Chapter 1

Cloud Computing Models and Architectures

NIST cloud computing reference architecture

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Service models: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, FaaS

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Deployment models: Public, Private, Hybrid clouds

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Cloud economics, SLAs, and pricing models

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Cloud native architecture principles

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Chapter 2

Virtualization Technologies

Hardware virtualization vs OS-level virtualization

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Hypervisors (Type 1 and Type 2), Xen, KVM, VMware

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CPU, memory, and I/O virtualization techniques

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Live migration of virtual machines

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Virtual network switches and overlays

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Chapter 3

Containers and Orchestration

Docker architecture, images, and container runtimes

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Kubernetes architecture, Pods, and Services

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Container scheduling and cluster management

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Service mesh frameworks (Istio)

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Serverless computing and AWS Lambda

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Chapter 4

Cloud Storage and Resource Management

Cloud storage tiers (Block, File, Object storage)

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Amazon S3, EBS, and DynamoDB architectures

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Resource provisioning, scaling, and elasticity

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Load balancing algorithms in the cloud

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Cloud resource monitoring and management APIs

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Chapter 5

Cloud Security and Privacy

Identity and Access Management (IAM)

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Data tokenization, encryption, and key management

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Cloud compliance standards and regulations

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Shared responsibility model

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Multi-tenancy isolation and side-channel attacks

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