Theory · Cloud platforms

17 min · Module 12 · Theory

How to study this topic

Read the theory below (concepts, bullets, and shell/YAML examples).
Try the Exam pool and Book quizzes in this module.
After each quiz, use Show answer on every question to review.

Cloud platforms

AWS, Azure, and GCP offer managed compute, storage, and Kubernetes. Design for multi-AZ resilience; use IAM roles instead of long-lived keys where possible.

Regions/AZ: deploy across zones for HA.
Managed services: RDS, EKS, S3 — offload ops to provider.
Cost: tags, autoscaling, spot/preemptible for batch.

Shell, YAML & config examples

# AWS CLI examples
aws sts get-caller-identity
aws s3 ls
aws eks update-kubeconfig --name prod-cluster

Hands-on practice: /lab/