CompTIA Cloud Essentials

CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ is an entry-level cloud certification offered by CompTIA. To get CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ certified, you need to succeed in the CLO-002 exam. The CompTIA Cloud Essentials CLO-002 exam validates a candidate’s knowledge and skills in cloud technologies and their business impact. Certified candidates will collect and analyze cloud products and services information that is essential while making operational cloud business decisions.

The CompTIA Cloud Essentials course focuses on the real-world issues and practical solutions of cloud computing in business and IT. It’s the preferred cloud certification for business professionals and non-IT staff.

Furthermore, students who attend this course will weigh the pros and cons of cloud computing to make effective decisions and meet IT challenges.

The CompTIA Cloud Essentials Speciality Certification is relevant to:

• Non-technical employees: Management, customer service and operations
• Entry-level IT Personnel Interns
• IT Specialists
• IT Technical Services Specialists
• IT Relationship Managers
• IT Architects, consultants, business and IT Management
• Business Process Owners
• Analysts

Prerequisites

• Before attending this course, delegates must have:
• 6 months of experience in an IT environment, with direct involvement in IT-related tasks, responsibilities and/or decision-making

Here’s what you will learn

Lessons 1: Introduction

• Why Certify for Cloud Business Skills?
• Who Should Read This Course?
• What Does This Course Cover?
• Cloud Essentials+ Study Guide Exam Objectives
• Objective Map

Lessons 2: Cloud Principles and Design

• Understanding Cloud Principles
• Exploring Cloud Design
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Lessons 3: Cloud Networking and Storage

• Understanding Cloud Networking Concepts
• Understanding Cloud Storage Technologies
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Lessons 4: Assessing Cloud Needs

• Using Cloud Assessments
• Understanding Cloud Services
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Lessons 5: Engaging Cloud Vendors

• Understanding Business and Financial Concepts
• Finding and Evaluating Cloud Vendors
• Choosing a Migration Approach
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Lessons 6: Management and Technical Operations

• Explain Aspects of Operating within the Cloud
• Explain DevOps in Cloud Environments
• Financial Planning of Cloud Resources
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Lessons 7: Governance and Risk

• Recognize Risk Management Concepts Related to Cloud Services
• Explain Policies or Procedures
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Lessons 8: Compliance and Security in the Cloud

• Identify the Importance and Impacts of Compliance in the Cloud
• Explain Security Concerns, Measures, or Concepts of Cloud Operations
• Summary
• Exam Essentials

Hands-on LAB Activities

Cloud Principles and Design

• Checking Hyper-V Compatibility
• Enabling Hyper-V in Windows
• Obtaining IP Route Information from the IP Routing Table
• Installing a Virtual Machine
• Installing the Remote Access Role
• Creating a Virtual Switch
• Installing Ubuntu

Cloud Networking and Storage

• Creating and Applying an ACL at the CLI
• Configuring Inbound Rules for a Firewall
• Configuring Firewall Settings
• Establishing a VPN Connection
• Creating a NAT Virtual Network
• Getting Information about DNS
• Getting Information about the TCP Ports
• Getting Information about the Current Connection Statistics of TCP
• Getting TCP Settings
• Obtaining Information about the Net Firewall Profile
• Getting Information about the UDP Ports
• Getting Information about the Current Connection Statistics of UDP
• Getting UDP Settings
• Obtaining Information about the IP Version
• Obtaining the IP Interface
• Generating a Key Pair Using Kleopatra
• Using OpenSSL to Create a Public/Private Key Pair
• Implementing a BPDU Guard on a Switch Port
• Creating a New VLAN and Placing Switch Ports into that VLAN
• Establishing an SSH Connection

Assessing Cloud Needs

• Using MBSA
• Generating an RSA Key Pair

Management and Technical Operations

• Configuring the NFS Data Store
• Configuring RAID
• Configuring RAID 5

Compliance and Security in the Cloud

• Encrypting and Decrypting a File Using AES Crypt
• Performing the Intense Scan in Zenmap
• Observing the SHA-Generated Hash
• Using the MD5 Hash Algorithm
• Scanning a Network Using Nmap