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Mastering Amazon EC2

You're reading from   Mastering Amazon EC2 Unravel the complexities of EC2 to build robust and resilient applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804616680
Length 404 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Badri Kesavan Badri Kesavan
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Preface 1. Part 1:Diving into Amazon EC2 Fundamentals
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Amazon EC2 and Its Benefits FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Understanding Core Components of Amazon EC2 4. Chapter 3: Creating and Managing Amazon Machine Images (AMI) 5. Chapter 4: Choosing the Right Amazon EC2 Instance Type and Size 6. Chapter 5: Networking and Connectivity in Amazon EC2 7. Chapter 6: Implementing Security Best Practices in Amazon EC2 8. Part 2: Building a Resilient Application on Amazon EC2
9. Chapter 7: Load Balancing and Auto Scaling with Elastic Load Balancer and Auto Scaling Groups 10. Chapter 8: Understanding and Optimizing Amazon EC2 Storage Options 11. Chapter 9: Optimizing Performance with Amazon EC2 Placement Groups and Pricing Model 12. Chapter 10: Monitoring, Logging, and Maintenance with Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail, and Backup Strategies 13. Chapter 11: Automating Amazon EC2 – AWS CloudFormation and Infrastructure as Code 14. Part 3: Advanced Amazon EC2 Concepts and Use Cases
15. Chapter 12: Containerization and Serverless Computing in Amazon EC2 16. Chapter 13: Leveraging AWS Services for Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Architectures 17. Chapter 14: Optimizing Amazon EC2 for High-Performance Computing, Big Data, and Disaster Recovery Strategies 18. Chapter 15: Migrating, Modernizing, and Ensuring Compliance in Amazon EC2 Environments 19. Index 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

IaC with AWS CDK

As your cloud environment becomes complex, the need for advanced automation becomes essential. This is exactly where AWS CDK comes into play. AWS CDK is a software development framework for defining cloud infrastructure in code and provisioning it through AWS CloudFormation. This approach basically enables developers to define their cloud resources using familiar programming languages such as TypeScript, Python, Java, or C#.

Here is a quick look at what AWS CDK offers:

  • Defining IaC: With AWS CDK, you can define your cloud infrastructure using the constructs provided by the framework, which basically represents AWS resources as programmable entities.
  • Reusable components: AWS CDK allows you to create and share reusable constructs that basically can encapsulate multiple AWS resources into a single unit.
  • Interoperability: CDK seamlessly integrates with other AWS services and follows the same IaC model as CloudFormation but provides extra advantages,...
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