Lecturer: So your exam is going to contain labs, okay.
And so there will be three labs is your exam,
and so each lab will consist of several different tasks
and you will have to provide an input at the end.
So AWS recommends that you allocate about 20 minutes
for each exam lab.
And so first you need to answer all the multiple choice,
multiple response questions,
and you can not go back once you have completed the section.
So you answer all the questions,
you say, yes, I submit I'm done.
And then that are remaining is for the labs.
So then the labs themselves,
you need to complete all the work on one lab.
Then you submit your answer
and then you will be able to move on to the next lab.
So if we look at a sample lab,
it looks like this,
you will have literally access
to the AWS management console
and you're free as well to use the CLI,
if you prefer that.
And then on the right hand side,
the instructions will be included
and there will be a little box at the end,
saying, "Hey, please provide the GB snapshot ARN
after you've done all this stuff in the console."
So if we have a look at what a lab could look like.
So a company is deploying a new web application.
Configure a highly available MySQL 8.0 database
with the following.
So create a custom DB parameter group
and set this parameter to true
and use this parameter during the DB instance creation.
Then you create a custom AMS,
AWS key management service key
and use this key during the instance DB creation.
So the first thing is very easy,
it's in the RDS parameter group section,
and you can add parameters as you wish.
And then the second one is,
while you create a database,
you need to specify an encryption.
Then you create the VPC security group
to allow port 3306 on the CIDR block,
and then use a security group as well
during the DB instance creation.
So we know where to create security groups,
and again, during the DB creation,
we know how to attach them.
Then we launched RDS DB instance.
You take a manual DB snapshots,
and you're done with this lab.
So honestly the labs are pretty well-written,
they're pretty well guided
and they tell you exactly what to do.
So it's just testing your ability to click around
in the console and follow instructions,
but hopefully if you follow the hands on in this course,
you shouldn't have any issue with that.
So it's tough to prepare for a lab,
because I can't tell you the lab advanced, right?
But honestly with some practice,
and by just reading the instructions,
you should be good to go,
at least when I did my labs,
I found they were pretty easy and nice to do
and actually very fun.
I find it nice that AWS is testing,
now the students and people who want to get certified
on their actual practical skills,
so it's a good step forward.
So I wish you the best for your labs.
Please prepare well by just practicing with me.
And I will see you in the next lecture.