Solutions Architect: AWS FAQ and Resources

AWS FAQ #

AWS Certification Course Resources #

1. learn.cantrill.io - (Adrian Cantrill)
2. Linux Academy - (multiple authors)
3. Data Cumulus - (Stephane Maarek)
4. Tutorial Dojo - (Jon Bonso)
5. A Cloud Guru - (multiple authors)
6. Digital Cloud Training - (Neal Davis)
7. WhizLabs
8. Exam Pro - (Andrew Brown)
9. CBT Nuggets - (Anthony Sequeria, Bart Castle, Ben Finkel)

Verify the course you are looking at is for the exam version you are going to take.

AWS Certification Practice Exams #

1. Tutorial Dojo - (Jon Bonso)
2. WhizLabs
3. Digital Cloud Training - (Neal Davis)
4. LinuxAcademy - (multiple authors)
5. AWS Exam Readiness (free recap made by exams creators)
6. Review Prep
7. Quizlet
8. Exam Pro included with courses

AWS Certification Cheat Sheets #

1. Tutorial Dojo - (Jon Bonso)
2. Digital Cloud Training - (Neil Davis)
3. Curated list of AWS resources for the certification
4. AWS in Plain English
5. Exam Pro included with courses

AWS Whitepaper Help #

1. Knowledge Hut Whitepaper Recommendations
2. AWS Well Architected Whitepapers
   1. Framework
   2. Operational Excellence
   3. Security
   4. Reliability
   5. Performance
   6. Cost

Communities #

1. Linux Academy Slack - https://linuxacademy-community-slack.herokuapp.com/
2. Learn.cantrill.io Slack - https://techstudyslack.com/
3. NetworkChuck Discord - https://discord.gg/networkchuck
4. Tortoise - Python Beginner Discord - https://discord.gg/8DnGKc2
5. OG-AWS Slack - https://og-aws-slack.lexikon.io/
6. DevOpsChatCo Slack - https://devopschat.co/register
7. AWS Community Discord - https://discord.gg/JN9FMbm

What Do I Need For AWS Job? #

While not specific to AWS, the DevOps Roadmap is incredibly useful in painting some context for the general learning of AWS concepts like EC2 and logs management and CI/CD tooling.

That being said here is a very general idea to get you started.

• At least 1 major cloud associate level certification (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• At least 1 hands on with Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Salt
• At least 1 hands on with Docker or Kubernetes
• At least one scripting language, perf Python, JavaScript, Go, or Java
• At least 1 Windows or Linux, perf both
• An understanding of DevOps and Agile environments

What Certification Should I Get? #

Where can I pickup those non AWS skills? #

1. KodeKloud (DevOps, Linux, Docker, Ansible, Puppet, Kubernetes, Chef, Docker Swarm, OpenShift)
2. instruqt (DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, React, CI/CD, Git)
3. Codecademy (Python, JavaScript, Java, SQL, Go, etc.)
4. Automate the Boring Stuff (Python)
5. Katacoda (Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, Git, Languages, Terraform)
6. Linux Journey https://linuxjourney.com/ (Linux)
7. Over The Wire (Security)
8. DevOps Bootcamp (24 Video DevOps Bootcamp)

More Resources? #

CCP Write Ups

1. AWS CCP - Thoughts, My Journey, My Opinion

CSAA Write Ups

1. AWS CSAA - Thoughts, My Journey, My Opinion, What’s Next
2. Thoughts AWS Certified Associate Exam
3. Passing AWS Solutions Architect Exam in 2019
4. So You Want To Learn AWS
5. AWS CSAA Bullet Point Study Guide

Real World Examples

1. Amazon’s This Is My Architecture

Other

1. What Is SRE?
2. What is DevOps?
3. What is Agile?
4. What is CI/CD?

AWS Topics more:Explanation

1. Transit Gateway - (Paul Casey)
2. AWS Stash - filterable collection of AWS resources

Related AWS Github Repos #

1. Practical Guide to AWS
2. My Arsenal of AWS Security Tools
3. Curated List of Awesome AWS libraries, open source repos, guides, blogs, etc.
4. AWS Status Page Explanations

» Sources « #

• GitHub - simplesteph/AWS-FAQ · GitHub
• Amazon AWS FAQ’s

Solutions Architect Resources:

• Ultimate AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate 2026
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Code & Slides
• Practice Exams | AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate