Domain 122% of the exam
SDLC Automation
- CI/CD pipelines with CodePipeline, CodeBuild and CodeDeploy
- Automated testing inside pipelines
- Artifacts: CodeArtifact, ECR, image scanning
- Deployment strategies for instances, containers and Lambda
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DOP-C02 · Free study guide
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer · Professional
Automation at scale: CI/CD, infrastructure as code, monitoring and automated responses across many accounts and Regions.
- Questions
- 75 (65 scored)
- Time
- 180 minutes
- Passing score
- 750 / 1000
- Level
- Professional
What the exam covers
Domains and key topics
Domain 217% of the exam
Configuration Management and IaC
- CloudFormation: StackSets, nested stacks, change sets, drift
- AWS CDK and reusable components
- Account vending and setup with Control Tower and Organizations
- Configuration management with Systems Manager
Domain 315% of the exam
Resilient Cloud Solutions
- High availability across AZs and Regions
- Scaling to meet demand
- Automated recovery to meet RTO and RPO
Domain 415% of the exam
Monitoring and Logging
- Collecting logs and metrics: CloudWatch agent, Logs, metric filters
- Analyzing logs: Logs Insights, OpenSearch, Athena
- Automated monitoring and event management
Domain 514% of the exam
Incident and Event Response
- Event sources and routing with EventBridge
- Automated remediation with Systems Manager Automation and Lambda
- Troubleshooting failed deployments and applications
Domain 617% of the exam
Security and Compliance
- IAM at scale: permission boundaries, SCPs, IAM Identity Center
- Automating security controls and data protection
- Security monitoring: Security Hub, GuardDuty, Config, CloudTrail
Know these well
Key AWS services
AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild & CodeDeploy
Build and release pipelines.
AWS CloudFormation & CDK
Infrastructure as code.
AWS Systems Manager
Configuration, patching and automation.
Amazon EventBridge
Route events to automated responses.
Amazon CloudWatch
Logs, metrics, alarms and synthetics.
AWS Config
Compliance rules and automatic remediation.
AWS Organizations & Control Tower
Multi-account governance.
Amazon ECS, EKS & Lambda
Deployment targets for modern apps.
AWS Security Hub & GuardDuty
Security findings across accounts.
Amazon ECR & CodeArtifact
Store images and packages.
How to prepare
A simple study plan
- 1Read the official exam guide once, end to end.
- 2Build a pipeline that deploys with blue/green or canary and rolls back on an alarm.
- 3Learn CloudFormation deeply: StackSets, change sets and drift come up often.
- 4Map each kind of event to an automated response with EventBridge.
- 5Take a full 180-minute practice exam to build stamina, then review every explanation.
Always check the official DOP-C02 exam guide ↗ for the current version of the exam.
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