which EBS volumes can be used as the root volume of an EC2 instance? 

(Select all that apply.) Which EBS volumes can be used as the root volume of an EC2 instance?

Take a snapshot of the volume and create a new, bigger volume from the snapshot.

Stop the instance and resize the volume. 

Resize the volume without stopping the instance.

Resize the volume without stopping the instance. After the resize is complete, repartition the volume in the EC2 instance.

Stop the instance and resize the volume. After the resize is complete, repartition the volume in the EC2 instance. 

How can you increase the volume size of an EBS volume that's attached to an EC2 instance?

How can you increase the volume size of an EBS volume that’s attached to an EC2 instance?

**(True or False)** Moving EBS volumes between regions or AZs isn’t possible. 

(True or False) Moving EBS volumes between regions or AZs isn’t possible.

Snapshot the volume, encrypt the snapshot, create a new `io1` volume, and attach it to the instance.

Install encryption software on the EC2 instance to encrypt all data stored in the EBS.

Change the configuration of the `io1` volume and encrypt the volume.

Enable the volume encryption option in the EC2 console.

You have an unencrypted io1 volume attached to an EC2 instance. Your manager has asked you to change the architecture and use an encrypted volume for this instance. 

What's the best way to complete this task?

You have an unencrypted io1 volume attached to an EC2 instance. Your manager has asked you to change the architecture and use an encrypted volume for this instance.
What’s the best way to complete this task?

Write a custom script on the EC2 instance to initialize EBS volumes

Create a volume from the snapshot at least one hour before use

You have a critical EBS volume snapshot in your AZ and want the volumes created from this snapshot to be fully initialized during launch. How can you achieve this?

You have a critical EBS volume snapshot in your AZ and want the volumes created from this snapshot to be fully initialized during launch. How can you achieve this?

Create an encrypted file system and copy data from the unencrypted to the encrypted file system using DataSync.

Change the EFS configuration and encrypt the file system.

Install encryption software on EC2 instances and encrypt all data in the EFS file system.

You have an unencrypted EFS file system that's used by thousands of instances. How can you encrypt this EFS file system?

You have an unencrypted EFS file system that’s used by thousands of instances. How can you encrypt this EFS file system?

Which storage service can be used to create shared storage that EC2 instances can access in multiple AZs of a region using the NFS protocol?

Which storage service can be used to create shared storage that EC2 instances can access in multiple AZs of a region using the NFS protocol?

**(True or False)** You can’t decrease the size of an EBS volume. 

(True or False) You can’t decrease the size of an EBS volume.

Which feature can be used to automatically move S3 objects between storage classes?

Which feature can be used to automatically move S3 objects between storage classes?

Which S3 feature can give you recommendations while setting up lifecycle policies in a bucket?

Which S3 feature can give you recommendations while setting up lifecycle policies in a bucket?

How can you improve speed and performance when uploading large objects to S3?

How can you improve speed and performance when uploading large objects to S3?

Tell your manager to use the AWS Management Console to view the objects in the bucket

Your manager wants a report on the storage class, replication, and encryption status of objects in an S3 bucket. What's the best approach to providing these details?

Your manager wants a report on the storage class, replication, and encryption status of objects in an S3 bucket. What’s the best approach to providing these details?

Which storage class should you use for storing infrequently accessed data that can be easily reproduced?

Which storage class should you use for storing infrequently accessed data that can be easily reproduced?

Where will you store archive data that's rarely accessed but required immediately when needed?

Where will you store archive data that’s rarely accessed but required immediately when needed?

Which S3 encryption type allows users to store their encryption keys locally and still use server-side encryption?

Which S3 encryption type allows users to store their encryption keys locally and still use server-side encryption?

**(True or False)** SSE-C supports HTTP protocol. 

(True or False) SSE-C supports HTTP protocol.

Which S3 feature will prevent even IAM users with an `AdministrativeAcesss` policy from permanently deleting objects in S3?

Which S3 feature will prevent even IAM users with an <code>AdministrativeAcesss</code> policy from permanently deleting objects in S3?

The version for all five objects in S3 is null.

AWS automatically assigns a random version to these objects.

You have five objects in an S3 bucket. What is the version of these objects when you enable versioning on this bucket?

You have five objects in an S3 bucket. What is the version of these objects when you enable versioning on this bucket?

The object is marked for deletion in 90 days.

A new object version (delete marker) is created.

What happens when you delete an object in a bucket with versioning enabled?

What happens when you delete an object in a bucket with versioning enabled?

Your S3 website hosted in bucket A accesses images in bucket B. But when you access your website in the browser, images aren’t being loaded. 

How can you resolve the issue?

Your S3 website hosted in bucket A accesses images in bucket B. But when you access your website in the browser, images aren’t being loaded.
How can you resolve the issue?

Test your understanding of the AWS storage services S3, EBS, and EFS.

Introduction

Getting Started with AWS

AWS IAM

AWS EC2

AWS Load Balancers and Auto Scaling Groups

AWS Storage Services

AWS Databases

AWS ElastiCache

AWS Elastic Beanstalk and CloudFront

AWS CloudFormation

AWS Monitoring

AWS VPC

AWS Route 53

AWS Security Services and Encryption

AWS Systems Manager

Important AWS Services

AWS SysOps Administrator Practice Exams

Quiz Yourself on AWS Storage Services