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Network and Content Delivery

Core

AWS Site-to-Site VPN

Hybrid connectivity implementation/troubleshooting surface.

Key points

  • Site-to-Site VPN supplies encrypted network-to-network connectivity, but an UP tunnel does not prove every prefix and return route.

Best-known use cases

  • D2.1, D2.2, and D5.1: troubleshoot the named hybrid path through tunnels, advertised or static prefixes, routes, filters, and return traffic.

What candidates often confuse it with

  • Site-to-Site VPN connects networks; Client VPN connects remote users and Transit Gateway provides hub connectivity.

Key takeaway

Treat tunnel state as one checkpoint, then verify prefixes, VPC and customer routes, filters, and the reverse path.

Related services

  • Amazon Application Recovery Controller
  • AWS Client VPN
  • Amazon CloudFront

Relevant exam tasks

  • D2.1 — Task 2.1: Implement scalability and elasticity.
  • 2.1.1 — Configure and manage scaling mechanisms in compute environments.
  • D2.2 — Task 2.2: Implement highly available and resilient environments.
  • 2.2.1 — Configure and troubleshoot Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) and Amazon Route 53 health checks.
  • D5.1 — Task 5.1: Implement and optimize networking features and connectivity.
  • 5.1.1 — Configure a VPC (for example, subnets, route tables, network ACLs, security groups, NAT gateways, internet gateway, egress-only internet gateway).

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SOA-C03 at a glance

Category
Associate
Duration
130 minutes
Questions
65 total; 50 scored and 15 unidentified unscored
Formats
Multiple choice and multiple response
Scoring
100–1,000 scaled score; 720 minimum passing score

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