AWS Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02)
An eleven-part series for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam: fundamentals, services, cost and architecture, each with a small hands-on in your own account.
The AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam (CLF-C02) does not test deep expertise, but it covers a lot of ground. This series works through the material in eleven parts that build on each other, from cloud fundamentals through IAM, compute, storage, databases and networking to security, AI services, cost and architecture. The current exam guide (as of October 2026) is the reference. Every part includes a small hands-on with the AWS CLI in your own account, with all resources deleted at the end, and closes with the typical exam questions.
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AWS Cloud Practitioner 01: Cloud Fundamentals and Global Infrastructure
Opening part of the series on the CLF-C02 exam. Exam format and domains, the basic terms of cloud computing, scalability, elasticity and high availability, Regions and Availability Zones, and the Shared Responsibility Model.28. Oct 2026 - 2
AWS Cloud Practitioner 02: IAM and Identity
Who may do what in an AWS account? Users, groups, policies and roles, the root user, MFA, the three access tools and the identity services STS, Cognito, Directory Service and IAM Identity Center, plus a policy simulation in our own account.28. Oct 2026 - 3
AWS Cloud Practitioner 03: Compute
EC2, purchase options, load balancers, Auto Scaling, Lambda and containers for the CLF-C02: when which compute service fits, what it gets confused with, and a Lambda function with real cold start measurements.28. Oct 2026 - 4
AWS Cloud Practitioner 04: Storage
EBS, Instance Store, EFS, FSx and S3 compared. Which storage attaches to an instance, which is shared across AZs, how S3 checks access, and why cheap storage classes get expensive on retrieval. With a bucket, versioning and a lifecycle rule in your own account.28. Oct 2026 - 5
AWS Cloud Practitioner 05: Databases and Analytics
Which AWS data service fits which job: RDS and Aurora for relational data, DynamoDB for key-value, Redshift and Athena for analytics. With the difference between Multi-AZ and read replicas and a DynamoDB table in your own account.28. Oct 2026 - 6
AWS Cloud Practitioner 06: Networking and Global Delivery
VPC, subnets, internet and NAT gateways, NACLs and security groups, the paths to your own data center, Route 53, CloudFront and Global Accelerator. With a look at the default VPC and a security group you create yourself.28. Oct 2026 - 7
AWS Cloud Practitioner 07: Integration, Deployment and Monitoring
SQS, SNS and Kinesis decouple applications, CloudFormation builds infrastructure from templates, and CloudWatch, CloudTrail and Config each answer a different question. Plus WorkSpaces, AppStream 2.0, IoT Core, Amplify and SES. With an SNS-to-SQS stack and a CloudTrail lookup in your own account.28. Oct 2026 - 8
AWS Cloud Practitioner 08: Security and Compliance
Shield, WAF, KMS, CloudHSM, GuardDuty, Macie, Inspector, Security Hub and Artifact: which security service handles which job, what changed in 2025 and 2026, and what SSE-S3 and SSE-KMS look like in your own bucket.28. Oct 2026 - 9
AWS Cloud Practitioner 09: Machine Learning and Generative AI
The AWS AI services sorted by input: image, speech, text, document and custom models. Plus Amazon Q as the generative AI in the exam scope, Bedrock as context, and a hands-on with Comprehend and Translate.28. Oct 2026 - 10
AWS Cloud Practitioner 10: Accounts, Billing and Support
AWS Organizations, Service Control Policies and Control Tower, the cost tools from Pricing Calculator to Cost Anomaly Detection, and the new support plan scheme with Business Support+ and Unified Operations. With a budget and a Cost Explorer query via the CLI.28. Oct 2026 - 11
AWS Cloud Practitioner 11: Architecture, Migration and the Exam
The Well-Architected Framework, disaster recovery strategies, the 7 Rs of migration and the Cloud Adoption Framework, plus the typical exam pitfalls and a strategy for the 90 minutes at the test center.28. Oct 2026