AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) Cert Prep

4h 15mBeginner2025-07-10

Authors

Hiroko Nishimura

AWS Community Hero, Author, Founder of AWS Newbies

Course details

Getting vetted as an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner validates your professional abilities and understanding of AWS cloud services. Join instructor Hiroko Nishimura as she covers the essential skills and concepts. An ideal fit for anyone preparing for the AWS Cloud Practitioner certification or beginners to cloud computing on AWS, this course covers the four core domains of the official CLF-C02 exam: Cloud Concepts; Security and Compliance; Cloud Technology and Services; and Billing, Pricing, and Support.

Skills covered

Cloud FoundationsCloud ServicesCloud PlatformsCert PrepCloud Computing

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - How did we get into the cloud
02 - AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam
03 - Cloud Concepts Domain

1. Domain 1 - Cloud Concepts

04 - What is the cloud
05 - What is cloud computing
06 - A brief history of the cloud
07 - Cloud computing in daily life
08 - Wrapping up - Cloud computing

2. Cloud Computing Concepts

09 - Advantages of cloud computing
10 - AWS Well-Architected Framework
11 - AWS Cloud Adoption Framework
12 - Study break - Reviewing cloud computing and architectures

3. Introduction to AWS

13 - A brief history of AWS
14 - What is AWS
15 - Big companies using AWS

4. Diving into AWS

16 - Popular services offered in AWS
17 - Create an AWS account
18 - Exploring AWS dashboard

5. Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam

19 - Study break - Exam tips and resources

6. Domain 2 - Security and Compliance

20 - Security and Compliance Domain

7. Security in the Cloud

21 - Security in the cloud
22 - Shared responsibility model
23 - Well-Architected Framework
24 - AWS Cloud Security, Governance, and Compliance concepts
25 - Study break - Security Domain

8. Access Management

26 - Providing access in AWS
27 - Identity and access management (IAM)
28 - Principle of least privilege
29 - Keeping accounts secured
30 - Root user
31 - Study break - Access management

9. Security Services

32 - AWS Systems Manager
33 - Web Application Firewall (WAF)
34 - AWS Shield
35 - Amazon Inspector
36 - AWS Trusted Advisor
37 - Amazon GuardDuty
38 - AWS Artifact
39 - Governance and compliance services
40 - Study break - Reviewing security services

10. Conclusion of Domain 2

41 - Study break - Exam review

11. Domain 3 - Cloud Technology and Services

42 - Cloud Technology and Services Domain

12. Deploying and Operating in AWS Cloud

43 - Interacting with the cloud
44 - Connecting with the cloud
45 - Cloud deployment models
46 - AWS Global Infrastructure
47 - Study break - Deploying and operating in AWS

13. Compute Services

48 - Amazon EC2
49 - Container services
50 - Elastic Beanstalk
51 - Elastic Load Balancing
52 - Serverless services
53 - Amazon Lightsail
54 - Deploying and operating in AWS
55 - Study break - Reviewing compute services

14. Storage Services

56 - Types of storage
57 - Amazon S3
58 - Amazon Elastic Block Store
59 - AWS Snow Family
60 - AWS Storage Gateway
61 - AWS Backup
62 - Study break - Reviewing storage services

15. Database Services

63 - Database services
64 - Evaluate - Hosted or managed database
65 - Study break - Reviewing database services

16. Network Services

66 - Amazon VPC
67 - Amazon CloudFront
68 - AWS Global Accelerator
69 - Amazon Route 53
70 - Study break - Network services

17. AI, Machine Learning, and Analytics Services

71 - AI ML services
72 - Data analytics services
73 - Study break - Reviewing AI ML and analytics services

18. Management Tools

74 - AWS CloudFormation
75 - AWS CloudTrail
76 - Amazon CloudWatch
77 - Study break - Reviewing management tools

19. Other Services

78 - A not-so-short list of services to keep in mind

20. Conclusion of Domain 3

79 - Study break - Cloud Technology and Services Domain

21. Domain 4 - Billing, Pricing, and Support

80 - Billing, Pricing, and Support Domain

22. Billing and Pricing

81 - AWS Billing Dashboard
82 - Types of charges
83 - AWS Free Tier
84 - Study break - Billing and pricing

23. Billing, Budget, and Cost Management

85 - AWS budget and cost management resources
86 - Consolidated billing

24. Support and Billing Resources

87 - AWS Support Plans 1
88 - AWS Support Plans 2
89 - Finding AWS resources
90 - Study break - Reviewing support and billing resources

Conclusion

91 - Exam tips and resources
92 - Next steps