# ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides architecture

> Architecture diagram of the GitHub repository ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides, generated by GitDiagram from its file tree, README and a sample of source files (last updated 2026-09-26). It is an AI-made overview: check details against the source.

- Interactive diagram: https://gitdiagram.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides
- Repository: https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides

## Overview

This repository is a self-paced SAA-C03 study resource, not executable software. Learners use the topic index and suggested order to study service guides, compare architectural choices through exam-style scenarios, and review concise pocket cards and exam strategies. The README documents a shared guide format; source excerpts were unavailable, so relationships below reflect only the README and file tree.

Main entry points: [`topic-guides/00-README.md`](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/00-README.md) (Topic Index), [`topic-guides/01-IAM.md`](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/01-IAM.md) (IAM), [`topic-guides/02-S3.md`](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/02-S3.md) (S3), [`topic-guides/03-EC2.md`](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/03-EC2.md) (EC2)

## Diagram (Mermaid)

```mermaid
flowchart TD

subgraph group_foundations["Core AWS Services"]
  node_iam["IAM<br/>[01-IAM.md]"]
  node_s3["S3<br/>[02-S3.md]"]
  node_ec2["EC2<br/>[03-EC2.md]"]
  node_block_file_storage["EBS, EFS, Instance Store"]
  node_load_balancing["Load Balancing"]
  node_vpc["VPC<br/>[06-VPC.md]"]
  node_dns["Route 53<br/>[07-Route53.md]"]
  node_edge_networking["CloudFront, Global Accelerator"]
  node_rds["RDS, Aurora<br/>[09-RDS-Aurora.md]"]
  node_dynamodb["DynamoDB<br/>[10-DynamoDB.md]"]
  node_elasticache["ElastiCache<br/>[11-ElastiCache.md]"]
  node_other_databases["Other Databases"]
end

subgraph group_applications["Application Services"]
  node_compute["Lambda<br/>[13-Lambda.md]"]
  node_containers["ECS, EKS, Fargate"]
  node_beanstalk["Elastic Beanstalk"]
  node_api_gateway["API Gateway<br/>[16-API-Gateway.md]"]
  node_messaging["SQS, SNS, Kinesis"]
  node_workflow_events["Events, Step Functions"]
end

subgraph group_operations["Security and Operations"]
  node_monitoring["Monitoring, Audit"]
  node_key_management["KMS, CloudHSM<br/>[20-KMS-CloudHSM.md]"]
  node_secrets["Secrets, Parameters"]
  node_web_security["WAF, Shield"]
  node_identity_services["Cognito, Directory<br/>[23-Cognito.md]"]
  node_directory_services["Directory Services"]
  node_data_transfer["Storage Transfer"]
  node_fsx["FSx<br/>[26-FSx.md]"]
  node_snow["Snow Family<br/>[27-Snow-Family.md]"]
  node_infrastructure["CloudFormation"]
  node_governance["Organizations, Control Tower"]
  node_service_management["Service Catalog, Trusted Advisor"]
  node_cost["Cost Management"]
end

subgraph group_architecture["Architecture and Exam Prep"]
end

node_learner(("Learner"))
node_index["Topic Index<br/>[00-README.md]"]
node_guide_format["Guide Format<br/>[README.md]"]

node_learner -->|"opens"| node_index
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_iam
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_s3
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_ec2
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_block_file_storage
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_load_balancing
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_vpc
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_dns
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_edge_networking
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_rds
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_dynamodb
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_elasticache
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_other_databases
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_compute
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_containers
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_beanstalk
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_api_gateway
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_messaging
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_workflow_events
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_monitoring
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_key_management
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_secrets
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_web_security
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_identity_services
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_directory_services
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_data_transfer
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_fsx
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_snow
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_infrastructure
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_governance
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_service_management
node_index -->|"indexes"| node_cost
node_learner -->|"uses"| node_guide_format

click node_index "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/00-README.md"
click node_guide_format "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/README.md"
click node_iam "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/01-IAM.md"
click node_s3 "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/02-S3.md"
click node_ec2 "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/03-EC2.md"
click node_block_file_storage "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/04-EBS-EFS-InstanceStore.md"
click node_load_balancing "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/05-ELB-AutoScaling.md"
click node_vpc "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/06-VPC.md"
click node_dns "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/07-Route53.md"
click node_edge_networking "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/08-CloudFront-GlobalAccelerator.md"
click node_rds "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/09-RDS-Aurora.md"
click node_dynamodb "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/10-DynamoDB.md"
click node_elasticache "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/11-ElastiCache.md"
click node_other_databases "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/12-Other-Databases.md"
click node_compute "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/13-Lambda.md"
click node_containers "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/14-ECS-EKS-Fargate.md"
click node_beanstalk "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/15-Elastic-Beanstalk.md"
click node_api_gateway "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/16-API-Gateway.md"
click node_messaging "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/17-SQS-SNS-Kinesis.md"
click node_workflow_events "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/18-EventBridge-StepFunctions.md"
click node_monitoring "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/19-CloudWatch-CloudTrail-Config.md"
click node_key_management "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/20-KMS-CloudHSM.md"
click node_secrets "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/21-SecretsManager-ParameterStore.md"
click node_web_security "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/22-WAF-Shield-SecurityServices.md"
click node_identity_services "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/23-Cognito.md"
click node_directory_services "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/24-Directory-Services.md"
click node_data_transfer "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/25-StorageGateway-DataSync-TransferFamily.md"
click node_fsx "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/26-FSx.md"
click node_snow "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/27-Snow-Family.md"
click node_infrastructure "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/28-CloudFormation.md"
click node_governance "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/29-Organizations-ControlTower.md"
click node_service_management "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/30-ServiceCatalog-TrustedAdvisor.md"
click node_cost "https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/31-Cost-Management.md"

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## Components

### Core AWS Services

- [IAM](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/01-IAM.md): `topic-guides/01-IAM.md`
- [S3](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/02-S3.md): `topic-guides/02-S3.md`
- [EC2](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/03-EC2.md): `topic-guides/03-EC2.md`
- [EBS, EFS, Instance Store](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/04-EBS-EFS-InstanceStore.md): `topic-guides/04-EBS-EFS-InstanceStore.md`
- [Load Balancing](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/05-ELB-AutoScaling.md): `topic-guides/05-ELB-AutoScaling.md`
- [VPC](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/06-VPC.md): `topic-guides/06-VPC.md`
- [Route 53](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/07-Route53.md): `topic-guides/07-Route53.md`
- [CloudFront, Global Accelerator](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/08-CloudFront-GlobalAccelerator.md): `topic-guides/08-CloudFront-GlobalAccelerator.md`
- [RDS, Aurora](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/09-RDS-Aurora.md): `topic-guides/09-RDS-Aurora.md`
- [DynamoDB](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/10-DynamoDB.md): `topic-guides/10-DynamoDB.md`
- [ElastiCache](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/11-ElastiCache.md): `topic-guides/11-ElastiCache.md`
- [Other Databases](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/12-Other-Databases.md): `topic-guides/12-Other-Databases.md`

### Application Services

- [Lambda](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/13-Lambda.md): `topic-guides/13-Lambda.md`
- [ECS, EKS, Fargate](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/14-ECS-EKS-Fargate.md): `topic-guides/14-ECS-EKS-Fargate.md`
- [Elastic Beanstalk](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/15-Elastic-Beanstalk.md): `topic-guides/15-Elastic-Beanstalk.md`
- [API Gateway](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/16-API-Gateway.md): `topic-guides/16-API-Gateway.md`
- [SQS, SNS, Kinesis](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/17-SQS-SNS-Kinesis.md): `topic-guides/17-SQS-SNS-Kinesis.md`
- [Events, Step Functions](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/18-EventBridge-StepFunctions.md): `topic-guides/18-EventBridge-StepFunctions.md`

### Security and Operations

- [Monitoring, Audit](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/19-CloudWatch-CloudTrail-Config.md): `topic-guides/19-CloudWatch-CloudTrail-Config.md`
- [KMS, CloudHSM](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/20-KMS-CloudHSM.md): `topic-guides/20-KMS-CloudHSM.md`
- [Secrets, Parameters](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/21-SecretsManager-ParameterStore.md): `topic-guides/21-SecretsManager-ParameterStore.md`
- [WAF, Shield](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/22-WAF-Shield-SecurityServices.md): `topic-guides/22-WAF-Shield-SecurityServices.md`
- [Cognito, Directory](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/23-Cognito.md): `topic-guides/23-Cognito.md`
- [Directory Services](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/24-Directory-Services.md): `topic-guides/24-Directory-Services.md`
- [Storage Transfer](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/25-StorageGateway-DataSync-TransferFamily.md): `topic-guides/25-StorageGateway-DataSync-TransferFamily.md`
- [FSx](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/26-FSx.md): `topic-guides/26-FSx.md`
- [Snow Family](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/27-Snow-Family.md): `topic-guides/27-Snow-Family.md`
- [CloudFormation](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/28-CloudFormation.md): `topic-guides/28-CloudFormation.md`
- [Organizations, Control Tower](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/29-Organizations-ControlTower.md): `topic-guides/29-Organizations-ControlTower.md`
- [Service Catalog, Trusted Advisor](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/30-ServiceCatalog-TrustedAdvisor.md): `topic-guides/30-ServiceCatalog-TrustedAdvisor.md`
- [Cost Management](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/31-Cost-Management.md): `topic-guides/31-Cost-Management.md`

### Other components

- **Learner**
- [Topic Index](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/topic-guides/00-README.md): `topic-guides/00-README.md`
- [Guide Format](https://github.com/ronitsachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides/blob/main/README.md): `README.md`

## Connections

- Learner → Topic Index: opens
- Topic Index → IAM: indexes
- Topic Index → S3: indexes
- Topic Index → EC2: indexes
- Topic Index → EBS, EFS, Instance Store: indexes
- Topic Index → Load Balancing: indexes
- Topic Index → VPC: indexes
- Topic Index → Route 53: indexes
- Topic Index → CloudFront, Global Accelerator: indexes
- Topic Index → RDS, Aurora: indexes
- Topic Index → DynamoDB: indexes
- Topic Index → ElastiCache: indexes
- Topic Index → Other Databases: indexes
- Topic Index → Lambda: indexes
- Topic Index → ECS, EKS, Fargate: indexes
- Topic Index → Elastic Beanstalk: indexes
- Topic Index → API Gateway: indexes
- Topic Index → SQS, SNS, Kinesis: indexes
- Topic Index → Events, Step Functions: indexes
- Topic Index → Monitoring, Audit: indexes
- Topic Index → KMS, CloudHSM: indexes
- Topic Index → Secrets, Parameters: indexes
- Topic Index → WAF, Shield: indexes
- Topic Index → Cognito, Directory: indexes
- Topic Index → Directory Services: indexes
- Topic Index → Storage Transfer: indexes
- Topic Index → FSx: indexes
- Topic Index → Snow Family: indexes
- Topic Index → CloudFormation: indexes
- Topic Index → Organizations, Control Tower: indexes
- Topic Index → Service Catalog, Trusted Advisor: indexes
- Topic Index → Cost Management: indexes
- Learner → Guide Format: uses