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

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789539233

Length 454 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

AWS

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Table of Contents (20) Chapters

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

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Chapter 9: Serverless and Container Patterns

In this chapter and this section of the book, we will learn about a variety of patterns that are commonly used by many of the top technology companies in the world, including Netflix, Microsoft, Amazon, Uber, eBay, and PayPal. These companies have survived and thrived by adopting cloud technologies and the design patterns that are popular on the cloud. It is hard to imagine how these companies could exist in their present form if the capabilities delivered by the cloud did not exist. In addition, the patterns, services, and tools presented in this chapter make the cloud that much more powerful.

In this chapter, we will first present the concept of containerization. We will then move on to learn about two popular tools – Docker and Kubernetes. Toward the end of the chapter, we will also cover AWS Batch and its components, along with its best practices.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics: