
AWS Certified Database
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Module 1 - Workload-Specific Database Design
- Selecting the best database service for use cases: Relational: Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora Non-relational: DynamoDB, DocumentDB, Neptune, ElastiCache, Keyspaces Design patterns for OLTP vs. OLAP workloads Schema design, indexing, partitioning, normalization/denormalization High availability and read/write scaling strategies
Module 2 - Deployment and Migration
- AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) usage AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT) Homogeneous and heterogeneous migrations Blue/green deployments and version control Planning migrations with minimal downtime Cross-region and cross-account database migration
Module 3 - Management and Operations
- Backups, snapshots, and Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR) Monitoring with CloudWatch, Performance Insights Maintenance tasks: patching, scaling, storage autoscaling Data retention, purge, and archiving policies Lifecycle management and automation using Lambda, EventBridge
Module 4 - Monitoring and Troubleshooting
- Analyzing logs and performance metrics Using RDS Enhanced Monitoring & Performance Insights Handling replication issues and data drift Troubleshooting common DynamoDB and RDS errors Using CloudTrail, CloudWatch Logs, and Amazon Inspector
Module 5 - Database Security
- Data encryption at rest & in transit (KMS, SSL, TDE for Oracle/SQL Server) IAM-based access control and roles VPC security: Subnets, NACLs, Security Groups S3 bucket security for exports/imports Auditing and compliance: CloudTrail, Config, GuardDuty
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AWS Certified Database – Specialty – Course Content
This certification validates expertise in database design, migration, deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting on AWS, covering relational and non-relational databases.
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Module 1: Workload-Specific Database Design
- Selecting the best database service for use cases:
- Relational: Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora
- Non-relational: DynamoDB, DocumentDB, Neptune, ElastiCache, Keyspaces
- Design patterns for OLTP vs. OLAP workloads
- Schema design, indexing, partitioning, normalization/denormalization
- High availability and read/write scaling strategies
- Selecting the best database service for use cases:
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Module 2: Deployment and Migration
- AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) usage
- AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT)
- Homogeneous and heterogeneous migrations
- Blue/green deployments and version control
- Planning migrations with minimal downtime
- Cross-region and cross-account database migration
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Module 3: Management and Operations
- Backups, snapshots, and Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR)
- Monitoring with CloudWatch, Performance Insights
- Maintenance tasks: patching, scaling, storage autoscaling
- Data retention, purge, and archiving policies
- Lifecycle management and automation using Lambda, EventBridge
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Module 4: Monitoring and Troubleshooting
- Analyzing logs and performance metrics
- Using RDS Enhanced Monitoring & Performance Insights
- Handling replication issues and data drift
- Troubleshooting common DynamoDB and RDS errors
- Using CloudTrail, CloudWatch Logs, and Amazon Inspector
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Module 5: Database Security
- Data encryption at rest & in transit (KMS, SSL, TDE for Oracle/SQL Server)
- IAM-based access control and roles
- VPC security: Subnets, NACLs, Security Groups
- S3 bucket security for exports/imports
- Auditing and compliance: CloudTrail, Config, GuardDuty
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Key AWS Services to Master
- Relational Databases: Amazon RDS (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MariaDB, Oracle), Amazon Aurora
- NoSQL & In-Memory: DynamoDB, ElastiCache (Redis, Memcached), DocumentDB, Neptune (Graph DB)
- Data Warehousing: Amazon Redshift
- Migration & Management: AWS DMS, SCT
- Monitoring & Security: CloudWatch, IAM, KMS

AWS Certified Database