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Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801075930

Length 630 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

AWS

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Author (1):

Rajesh Daswani

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Cloud Concepts

2. Chapter 1: What Is Cloud Computing? FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Introduction to AWS and the Global Infrastructure

4. Chapter 3: Exploring AWS Accounts, Multi-Account Strategy, and AWS Organizations

5. Section 2: AWS Technologies

6. Chapter 4: Identity and Access Management

7. Chapter 5: Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)

8. Chapter 6: AWS Networking Services – VPCs, Route53, and CloudFront

9. Chapter 7: AWS Compute Services

10. Chapter 8: AWS Database Services

11. Chapter 9: High Availability and Elasticity on AWS

12. Chapter 10: Application Integration Services

13. Chapter 11: Analytics on AWS

14. Chapter 12: Automation and Deployment on AWS

15. Chapter 13: Management and Governance on AWS

16. Section 3: AWS Security

17. Chapter 14: Implementing Security in AWS

18. Section 4: Billing and Pricing

19. Chapter 15: Billing and Pricing

20. Chapter 16: Mock Tests

21. Answers

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Summary

In this chapter, we looked at a wide range of AWS compute solutions, starting with their flagship solution, Amazon EC2. We discussed AMIs, which are machine images that contain the base operating system, any applications and the state of patches, and updates that are used to launch your EC2 instance as a fully-fledged server. AMIs are made available via the Quick Start AMIs, Community, and Marketplace, and you can also create your own AMIs based on your corporate requirements.

We examine the different EC2 instance types and families and how an instance type is effectively a description of associated hardware and software specifications that your EC2 instance offers. We also looked at storage options for your EC2 instance, with EBS, EFS, and FSx as possible solutions.

Then, you learned how to choose a particular EC2 Pricing Option, depending on your application needs, and identify opportunities for cost-effective deployment by combining the On-Demand, Reserved, and Spot...