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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Select and secure access to cloud environment
   • Discuss and compare different cloud computing solutions, models and services according to business requirements and needs
   • Identify impact of shared security responsibility models
   • Select best cloud computing solution and service according to business requirements and needs
   • Access account on cloud platform according to business requirements and needs
   • Identify user access protocols and policies according to business requirements and needs
   • Configure access functions within cloud environment according to users, groups and required permissions
   • Identify and assign security responsibilities according to security policies, business protocols and work function
   • Define workload according to business requirements and needs
2. Deploy virtual network
   • Create users and groups to create and manage infrastructure according to business requirements and needs
   • Create virtual multi-tier network to support core services and autoscaling
   • Create virtual machine according to business processing and operating system requirements
   • Define, add and expand storage on virtual machine according to business requirements and needs
   • Deploy a managed database within virtual network according to business requirements and needs
   • Test external network access and access between resources within virtual network and fix errors
3. Set up automatic scaling
   • Configure and apply autoscaling to virtual machines to scale according to business defined metrics
   • Test automatic scaling and fix errors as required
4. Finalise virtual network infrastructure
   • Document and communicate work to required personnel
   • Seek and respond to feedback as required
   • Save and store user documentation according to organisational policies and procedures

Performance Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, and to:

build at least one simple virtual network capable of supporting a workload using cloud services

configure compute, storage, database and autoscaling resources within virtual network

conduct simple tests to confirm access to resources.

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit. This includes knowledge of:

industry technology standards used in cloud computing solutions and services

industry standard hardware and software products, their general features, capabilities and application, including storage technology

principles and functions of cloud computing solutions and technologies, including:

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Platforms as a Service (PaaS)

Software as a Service (SaaS)

different cost models and cloud economic theories as they apply to different cloud services and non-cloud services, and benefits to each

functions, features and uses of different virtual machine, networking and scaling options, including:

virtual machine sizing including CPU, memory, storage and network bandwidth

load balancing and autoscaling

performance monitoring and alarms

storage backups and lifecycle

virtual networks and traffic routing

functions, benefits and differences of:

vertical and horizontal scaling

virtual and physical machines

relational, data warehouse and no SQL databases

self-hosted, managed and cloud-native database solutions

storage options including:

block storage

object storage

archive storage

network filesystems

user, business and vendor responsibilities according to shared security responsibility models

user access protocols and policies according to organisation hierarchy and job function

security policies, protocols and mechanisms as they relate to cloud technologies and methodologies including:

securities as it applies to limiting network traffic within virtual networks

security responsibilities as it applies to different work functions and user access

purpose of domain name system (DNS) required to connect remote servers when web browsing

functions, uses and differences of cloud models, including:

on-premise and private cloud

hybrid cloud

public cloud.

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