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Introduction to Cloud Computing and AWS

Clouds, as we know from our childhood, are tiny droplets of frozen crystals of water that are high in the sky hovering around our planet, Earth. What do these clouds do? They provide a service to the residents of planet Earth. They bring us rain. Something (clouds) that is somewhere (up in the sky) provides us with a service by bringing rain. This same concept of something somewhere can be applied to understanding cloud computing.

Let's understand how we can imagine the concept of something somewhere with respect to cloud computing. In cloud computing, the something is IT services such as compute, database, storage, network, security, and so on. These services are hosted somewhere at a secured place (that is, a data center) and are accessible without us needing to worry and even think about how they are configured and licensed...

History of the cloud

The history of the evolution of the cloud is shown in the following figure:

Figure 2.1: Cloud evolution
Image source: https://mycloudblog7.wordpress.com/2015/05/29/the-evolution-to-cloud-computing-how-did-we-get-here

Evolution of cloud computing

The following table describes how cloud computing has evolved over a period of time:

Year

Event

1950

Mainframe, dumb terminals

1970

Virtual machines (VMs)

1990

Virtual Private Network (VPN)

1997

Cloud defined by Ramnath Chellappa

1999

www.salesforce.com

2000

Amazon's modernized data centers

2000

Google Docs service

2006

Launch of AWS Services

2008

Launch of Google app engine

2010

Launch of...

Basic AWS concepts

AWS is a public cloud. It provides a range of IT services that can be used as building blocks for creating cutting-edge, robust, and scalable enterprise-grade solutions. It can be used to host everything from simple static websites to complex three-tier architectures, scientific applications to modern ERPs, online training to live broadcasting events (that is, sports events, political elections, and so on).

According to Gartner's Magic Quadrant, AWS is a leader in cloud IaaS (this term is explained further on in this chapter). AWS is way ahead of its competitors after it pioneered the cloud IaaS market in 2006:

Figure 2.2: Gartner's Magic Quadrant, rates various public cloud providers
Image source : https://www.gartner.com/doc/reprints?id=1-2G2O5FC&ct=150519

The Magic Quadrant (MQ) is a series of market research reports published by Gartner, the...

Benefits of using AWS over a traditional data center

The benefits of AWS are significant and are listed as follows:

  • Switch Capital Expenditure (CapEx) to Operational Expenditure (OpEx): No need to bear the huge upfront cost of purchasing hardware or software and making provision CapEx for these in the budget. With AWS, you pay only for what services you use on a monthly basis as OpEx.
  • Cost benefit from massive economies of scale: Since AWS purchases everything in bulk, it gives them a cost advantage. AWS passes on the benefit from this cost advantage to their customers by offering the services at low cost. As the AWS cloud becomes larger and larger, these massive economies of scale benefit AWS as well as end customers.
  • No need to guess required infrastructure capacity: Most of the time, before actual IT implementation, guessing the IT infrastructure requirement leads to either...

Accessing AWS services

Users can access AWS services in multiple ways. Individual services or the whole infrastructure can be accessed using any of the following means:

  • AWS Management Console: This is a simple to use, browser-based graphical user interface that customers can use to manage their AWS resources.
  • AWS Command Line Interface (CLI): Mostly used by system administrators to perform day-to-day administration activities. There are individual sets of commands available for each AWS service.
  • AWS Software Development Kits (SDKs): AWS helps the user take the complexity out of coding by providing SDKs for a number of programming languages including Android, iOS, Java, Python, PHP, .NET, Node.js, Go, Ruby, and so on. These SDKs can be used to create custom applications to meet specific organizational needs.
  • Query APIs: AWS provides a number of HTTP endpoints. These endpoints...

AWS overview

AWS provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries across the world. The following portion of the chapter provides a high-level overview of the basic AWS concepts that you should understand before you start working with AWS services.

AWS global infrastructure

AWS services are available at multiple locations across the globe. AWS provides these services with their infrastructure spread across the globe. The AWS infrastructure is connected and isolated in the form of Regions, Availability Zones (AZs), and Edge Locations based on geography. Let's understand some basic concepts of the AWS global infrastructure...

History of the cloud


The history of the evolution of the cloud is shown in the following figure:

Figure 2.1: Cloud evolution

Image source: https://mycloudblog7.wordpress.com/2015/05/29/the-evolution-to-cloud-computing-how-did-we-get-here

Evolution of cloud computing

The following table describes how cloud computing has evolved over a period of time:

Year

Event

1950

Mainframe, dumb terminals

1970

Virtual machines (VMs)

1990

Virtual Private Network (VPN)

1997

Cloud defined by Ramnath Chellappa

1999

www.salesforce.com

2000

Amazon's modernized data centers

2000

Google Docs service

2006

Launch of AWS Services

2008

Launch of Google app engine

2010

Launch of Microsoft Azure

The evolution of the cloud started in the 1950s and concepts such as service-oriented architecture, virtualization, and autonomic and utility computing are the stepping stones of today's cloud computing:

  1. In the 1950s, mainframe computers were shared among various users through dumb terminals to save costs and enable the efficient use of resources.
  2. In the...

Basic AWS concepts


AWS is a public cloud. It provides a range of IT services that can be used as building blocks for creating cutting-edge, robust, and scalable enterprise-grade solutions. It can be used to host everything from simple static websites to complex three-tier architectures, scientific applications to modern ERPs, online training to live broadcasting events (that is, sports events, political elections, and so on).

According to Gartner's Magic Quadrant, AWS is a leader in cloud IaaS (this term is explained further on in this chapter). AWS is way ahead of its competitors after it pioneered the cloud IaaS market in 2006:

Figure 2.2: Gartner's Magic Quadrant, rates various public cloud providers

Image source : https://www.gartner.com/doc/reprints?id=1-2G2O5FC&ct=150519

The Magic Quadrant (MQ) is a series of market research reports published by Gartner, the United States-based research and advisory firm. It aims to provide a qualitative analysis into a market, its direction, maturity...

Benefits of using AWS over a traditional data center


The benefits of AWS are significant and are listed as follows:

  • Switch Capital Expenditure (CapEx) to Operational Expenditure (OpEx): No need to bear the huge upfront cost of purchasing hardware or software and making provision CapEx for these in the budget. With AWS, you pay only for what services you use on a monthly basis as OpEx.
  • Cost benefit from massive economies of scale: Since AWS purchases everything in bulk, it gives them a cost advantage. AWS passes on the benefit from this cost advantage to their customers by offering the services at low cost. As the AWS cloud becomes larger and larger, these massive economies of scale benefit AWS as well as end customers.
  • No need to guess required infrastructure capacity: Most of the time, before actual IT implementation, guessing the IT infrastructure requirement leads to either scarcity of resources or a waste of resources when actual production begins. AWS makes it possible to scale the environment...

Accessing AWS services


Users can access AWS services in multiple ways. Individual services or the whole infrastructure can be accessed using any of the following means:

  • AWS Management Console: This is a simple to use, browser-based graphical user interface that customers can use to manage their AWS resources.
  • AWS Command Line Interface (CLI): Mostly used by system administrators to perform day-to-day administration activities. There are individual sets of commands available for each AWS service.
  • AWS Software Development Kits (SDKs): AWS helps the user take the complexity out of coding by providing SDKs for a number of programming languages including Android, iOS, Java, Python, PHP, .NET, Node.js, Go, Ruby, and so on. These SDKs can be used to create custom applications to meet specific organizational needs.
  • Query APIs: AWS provides a number of HTTP endpoints. These endpoints can be used to send GET and PUT HTTP requests to AWS to obtain the present status and information for various AWS resources...

AWS overview


AWS provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries across the world. The following portion of the chapter provides a high-level overview of the basic AWS concepts that you should understand before you start working with AWS services.

AWS global infrastructure

AWS services are available at multiple locations across the globe. AWS provides these services with their infrastructure spread across the globe. The AWS infrastructure is connected and isolated in the form of Regions, Availability Zones (AZs), and Edge Locations based on geography. Let's understand some basic concepts of the AWS global infrastructure.

Regions and AZs

Each region, as shown in the following screenshot, is a collection of at least two or more AZs. Each region is independent and they are isolated from each other to keep each of them safe from catastrophic events. Such regions actually correlate with geographical...

What are SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS?


Cloud computing is a broad term and covers many services. Common cloud computing models are Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS).

Let's broadly understand these models:

  • IaaS: When a service provider offers virtualized hardware or computing infrastructure as a service, such an offering is called IaaS.
  • PaaS: PaaS is a type of cloud service in which a service provider offers application platforms and tools over the cloud, usually to enable application development. In this service model, underlying hardware and software are hosted on the service provider's infrastructure.
  • SaaS: In the SaaS model, the service provider offers software or applications as services. Such services are hosted by the providers and the end customer simply consumes this SaaS without worrying about the underlying hosting platform, infrastructure, and maintenance.

The line of responsibilities in IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS is explained in the...

Understanding virtualization


Virtualization is a process of virtually segregating physical hardware resources into a set of virtual resources that can independently work as a computing resource and provide customized and dedicated CPU, RAM, storage, and so on. Each server and its resources is created in an isolated environment. Each isolated environment is abstracted from the physical operating system and underlying hardware configuration. Such resources are called VMs or instances.

Virtualization is achieved using virtualization software that maintains the abstract and virtual layers on top of physical hardware. Let us understand these virtualization software and virtualization types in the following sections.

Virtualization types based on virtualization software

As shown in the following figure, virtualization software can be broadly categorized into two categories, class 1 and class 2:

Figure 2.6: Virtualization types based on virtualization software

  • Class 1 type: This is also known as the...

Elasticity versus scalability


Elasticity and scalability are two important characteristics of cloud computing. They describe the way cloud infrastructure is able to expand and shrink to match the actual dynamic workload and are discussed as follows:

  • Scalability: This means adding resources either to the existing instance (scale up) or in parallel to an existing instance (scale out). Scalability is essential to achieve elasticity:
    • Scale up: Changing the instance type from small to large (that is, changing to more memory or compute) is called scaling up. It is also called Vertical Scaling. It may require stopping the existing and running instance. Usually, scaling up is done to get more compute and memory on the same instance. Scaling up is usually suggested for an application that does not support clustering modes easily such as, RDBMS. Usually, scaling up is achieved manually and requires downtime.
    • Scale out: Placing one or more new instances parallel to the existing instance is called scale...

Comparing AWS cloud and on-premise data centers


Whenever an organization thinks of migrating their infrastructure over to a public cloud, the first question that strikes the organization is cost. AWS provides major advantages over on-premise environments as there is no upfront cost from using AWS. Thus, there is no CapEx requirement as AWS works on OpEx. That means a customer pays only on a monthly basis based on actual consumption of AWS resources.

The following table differentiates cost on various counts between AWS and on-premise environments:

Pricing model

One time upfront cost

Monthly cost

 

Public cloud

On-premise DC

Public cloud

On-premise

DC

Server hardware

0

$$

$$

0

Network hardware

0

$$

0

0

Hardware maintenance

0

$$

0

$

Software OS

0

$$

$

0

Power and cooling

0

$$

$

$

Data center space

0

$$

0

0

Administration

0

$$

0

$$$

Storage

0

$$

$$

0

Network bandwidth

0

$

$

$

Resource management software

0

0

$

$

24x7 support

0

0

$

$

Cost comparison example is based on some assumptions

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) versus Return on Investment (ROI)


There is no doubt that public cloud computing has many advantages over traditional data center concepts; for example, it provides a cutting-edge, secure, and robust platform to host an organization's IT infrastructure. It impacts costs by turning CapEx into OpEx. However, when making an investment in any technology or service, it is important for a business to understand two key aspects: ROI and TCO. Both of these involve careful and critical analysis. It is very important to find the lowest cost in the long run rather than just the lowest initial cost.

Deriving TCO not only involves purchase cost and maintenance cost, but it also involves hidden costs such as operating cost, setup cost, change or reconfiguration cost, upgrade cost, security cost, infrastructure support cost, insurance cost, electricity cost, depreciation, tax savings, and environmental impact.

Note

AWS provides an online TCO calculator at https://awstcocalculator...

Creating a new AWS account


Creating a new account at AWS to start using cloud services is easy, just like opening a new email account. 

Note

The AWS interface may change from time-to-time.

The steps to create an AWS account are as follows:

  1. In a web browser, open the following URL: https://aws.amazon.com/.
  2. Click Create an AWS Account, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 2.10: Create a new AWS account

  1. First, select I am a new user option, provide the E-mail or mobile number of an authorized person to open a new account, and finally click on Sign in using our secure server as follows:

Figure 2.11: Signing in a new AWS account

  1. Enter Login Credentials fields such as name, email address, and password and finally click on the Create account button as follows:

Figure 2.12: Login credentials

  1. Provide Contact Information as follows:

Note

As per the actual usage, select Company Account or Personal Account. Please provide the appropriate CAPTCHA and accept the agreement after reading and understanding it...

Deleting an AWS account


In the same way that we created an AWS account, similarly an AWS account can be deleted as easily. Once logged in to the AWS account using the root user, click on the right-hand side drop-down menu. Usually, it is marked with the name given at the time  the  AWS account was created. Under that, select My Account. It may open My Account Dashboard in a new tab. At the bottom of the dashboard, select the checkbox under Close Account and finally click Close Account as follows:

Figure 2.17: Deleting AWS account confirmation

Note

For the current month, billing may be completed at the end of the month. All AWS resources and data will be wiped out. Once the account is closed, there will be no mechanism to undo and/or get the data back. It is highly recommended you back up important data to a secured and safe place before closing your AWS account.

AWS free tier


A new AWS account comes with a limited free tier capacity for 12 months, mostly on all services with some limitations on usage. The main purpose of the free tier is to enable users to have hands-on experience and build their confidence. The latest AWS free tier details can be obtained from the following URL: https://aws.amazon.com/free/.

If AWS resource consumption exceeds the limit of the free tier, actual charges are applicable, and billed in a monthly cycle. It is highly recommended you closely monitor running resources on the AWS cloud, all the time.

Root user versus non-root user


The email address and passwords that are used to create an AWS account are called the root user. This user has the highest privileges. It is highly recommended and also best practice to log in with the root user and then create appropriate IAM users for day-to-day activities (that is, for database administrator, system administrator) and so on. The root user can log in to the AWS account using the following URL: https://console.aws.amazon.com/console/home.

Provide a valid username and password created in earlier steps (that is, when creating a new AWS account).

If you are not able to memorize the preceding URL, go to https://aws.amazon.com and select My Account then AWS Management Console. This will also bring up the same login screen as follows:

Figure 2.18: AWS account

For a non-root user login, individual users are created with the help of the IAM service to perform day-to-day infrastructure activities. To obtain a URL to log in using an IAM user, it is essential...

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  • •Learn to design, develop, and deploy cloud-based solutions using AWS
  • •Enhance your AWS skills with practice questions and mock tests

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AWS Certified Developer - Associate Guide starts with a quick introduction to AWS and the prerequisites to get you started. Then, this book gives you a fair understanding of core AWS services and basic architecture. Next, this book will describe about getting familiar with Identity and Access Management (IAM) along with Virtual private cloud (VPC). Moving ahead you will learn about Elastic Compute cloud (EC2) and handling application traffic with Elastic Load Balancing (ELB). Going ahead you we will talk about Monitoring with CloudWatch, Simple storage service (S3) and Glacier and CloudFront along with other AWS storage options. Next we will take you through AWS DynamoDB – A NoSQL Database Service, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) and CloudFormation Overview. Finally, this book covers understanding Elastic Beanstalk and overview of AWS lambda. At the end of this book, we will cover enough topics, tips and tricks along with mock tests for you to be able to pass the AWS Certified Developer - Associate exam and develop as well as manage your applications on the AWS platform.

Who is this book for?

This book is for IT professionals and developers looking to clear the AWS Certified Developer – Associate 2017 exam. Developers looking to develop and manage their applications on the AWS platform will also find this book useful. No prior AWS experience is needed.

What you will learn

  • •Create and manage users, groups, and permissions using AWS Identity and Access Management services
  • •Create a secured Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) with Public and Private Subnets, Network Access Control, and Security groups
  • •Get started with Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), launching your first EC2 instance, and working with it
  • •Handle application traffic with Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) and monitor AWS resources with CloudWatch
  • •Work with AWS storage services such as Simple Storage Service (S3), Glacier, and CloudFront
  • •Get acquainted with AWS DynamoDB – a NoSQL database service
  • •Coordinate work across distributed application components using Simple Workflow Service (SWF)
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We want you to be happy with your purchase from Packtpub.com. We will not hassle you with returning print books to us. If the print book you receive from us is incorrect, damaged, doesn't work or is unacceptably late, please contact Customer Relations Team on customercare@packt.com with the order number and issue details as explained below:

  1. If you ordered (eBook, Video or Print Book) incorrectly or accidentally, please contact Customer Relations Team on customercare@packt.com within one hour of placing the order and we will replace/refund you the item cost.
  2. Sadly, if your eBook or Video file is faulty or a fault occurs during the eBook or Video being made available to you, i.e. during download then you should contact Customer Relations Team within 14 days of purchase on customercare@packt.com who will be able to resolve this issue for you.
  3. You will have a choice of replacement or refund of the problem items.(damaged, defective or incorrect)
  4. Once Customer Care Team confirms that you will be refunded, you should receive the refund within 10 to 12 working days.
  5. If you are only requesting a refund of one book from a multiple order, then we will refund you the appropriate single item.
  6. Where the items were shipped under a free shipping offer, there will be no shipping costs to refund.

On the off chance your printed book arrives damaged, with book material defect, contact our Customer Relation Team on customercare@packt.com within 14 days of receipt of the book with appropriate evidence of damage and we will work with you to secure a replacement copy, if necessary. Please note that each printed book you order from us is individually made by Packt's professional book-printing partner which is on a print-on-demand basis.

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Currently, no tax is charged on the purchase of any print book (subject to change based on the laws and regulations). A localized VAT fee is charged only to our European and UK customers on eBooks, Video and subscriptions that they buy. GST is charged to Indian customers for eBooks and video purchases.

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You can pay with the following card types:

  1. Visa Debit
  2. Visa Credit
  3. MasterCard
  4. PayPal
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Shipping Details

USA:

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Economy: Delivery to most addresses in the US within 10-15 business days

Premium: Trackable Delivery to most addresses in the US within 3-8 business days

UK:

Economy: Delivery to most addresses in the U.K. within 7-9 business days.
Shipments are not trackable

Premium: Trackable delivery to most addresses in the U.K. within 3-4 business days!
Add one extra business day for deliveries to Northern Ireland and Scottish Highlands and islands

EU:

Premium: Trackable delivery to most EU destinations within 4-9 business days.

Australia:

Economy: Can deliver to P. O. Boxes and private residences.
Trackable service with delivery to addresses in Australia only.
Delivery time ranges from 7-9 business days for VIC and 8-10 business days for Interstate metro
Delivery time is up to 15 business days for remote areas of WA, NT & QLD.

Premium: Delivery to addresses in Australia only
Trackable delivery to most P. O. Boxes and private residences in Australia within 4-5 days based on the distance to a destination following dispatch.

India:

Premium: Delivery to most Indian addresses within 5-6 business days

Rest of the World:

Premium: Countries in the American continent: Trackable delivery to most countries within 4-7 business days

Asia:

Premium: Delivery to most Asian addresses within 5-9 business days

Disclaimer:
All orders received before 5 PM U.K time would start printing from the next business day. So the estimated delivery times start from the next day as well. Orders received after 5 PM U.K time (in our internal systems) on a business day or anytime on the weekend will begin printing the second to next business day. For example, an order placed at 11 AM today will begin printing tomorrow, whereas an order placed at 9 PM tonight will begin printing the day after tomorrow.


Unfortunately, due to several restrictions, we are unable to ship to the following countries:

  1. Afghanistan
  2. American Samoa
  3. Belarus
  4. Brunei Darussalam
  5. Central African Republic
  6. The Democratic Republic of Congo
  7. Eritrea
  8. Guinea-bissau
  9. Iran
  10. Lebanon
  11. Libiya Arab Jamahriya
  12. Somalia
  13. Sudan
  14. Russian Federation
  15. Syrian Arab Republic
  16. Ukraine
  17. Venezuela