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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner CLF-C02 · Domain 1: Cloud Concepts

AWS Well-Architected Framework: the six pillars and what each one is responsible for

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Last reviewed September 30, 2026 · Leer en español

The AWS Well-Architected Framework is a set of design principles, best practices and review questions that help you build and evaluate workloads in the cloud. A workload is a collection of resources and code that delivers business value, such as a customer-facing website or a data pipeline. The framework is organized into six pillars. On the exam you will be given a goal or practice and asked which pillar it belongs to, so learn each pillar's focus and a few typical practices.

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