ACA CCP study guide
ACA CCP · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The ACA CCP (Alibaba Cloud Certified Associate – Cloud Computing Professional) is an associate-level credential for professionals who want to demonstrate foundational competence with Alibaba Cloud's platform. It suits cloud beginners, developers, system administrators, and pre-sales or operations staff who work with, or plan to work with, Alibaba Cloud services and need a structured, vendor-oriented baseline of knowledge. The exam is delivered in multiple-choice format and is organized around four domains: Cloud Computing Fundamentals (25%), Alibaba Cloud Core Products (30%), Cloud Security (20%), and Architecture and Operations (25%). Core Products carries the largest share, so expect the broadest coverage there, spanning compute, storage, networking, and AI and model services; the platform advertises 80+ cloud products and a model catalog of 400+ models, so study materials should be read as representative rather than exhaustive. The ACA CCP study guide has 4 sections and about 1,302 words.
01Cloud Computing Fundamentals
Cloud computing is on-demand delivery of compute, storage, and networking as metered services. Candidates must be fluent in the service models - IaaS (raw VMs, you patch the OS), PaaS (managed runtime, you deploy code), SaaS (finished application) - and the deployment models: public, private, hybrid, and community.
339 words, about 2 min02Alibaba Cloud Core Products
Organize products by job. Compute: Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances with instance families (general, compute-optimized, memory-optimized), images, and auto scaling.
326 words, about 2 min03Cloud Security
Security on Alibaba Cloud rests on identity, network control, data protection, and monitoring. Identity: RAM users, groups, roles, and policies; use roles with STS temporary credentials for cross-service and cross-account access instead of embedding AccessKeys.
322 words, about 2 min04Architecture and Operations
Well-architected design balances reliability, security, performance, cost, and operational excellence. Reliability: deploy across multiple zones in a region, use SLB health checks, auto scaling, and design for graceful failure.
315 words, about 2 min