Cloud Administration/Introduction

Introduction

Objectives and Skills

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Objectives and skills for the introduction portion of CompTIA Cloud+ certification include:[1]

1.1 Given a scenario, analyze system requirements to ensure successful system deployment.

  • Appropriate commands, structure, tools, and automation/orchestration as needed
  • Platforms and applications
  • Interaction of cloud components and services
    • Network components
    • Application components
    • Storage components
    • Compute components
    • Security components
  • Interaction of non-cloud components and services
  • Baselines
  • Target hosts
  • Existing systems
  • Cloud architecture
  • Cloud elements/target objects

1.3 Given a scenario, analyze system requirements to determine if a given testing plan is appropriate.

  • Underlying environment considerations included in the testing plan
    • Shared components
      • Storage
      • Compute
      • Network
    • Production vs. development vs. QA
    • Sizing
    • Performance
    • High availability
    • Connectivity
    • Data integrity
    • Proper function
    • Replication
    • Load balancing
    • Automation/orchestration
  • Testing techniques
    • Vulnerability testing
    • Penetration testing
    • Load testing

1.4 Given a scenario, analyze testing results to determine if the testing was successful in relation to given system requirements.

  • Consider success factor indicators of the testing environment
    • Sizing
    • Performance
    • Availability
    • Connectivity
    • Data integrity
    • Proper functionality
  • Document results
  • Baseline comparisons
  • SLA comparisons
  • Cloud performance fluctuation variables

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Activities

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Lesson Summary

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Key Terms

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