[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":418},["ShallowReactive",2],{"navigation":3,"/blog/clf-c02-services-cheatsheet":48,"/blog/clf-c02-services-cheatsheet-surround":407},[4,23],{"title":5,"path":6,"stem":7,"children":8,"icon":22},"Getting Started","/docs/getting-started","1.docs/1.getting-started/1.index",[9,12,17],{"title":10,"path":6,"stem":7,"icon":11},"Introduction","i-lucide-house",{"title":13,"path":14,"stem":15,"icon":16},"Installation","/docs/getting-started/installation","1.docs/1.getting-started/2.installation","i-lucide-download",{"title":18,"path":19,"stem":20,"icon":21},"Usage","/docs/getting-started/usage","1.docs/1.getting-started/3.usage","i-lucide-sliders",false,{"title":24,"path":25,"stem":26,"children":27,"page":22},"Essentials","/docs/essentials","1.docs/2.essentials",[28,33,38,43],{"title":29,"path":30,"stem":31,"icon":32},"Markdown Syntax","/docs/essentials/markdown-syntax","1.docs/2.essentials/1.markdown-syntax","i-lucide-heading-1",{"title":34,"path":35,"stem":36,"icon":37},"Code Blocks","/docs/essentials/code-blocks","1.docs/2.essentials/2.code-blocks","i-lucide-code-xml",{"title":39,"path":40,"stem":41,"icon":42},"Prose Components","/docs/essentials/prose-components","1.docs/2.essentials/3.prose-components","i-lucide-component",{"title":44,"path":45,"stem":46,"icon":47},"Images and Embeds","/docs/essentials/images-embeds","1.docs/2.essentials/4.images-embeds","i-lucide-image",{"id":49,"title":50,"authors":51,"badge":57,"body":59,"date":396,"description":397,"draft":22,"extension":398,"image":399,"meta":401,"navigation":402,"path":403,"seo":404,"stem":405,"__hash__":406},"posts/3.blog/8.clf-c02-services-cheatsheet.md","CLF-C02 Service Cheat-Sheet: The 40 AWS Services You Must Recognize on Sight",[52],{"name":53,"to":54,"avatar":55},"Quizify Team","/blog",{"src":56},"https://i.pravatar.cc/128?u=quizify",{"label":58},"AWS Cert Prep",{"type":60,"value":61,"toc":384},"minimark",[62,67,76,79,83,130,134,178,182,214,218,250,254,326,330,374,378,381],[63,64,66],"h2",{"id":65},"why-service-recognition-matters-more-than-you-think","Why service recognition matters more than you think",[68,69,70,71,75],"p",{},"The CLF-C02 exam is 65 questions in 90 minutes — that's about 80 seconds per question. 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Upload code, AWS handles the runtime, scaling, and infrastructure.",[87,107,108,111],{},[90,109,110],{},"ECS / EKS"," — container orchestration (ECS is AWS-native, EKS is managed Kubernetes).",[87,113,114,117],{},[90,115,116],{},"Fargate"," — serverless containers. Use with ECS or EKS when you don't want to manage nodes.",[87,119,120,123],{},[90,121,122],{},"Auto Scaling"," — automatically add/remove EC2 capacity based on load.",[87,125,126,129],{},[90,127,128],{},"Lightsail"," — simplified compute + storage bundles for small workloads (think: cheaper, simpler EC2).",[63,131,133],{"id":132},"storage","Storage",[84,135,136,142,148,154,160,166,172],{},[87,137,138,141],{},[90,139,140],{},"S3"," — object storage. Buckets, unlimited scale, the default answer for \"store files/backups/static assets.\"",[87,143,144,147],{},[90,145,146],{},"EBS"," — block storage attached to an EC2 instance. 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Caches content at Edge Locations.",[87,203,204,207],{},[90,205,206],{},"Direct Connect"," — dedicated private network link from on-prem to AWS.",[87,209,210,213],{},[90,211,212],{},"API Gateway"," — managed front door for APIs. Often paired with Lambda.",[63,215,217],{"id":216},"databases","Databases",[84,219,220,226,232,238,244],{},[87,221,222,225],{},[90,223,224],{},"RDS"," — managed relational databases (MySQL, Postgres, SQL Server, Oracle, MariaDB, Aurora).",[87,227,228,231],{},[90,229,230],{},"Aurora"," — AWS's cloud-native MySQL/Postgres-compatible engine. Faster than vanilla RDS.",[87,233,234,237],{},[90,235,236],{},"DynamoDB"," — managed NoSQL. Key-value + document. Single-digit millisecond latency.",[87,239,240,243],{},[90,241,242],{},"ElastiCache"," — managed Redis or Memcached.",[87,245,246,249],{},[90,247,248],{},"Redshift"," — data warehouse. Petabyte-scale analytics.",[63,251,253],{"id":252},"security-identity-compliance","Security, identity, compliance",[84,255,256,262,268,278,284,290,296,302,308,314,320],{},[87,257,258,261],{},[90,259,260],{},"IAM"," — Users, Groups, Roles, Policies. Identity for AWS itself.",[87,263,264,267],{},[90,265,266],{},"IAM Identity Center"," (formerly AWS SSO) — single sign-on across AWS accounts.",[87,269,270,273,274,277],{},[90,271,272],{},"Cognito"," — identity for your ",[72,275,276],{},"application's"," end users (sign-up / sign-in).",[87,279,280,283],{},[90,281,282],{},"KMS"," — managed encryption keys.",[87,285,286,289],{},[90,287,288],{},"Secrets Manager"," — store and rotate secrets (DB passwords, API keys).",[87,291,292,295],{},[90,293,294],{},"Shield"," — DDoS protection. Standard is free, Advanced is paid.",[87,297,298,301],{},[90,299,300],{},"WAF"," — web application firewall. 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The default answer for \"monitor X.\"",[87,339,340,343],{},[90,341,342],{},"CloudTrail"," — audit log of every API call in the account.",[87,345,346,349],{},[90,347,348],{},"Config"," — track resource configuration over time, evaluate against compliance rules.",[87,351,352,355],{},[90,353,354],{},"AWS Budgets"," — set spending limits and get alerted when you cross them.",[87,357,358,361],{},[90,359,360],{},"Cost Explorer"," — visualize and analyze past AWS spend.",[87,363,364,367],{},[90,365,366],{},"AWS Organizations"," — manage multiple AWS accounts under one umbrella, set service control policies (SCPs).",[87,369,370,373],{},[90,371,372],{},"CloudFormation"," — infrastructure as code. Templates define resources.",[63,375,377],{"id":376},"how-to-use-this-list","How to use this list",[68,379,380],{},"The night before the exam, read this top-to-bottom twice. During the exam, when you see a service name, you want it to trigger the one-line definition automatically. 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