00. Table of contents

This index summarises the key topics and explanations from the 12 PDF documents, serving as a comprehensive revision resource.

1. Introduction to Computing (01. INTROCOMPUTING.pdf)

   • Purpose/Definition: Introduces fundamental computing concepts and terminology relevant to cloud computing.
   • Key Concepts:
     • Basic computing terms (hardware, software, network, applications).
     • Components of a computer (motherboard, CPU, memory, storage drive, network card).
     • Software components (operating system, applications).
     • Computer networks (wired, wireless, internet).

2. Basic Computing Concepts (02. BASIC COMPUTING CONCEPTS.pdf)

   • Purpose/Definition: Expands on computing concepts, focusing on servers, data centres, and the software development life cycle (SDLC).
   • Key Concepts:
     • Servers (definition, purpose, interaction with client computers).
     • Data centres (definition, ownership models - on-premises, cloud).
     • Software development life cycle (SDLC) (phases - plan, analyze, design, develop, test, implement, maintain; purpose of each phase).

3. Development Team Roles (03. DEV TEAM ROLES.pdf)

   • Purpose/Definition: Outlines the roles and responsibilities within a software development team.
   • Key Concepts:
     • Roles (project manager, analyst, quality assurance, software developer, database administrator).
     • Responsibilities of each role.
     • Effective software team practices (clear goals, prototyping, version control, documentation, feedback).

4. What is Cloud Computing? (04. WHAT IS CLOUD COMPUTING.pdf)

   • Purpose/Definition: Introduces cloud computing, its service models, and deployment models.
   • Key Concepts:
     • Cloud computing definition (on-demand IT resources, pay-as-you-go pricing).
     • Cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).
     • Cloud deployment models (cloud, hybrid, private/on-premises).

5. Advantages of Cloud Computing (05. ADVANTAGES CLOUD COMPUTING.pdf)

   • Purpose/Definition: Explains the benefits of adopting cloud computing.
   • Key Concepts:
     • Six advantages of cloud computing (trading fixed expense for variable expense, economies of scale, capacity planning, speed and agility, cost savings on data centres, global reach).
     • Fixed expense vs. variable expense.
     • Economies of scale.

6. What is AWS? (06. WHAT IS AWS.pdf)

   • Purpose/Definition: Provides an overview of Amazon Web Services (AWS), its services, and how to access them.
   • Key Concepts:
     • Web services (definition, use of standardized formats like XML and JSON).
     • AWS definition (secure cloud services provider, range of services).
     • AWS service categories (Compute, Storage, Database, Networking, Security, etc.).
     • Accessing AWS services (AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, SDKs).
     • AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF).
     • AWS documentation.

7. AWS Pricing (07. AWS Pricing.pdf)

   • Purpose/Definition: Explains the AWS pricing model and its advantages.
   • Key Concepts:
     • Pay-as-you-go pricing.
     • Reserved Instances (All Upfront, Partial Upfront, No Upfront).
     • Volume-based discounts.
     • AWS Free Tier.
     • Services with no charge (Amazon VPC, IAM, Consolidated Billing, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, AWS CloudFormation).
     • AWS Pricing Calculator.
     • Total cost of ownership (TCO).

8. AWS Infrastructure Overview (08.AWS Infrastructure Overview.pdf)

   • Purpose/Definition: Describes the global infrastructure of AWS, including Regions, Availability Zones, and Points of Presence (PoPs).
   • Key Concepts:
     • AWS Global Infrastructure (Regions, Availability Zones, PoPs, data centres).
     • Characteristics of data centres (location, redundancy, security).
     • Features of AWS infrastructure (elasticity, scalability, fault tolerance, high availability).
     • Factors in choosing a Region (compliance, latency, services, cost).

9. AWS Services and Categories (09.AWS Services and Categories.pdf)

   • Purpose/Definition: Provides an overview of AWS service categories and commonly used services within each category.
   • Key Concepts:
     • AWS service categories (Compute, Storage, Database, Networking and Content Delivery, Security, Identity, and Compliance, Management and Governance, AWS Cost Management).
     • Key services within each category (e.g., Amazon S3, Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS, Amazon VPC, IAM).
     • AWS Management Console for accessing and managing services.

10. AWS Shared Responsibility Model (10. AWS Shared Responsibility Model.pdf)

    • Purpose/Definition: Explains the shared responsibility for security between AWS and the customer.
    • Key Concepts:
      • Security of the cloud (AWS responsibility) - physical security, hardware/software infrastructure, network infrastructure, virtualization infrastructure.
      • Security in the cloud (customer responsibility) - customer data, operating systems, applications, configurations.

11. Amazon S3 (11. AWS S3.pdf)

    • Purpose/Definition: Introduces Amazon S3, a fully managed object storage service.
    • Key Concepts:
      • Objects and buckets.
      • Data durability and redundancy.
      • Seamless scaling.
      • Amazon S3 storage classes (Standard, Standard-IA, One Zone-IA, Glacier, Glacier Deep Archive, Intelligent-Tiering).
      • Use cases (application storage, web hosting, backup and recovery, big data staging).
      • Pricing (pay-as-you-go, factors affecting cost).

12. Amazon EC2 (12. AWS Elastic Compute.pdf)

    • Purpose/Definition: Explains Amazon EC2, a service for running virtual machines in the cloud.
    • Key Concepts:
      • EC2 instances (virtual servers).
      • Amazon Machine Images (AMIs).
      • Instance types (different configurations of CPU, memory, storage, networking).
      • Launching instances (using the AWS Management Console or AWS CLI).
      • User data for automating configurations.
      • Storage options (Amazon EBS, Instance Store, Amazon EFS, Amazon S3).
      • Security groups (firewall rules).
      • Key pairs for secure login.