Cloud Essentials/Management and Operations

Management and Operations

Objectives and Skills
Objectives and skills for the management and operations portion of CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ certification include:


 * Explain aspects of operating within the cloud.
 * Data management
 * Replication
 * Locality
 * Backup
 * Availability
 * Zones
 * Geo-redundancy
 * Disposable resources
 * Monitoring and visibility
 * Alerts
 * Logging
 * Optimization
 * Auto-scaling
 * Right-sizing
 * Explain DevOps in cloud environments.
 * Provisioning
 * Infrastructure as code
 * Templates
 * Continuous integration/continuous delivery
 * Testing in QA environments
 * Sandboxing
 * Load testing
 * Regression testing
 * Configuration management
 * Orchestration
 * Automation
 * Upgrades and patching
 * API integration
 * Given a scenario, review and report on the financial expenditures related to cloud resources.
 * Storage
 * Network
 * Compute
 * Chargebacks
 * Resource tagging
 * Maintenance
 * Instances
 * Reserved
 * Spot
 * Licensing type
 * Licensing quantity

Readings

 * 1)  Cloud management

DevOps

 * API (Application Programming Interface)
 * CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery)
 * QA (Quality Assurance)

Key Terms

 * CLI (Command Line Interface)
 * CMS (Content Management System)
 * CPU (Central Processing Unit)
 * GUI (Graphical User Interface)
 * JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)
 * KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine)
 * MTTR (Mean Time to Repair)
 * OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer)
 * OS (Operating System)
 * SQL (Structured Query Language)
 * VM (Virtual Machine)
 * XML (Extensible Markup Language)