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 FREE CHAPTER

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

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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Managing Access to Backend Services with API Gateway

API Gateway is the critical intermediary between the client applications and the backend AWS services. The front-line interface handles incoming HTTP requests from web applications, mobile clients, or other external services. The responsibilities and capabilities of API Gateway in this context are multi-faceted and essential for the overall performance and security of the application. Managing access to backend services with API Gateway involves several layered components that provide a robust interface between a user’s requests and an application’s backend services.

The following diagram illustrates a simple serverless architecture pattern using AWS services, depicting the data flow between API Gateway, AWS Lambda, and DynamoDB: