Introduction
In this chapter, you’ll learn the key tools that enable you to configure and monitor your AWS resources. Although each AWS service has its own unique aspects when it comes to configuration, AWS offers two common tools to interact with all of them.
The primary way you’ll interact with AWS services is through the AWS Management Console, a web-based application you can use from any compatible web browser. Until you get intimately familiar with the core AWS services, you’ll likely use the AWS Management Console almost exclusively. The AWS Management Console gives you a user friendly, point-and-click way to navigate your AWS resources, and you’ll start by learning your way around it. You’ll also learn about the AWS Console Mobile Application, which allows you to view and manage some of your AWS resources from an Android or iOS mobile device.
After that, you’ll learn how to use the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) to perform configurations...
