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AWS for Solutions Architects

You're reading from   AWS for Solutions Architects Design your cloud infrastructure by implementing DevOps, containers, and Amazon Web Services

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789539233
Length 454 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Exploring AWS
2. Chapter 1: Understanding AWS Cloud Principles and Key Characteristics FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Leveraging the Cloud for Digital Transformation 4. Section 2: AWS Service Offerings and Use Cases
5. Chapter 3: Storage in AWS – Choosing the Right Tool for the Job 6. Chapter 4: Harnessing the Power of Cloud Computing 7. Chapter 5: Selecting the Right Database Service 8. Chapter 6: Amazon Athena – Combining the Simplicity of Files with the Power of SQL 9. Chapter 7: AWS Glue – Extracting, Transforming, and Loading Data the Simple Way 10. Chapter 8: Best Practices for Application Security, Identity, and Compliance 11. Section 3: Applying Architectural Patterns and Reference Architectures
12. Chapter 9: Serverless and Container Patterns 13. Chapter 10: Microservice and Event-Driven Architectures 14. Chapter 11: Domain-Driven Design 15. Chapter 12: Data Lake Patterns – Integrating Your Data across the Enterprise 16. Chapter 13: Availability, Reliability, and Scalability Patterns 17. Section 4: Hands-On Labs
18. Chapter 14: Hands-On Lab and Use Case 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Setting up services

The first thing we must do in order to start creating our application is to set up the necessary services. Since we decided that we are going to go all-in with AWS services, all these services can be set up through the AWS console. However, this is not the only way that services can be set up. There are a variety of ways to start up the services and they each have distinct advantages and disadvantages. Depending on your requirements, one method will be better than another. First, let's list out some of the available methods (we won't focus on non-AWS methods, such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, and others).

AWS Command-Line Interface

Any action that you can perform via the AWS console can be performed via the Command-line Interface (CLI) as well.

If you are testing the configuration of resources or creating a proof of concept (POC), you might be better off creating your resources via the AWS console, especially if you are not that familiar with...

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