McConnaughy / McNutt / Miles AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty (ANS-C01) Certification Guide

A pragmatic guide to acing the AWS ANS-C01 exam
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-83508-809-8
Verlag: Packt Publishing
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 0 - No protection

E-Book, Englisch, 650 Seiten

The AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty certification exam focuses on leveraging AWS services alongside industry standards to create secure, resilient, and scalable cloud networks.
Written by industry experts with decades of experience in the field, this comprehensive exam guide will enable you to transform into an AWS networking expert, going beyond the ANS-C01 exam blueprint to maximize your impact in the field. You'll learn all about intricate AWS networking options and services with clear explanations, detailed diagrams, and practice questions in each chapter. The chapters help you gain hands-on experience with essential components, such as VPC networking, AWS Direct Connect, Route 53, security frameworks, and infrastructure as code. With access to mock exams, interactive flashcards, and invaluable exam tips, you have everything you need to excel in the AWS ANS-C01 exam.
This book not only prepares you to confidently take the exam, but also deepens your understanding and provides practical insights that are vital for a successful career in AWS cloud networking.
By the end of this exam guide, you'll be thoroughly trained to take the AWS ANS-C01 exam and efficiently design and maintain network architectures across a wide range of AWS services.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McConnaughy, Tim

Mcnutt, Steve

Miles, Christopher

Leseproben

Preface

The cloud has been made famous by the apps that run there. Application developers and IT infrastructure professionals have embraced public clouds such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build highly available and resilient resources. However, just like how IT has functioned for the last few decades, when these services are not functioning, who gets blamed first? The network.

The network engineers of today have been building scalable and resilient networks for decades and the networks running within AWS cloud environments are no different. AWS cloud computing teams need engineers and architects with strong networking capabilities to support the design and deployment of networks just as they do on-premises. However, networking in the public cloud differs from the way things are done on-premises. Network operators need to be able to effectively build and operate complex networks within AWS to function as an extension of the enterprise networks they are responsible for.

This is the purpose of the AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty (ANS-C01) exam: to demonstrate the skills and knowledge to build and maintain AWS cloud networks. As defined by the blueprint for this exam, individuals looking to take this exam should be able to perform the following tasks:

• Design and deploy core networking functionality within and across AWS accounts
• Implement hybrid networking solutions to connect with traditional networks and third-party networks
• Integrate other core AWS services with networking solutions for functionality with DNS, load balancing, and content distribution
• Implement security within AWS networks utilizing native services and constructs
• Deploy AWS network solutions using infrastructure as code (IaC) for optimization and automation
• Operate AWS networks using native analysis tools and services

The goal of this book is to prepare candidates specifically for the version of the AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty exam. This book will not only cover the topics outlined in the exam blueprint but also provide real-world examples about operating AWS cloud networks from the experience of the authors.

Who This Book Is For

This guide is meticulously crafted for experienced cloud networking professionals, network architects, and solution designers who are committed to mastering advanced networking concepts within the Amazon Web Services (AWS) ecosystem. It is specifically tailored to support candidates preparing for the examination, providing comprehensive coverage of complex networking technologies, design patterns, and implementation strategies unique to AWS infrastructure.

Networking and AWS Constructs You Should Already Know

This certification guide is going to make some assumptions about what you should already know with respect to computer networking and AWS services.

When going by the AWS blueprint for the exam, there is an expectation that candidates need to be very comfortable working with computer networking. The following description is taken directly from the exam guide:

Note

The details for the AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty exam, including the blueprint, can be found here: https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-advanced-networking-specialty/.

Here are the key network fundamentals that you should have a strong level of comfort with before proceeding with this chapter. If any of the topics below are unfamiliar to you, please refer to the appendices to develop a baseline on these concepts:

• The OSI layer - ( )
• IP Addressing fundamentals (v4 and v6) - ( )
• IP Subnetting & CIDR notation - ( )
• Public vs Private IP Addressing - ( )
• IP Routing - ( )
• Dynamic Routing (for later chapters) - ( )
• BGP Basics (for later chapters) - ( )

In addition to the above network fundamentals, there are a few AWS constructs that you will need to be familiar with to proceed. These items are typically covered within another certification track, like the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner. Additional reading for each of these components will be linked below.

Here are the AWS constructs you should already be familiar with before proceeding:

• AWS Regions and Zones
• Amazon Simple storage service (S3)
• Amazon Elastic cloud compute (EC2)
• Amazon Elastic block store (EBS)
• AWS Service Quotas

Note

Further detail on the above mentioned AWS topics can be found at the links below

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-regions-availability-zones.html

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/Welcome.html

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/concepts.html

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/storage_ebs.html

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/servicequotas/latest/userguide/intro.html

AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty Exam Outline

The exam is divided into separate domains. Each domain includes specific statements that outline what candidates should be able to demonstrate. This outline briefly covers each domain and how these statements should be interpreted by candidates for the exam.

Test Domains

The exam is divided into four test domains. These domains identify, at a high level, areas of expertise that the candidate will be tested on. You can see in the following table that each domain holds a significant amount of weight on the exam; therefore, the candidate needs to make sure they can demonstrate their knowledge and skills adequately in each domain. These weights only represent the scored content on the exam.

Domain

Weight (%)

Domain 1: Network Design

30%

Domain 2: Network Implementation

26%

Domain 3: Network Management and Operation

20%

Domain 4: Network Security, Compliance, and Governance

24%

Total

100%

Table 0.1: Test domain weighting

Task Statements

Each domain contains a set of task statements relating to the content covered on the exam. While not a comprehensive list of the content of the exam, each task statement on the blueprint provides additional context to help candidates prepare for the exam. The additional context per task statement identifies items that the candidate will need knowledge of versus skills in. As the reader, you can logically separate these two statements as theory versus hands-on experience.

For areas that require knowledge of, you will be expected to demonstrate your knowledge of how that item fits into an overall solution. This may require detailing the components of the technology/service being asked about and/or what use case it can address. For areas that require skills in, you will be expected to demonstrate your knowledge of how to configure, validate, or troubleshoot a selected technology...