You're reading from AWS Certified Developer Associate Certification and Beyond A comprehensive guide to help you succeed in the AWS DVA-C02 certification exam

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801819299

Length 710 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Amazon EKS

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (2):

Rajesh Daswani

Dorian Richard

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Chapter 1: Introduction to AWS Accounts and Global Infrastructure

2. Chapter 2: Securing Access with AWS Identity and Access Management FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 3: Understanding Object Storage with Amazon S3, Hybrid Storage, and Static Website Hosting

4. Chapter 4: Building Private Networks in the Cloud with Amazon VPC

5. Chapter 5: Understanding AWS Compute Services with Amazon EC2 and Storage Options

6. Chapter 6: Managing Multiple Datasets with AWS Relational and Non-Relational (NoSQL) Databases

7. Chapter 7: Building Application Solutions with High Availability, Elasticity, and Data Security

8. Chapter 8: Event-Driven Computing with AWS Lambda and Securing Access to Backend APIs with Amazon API Gateway

9. Chapter 9: Incorporating Edge Network Services to Connect to Your Application with Amazon CloudFront and Route 53

10. Chapter 10: Designing Deployment Strategies with AWS Elastic Beanstalk

11. Chapter 11: Deploying a Multi-Tier Application Stack with Amazon ECS, Fargate, and EKS

12. Chapter 12: Getting to Grips with DevOps Using AWS CI/CD Tools

13. Chapter 13: Building Infrastructure Using Code with CloudFormation and the Cloud Development Kit (CDK)

14. Chapter 14: Designing Serverless Applications with AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) and AWS AppSync

15. Chapter 15: Decoupling the Application Stack and Managing Data Ingestion

16. Chapter 16: Monitoring with Amazon CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail

17. Chapter 17: Accessing the Online Practice Resources

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Leveraging AMIs to Launch Amazon EC2 Instances

AMIs are templates for creating instances that include the necessary operating system, applications, and configurations. When launching an EC2 instance, selecting an appropriate AMI based on your requirements is crucial, as it determines the operating system and any pre-installed software.

An AMI comprises the following:

One or more Elastic Block Store (discussed later in this chapter) snapshots or a template for the root volume of the instance if you are using an instance-store-backed AMI
Launch permissions, which grant permissions to AWS accounts that can launch the AMI
Any block device mappings specifying additional volumes to be attached when launching the instance

Types of AMIs

There are three types of AMIs to choose from:

AWS-provided AMIs: These are official AMIs provided by AWS, which include various operating systems, such as Amazon Linux, Ubuntu, Windows Server, and more.
Community AMIs...