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AWS Cloud Practitioner & Cloud Engineering Foundations

Prepare for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) exam: cloud concepts, core AWS services, security, billing and the Well-Architected Framework, taught through freeCodeCamp/ExamPro's full certification course.

10 Modules
34 Lessons
0 Students
English
Certificate on completion

Course Overview

This course rebuilds AWS Cloud Practitioner & Cloud Engineering Foundations around a single, complete AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) certification course by Andrew Brown of ExamPro, published on freeCodeCamp. It covers all four official CCP exam domains: Cloud Concepts, Security and Compliance, Cloud Technology and Services, and Billing, Pricing and Support -- from what cloud computing actually is and AWS's global infrastructure, through the Shared Responsibility Model and IAM, EC2/containers/Lambda compute choices, S3/EBS/EFS/RDS/DynamoDB storage and database choices, VPC networking, AI/ML and big data services, AWS pricing and support plans, and the AWS Well-Architected Framework's six pillars. The module quiz bank was researched against the real CLF-C02 exam's structure, domain weighting and question style (never copied verbatim) so a student who does well on these quizzes is genuinely prepared for the real exam's question style, not just a generic quiz.

10 modules
34 lessons
10 module quizzes

Taught in English
Beginner to Advanced level
Certificate on completion

Course Content

10 modules34 lessons10 quizzes

Welcome: What This Certification Covers and How to Use This Course7:43
What Is Cloud Computing? On-Demand, Elasticity and the Shift from CapEx to OpEx35:33
Getting Started with AWS: Creating an Account and Touring the Console29:45
Digital Transformation: Why Organizations Move Workloads to the Cloud9:13
The Six Advantages of Cloud Computing3:33

Module quiz · 30 questions

AWS Global Infrastructure: Regions, Availability Zones and Edge Locations45:16
Cloud Architecture Principles: Designing for Scale and Resilience23:22

Module quiz · 30 questions

Management and Development Tools, Part 1: CLI, SDKs and the Console43:00
Management and Development Tools, Part 2: Infrastructure as Code and Deployment43:00
Governance on AWS: Organizations, Service Control Policies and Compliance29:18
Provisioning Resources: CloudFormation, Elastic Beanstalk and Service Catalog20:55
Logging and Monitoring: CloudTrail, CloudWatch and Config13:53

Module quiz · 30 questions

The AWS Shared Responsibility Model: Security of vs. in the Cloud18:57
Identity on AWS: IAM Users, Groups, Roles and Policies45:02
AWS Security Services, Part 1: Network and Data Protection24:11
AWS Security Services, Part 2: Detection, Incident Response and Compliance24:11

Module quiz · 30 questions

Compute on AWS, Part 1: Choosing the Right Compute Model25:53
Compute on AWS, Part 2: Instance Types and Use Cases25:54
Amazon EC2, Part 1: Launching and Configuring Instances25:51
Amazon EC2, Part 2: EC2 Pricing Models and Purchase Options25:51
Containers on AWS: ECS, EKS and Fargate10:49
Serverless Compute and Windows Workloads on AWS13:12

Module quiz · 30 questions

Storage on AWS: S3, EBS, EFS and Storage Classes40:31
Databases on AWS: RDS, DynamoDB and Choosing the Right Engine35:44

Module quiz · 30 questions

Networking on AWS: VPC, Subnets and Connectivity21:48
Application Integration: SQS, SNS and EventBridge17:01

Module quiz · 30 questions

AWS AI and Machine Learning Services20:45
Big Data on AWS: Analytics and Data Pipeline Services20:45

Module quiz · 30 questions

EC2 Pricing Models Recap and the AWS Pricing Philosophy18:59
Total Cost of Ownership and Migration Strategies13:34
AWS Billing Tools: Cost Explorer, Budgets and Billing Alarms27:34
AWS Support Plans and the AWS Free Tier27:35

Module quiz · 30 questions

The AWS Well-Architected Framework: Six Pillars of Good Design21:42
Exam Readiness: Common Question Variations and Final Review15:00

Module quiz · 30 questions

Skills You'll Gain

Explain core cloud computing concepts: on-demand, elasticity, CapEx vs OpEx, and the AWS global infrastructure (Regions, Availability Zones, edge locations)
Apply the AWS Shared Responsibility Model and configure IAM users, groups, roles and policies using least privilege
Choose the right AWS compute model for a workload: EC2 instance families and pricing models, containers (ECS/EKS/Fargate), and Lambda serverless compute
Choose the right AWS storage and database service for a given access pattern: S3 storage classes, EBS, EFS, RDS and DynamoDB

Design a basic VPC with public and private subnets, and connect it to other networks via VPN or AWS Direct Connect
Use AWS management and governance tooling: the CLI, CloudFormation, AWS Organizations, Service Control Policies, CloudTrail, CloudWatch and Config
Identify AWS security services (WAF, Shield, KMS, GuardDuty, Inspector, Macie) and when each applies
Explain AWS billing, pricing, support plans and the AWS Well-Architected Framework, and read AWS exam-style questions with confidence

Requirements

Basic computer literacy and a Windows or Mac computer with internet access. No prior AWS or cloud experience is needed: the course starts with account setup and installs the VS Code editor and the AWS CLI. A free-tier AWS account is useful for the hands-on workshops
and the demonstrations can be followed when an account is not available.

Who this course is for

Beginners who want to understand how cloud platforms work and how AWS services fit together in a real system
career changers moving into cloud, DevOps or software engineering roles
developers who need the core AWS services and security habits behind their applications
and students preparing for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) exam who want applied practice beyond memorizing service names. By the end you will be able to explain the shared responsibility model, choose between compute, storage and database services for a scenario, design a VPC with public and private subnets, control access with IAM, monitor and govern a workload, and estimate cloud costs.