OpsWorks essentials

In Chapter 7, Using CloudFormation Templates to Deploy Workloads, we took a look at the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering from Amazon Web Services (AWS). Now we will look at one of the Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerings from AWS, OpsWorks.

OpsWorks is, in essence, a wrapper around the automation packages Chef and Puppet. Why would you want to use OpsWorks? The following bullet points outline why you would choose to implement OpsWorks as a solution for your client or enterprise:

• Simple: OpsWorks is easy to use.
• Productive: OpsWorks helps reduce errors by using scripted configuration.
• Flexible: Deployments of any size can be simplified by using OpsWorks.
• Powerful: OpsWorks helps reduce both the time of deployment and the costs to deploy.
• Secure: The OpsWorks service allows for fine-grained access control.

  Important note

  OpsWorks is one of the few services that doesn't require a region. It is a global service that shows...