AWS Cloud Practitioner Study Library
CLF-C02
32 free articles on the concepts the CLF-C02 exam tests, grouped by exam domain. Each one backs real questions in our practice exam.
Billing, Pricing, and Support
- AWS Basic Support: What Every AWS Account Gets for Free AWS Basic Support is free with every account: 24/7 billing and account help, core Trusted Advisor checks, and the Health Dashboard. Know its limits.
- AWS Business Support: 24/7 Engineers, Full Trusted Advisor, and What You Gain Over Developer AWS Business Support adds 24/7 phone, chat, and email with Cloud Support Engineers, full Trusted Advisor checks, and a 1-hour production-down target.
- AWS Cost Explorer vs Budgets vs Cost and Usage Report: Cost Management Tools Compared What separates AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Budgets, and the Cost and Usage Report: visualize, alert, or export. Plus how CLF-C02 tests each tool.
- AWS Developer Support: Business-Hours Email Help for Builders and Testers AWS Developer Support gives business-hours email access to Cloud Support Associates for testing and early builds. See cost, response times, and limits.
- AWS Enterprise On-Ramp: Pooled TAMs, 30-Minute Response, and Who It's For AWS Enterprise On-Ramp explained: pooled Technical Account Managers, 30-minute critical response, and how it differs from full Enterprise Support.
- AWS Enterprise Support: Named TAM, Concierge, 15-Minute Response, and Infrastructure Event Management What AWS Enterprise Support includes — designated TAM, Concierge team, 15-minute critical response, and IEM — and when the exam expects it.
- AWS Pricing Models Explained: On-Demand, Savings Plans, Reserved, Spot, and the Free Tier On-Demand, Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, Spot, Dedicated Hosts, and the AWS Free Tier compared, with the trade-offs CLF-C02 expects you to know.
- AWS Support Plans Compared: Basic, Developer, Business, Enterprise On-Ramp, and Enterprise Compare all five AWS Support plans — features, response times, Trusted Advisor access, and TAMs — and learn what CLF-C02 expects you to know.
- AWS Support Response Times and Third-Party Software Help: Picking the Lowest Tier That Fits AWS Support response times by plan — 24h, 12h, 4h, 1h, 30min, 15min — plus where third-party software support starts. Master CLF-C02 tier questions.
- What Is an AWS Technical Account Manager (TAM)? Dedicated vs Pooled Learn what an AWS Technical Account Manager does, which support plans include one, and the dedicated-vs-pooled TAM distinction CLF-C02 tests.
Cloud Concepts
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) Study Guide: Format, Domains, Cost, and How to Pass Complete CLF-C02 guide: 65 questions, 90 minutes, 700 to pass, $100 fee — plus all four domains explained, a 4-week study plan, and exam-day tips.
- AWS Migration Strategies: The 7 Rs and the Tools That Support Them Master the 7 Rs of AWS migration (rehost, replatform, refactor, and more) plus the AWS migration tools CLF-C02 expects you to match to scenarios.
- The AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF): Six Perspectives for Migration Planning The AWS Cloud Adoption Framework's six perspectives, four transformation domains, and journey phases, explained for CLF-C02 migration questions.
- The AWS Shared Responsibility Model: What AWS Secures and What You Secure How the AWS shared responsibility model splits security duties: AWS protects the infrastructure, you protect your data, identities, and configs.
- The AWS Well-Architected Framework: All Six Pillars Explained All six pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework explained, with design principles, the Well-Architected Tool, and CLF-C02 exam patterns.
- The Benefits of AWS Cloud: Elasticity, Agility, and Economies of Scale The six advantages of AWS cloud computing, plus elasticity, scalability, agility, and high availability defined the way CLF-C02 questions use them.
Cloud Technology and Services
- Amazon S3 Storage Classes Compared: Standard to Glacier Deep Archive Compare Amazon S3 storage classes from Standard to Glacier Deep Archive: access speed, minimum durations, and the cost cues CLF-C02 scenarios use.
- Amazon VPC Basics: Subnets, Gateways, Security Groups, and Network ACLs Learn Amazon VPC fundamentals for the CLF-C02 exam: public and private subnets, internet and NAT gateways, and security groups vs network ACLs.
- AWS CloudFormation Basics: Infrastructure as Code on AWS How AWS CloudFormation turns YAML or JSON templates into stacks, what change sets and drift detection do, and how CLF-C02 questions test it.
- AWS Database Services Compared: RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift, and ElastiCache RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift, and ElastiCache each solve a different data problem. Learn the scenario cues CLF-C02 uses to test which one fits.
- AWS Lambda vs Fargate vs ECS vs EKS: Serverless and Container Compute Compared Compare AWS Lambda, Fargate, ECS, and EKS for the CLF-C02 exam: what each compute service manages for you, how billing works, and when to pick each.
- AWS Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations: The Global Infrastructure How AWS Regions, Availability Zones, and edge locations fit together, why Region choice matters, and how the CLF-C02 exam tests global infrastructure.
- CloudWatch vs CloudTrail vs Config: AWS Monitoring and Audit Services Compared CloudWatch watches performance, CloudTrail records API activity, and AWS Config tracks resource changes. Learn the distinctions the CLF-C02 exam tests.
- EBS vs EFS vs S3: Choosing the Right AWS Storage Service EBS is block storage for one EC2 instance, EFS is shared file storage, S3 is object storage. Learn the cues CLF-C02 uses to test which fits a scenario.
- EC2 Instance Types and Purchasing Options: On-Demand, Reserved, Spot, and Savings Plans Learn EC2 instance families and the four purchasing options (On-Demand, Reserved, Spot, Savings Plans) with the workload cues CLF-C02 uses to test them.
- What Is AWS IQ? Hiring AWS-Certified Experts for Short-Term Projects AWS IQ connects you with AWS-certified freelance experts you can find, hire, and pay through AWS itself. Learn how it works and how CLF-C02 tests it.
Security and Compliance
- AWS Artifact: On-Demand Compliance Reports and Agreements AWS Artifact gives you free, self-service access to AWS audit reports like SOC 2 and ISO 27001, plus agreements such as the HIPAA BAA.
- AWS IAM Explained: Users, Groups, Roles, and Policies Understand AWS IAM users, groups, roles, and policies: how each works, when to use which, and the identity scenarios CLF-C02 loves to test.
- AWS KMS and Encryption Basics: At Rest, In Transit, and Key Management How AWS KMS manages encryption keys, what at-rest and in-transit encryption mean, and the KMS vs CloudHSM call the CLF-C02 exam expects.
- AWS Shield vs AWS WAF: DDoS Protection and Web Application Filtering AWS Shield stops DDoS floods while AWS WAF filters malicious web requests. Learn which service handles which attack for the CLF-C02 exam.
- GuardDuty vs Inspector vs Macie vs Security Hub: AWS Security Services Compared GuardDuty detects threats, Inspector finds vulnerabilities, Macie discovers sensitive data, Security Hub aggregates it all. Sort them out for CLF-C02.
- The AWS Root User: What It Can Do and How to Protect It Learn what the AWS root user is, the tasks only it can perform, and the protection steps (MFA, no access keys) the CLF-C02 exam expects.
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