You're reading from AWS for Solutions Architects The definitive guide to AWS Solutions Architecture for migrating to, building, scaling, and succeeding in the cloud

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803238951

Length 692 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Tools

AWS

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (4):

Neelanjali Srivastav

Saurabh Shrivastava

Alberto Artasanchez

Imtiaz Sayed

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

AWS for Solutions Architects, Second Edition: Design your cloud infrastructure by implementing DevOps, containers, and Amazon Web Services

1 Understanding AWS Principles and Key Characteristics FREE CHAPTER

2 Understanding AWS Well-Architected Framework and Getting Certified

3 Leveraging the Cloud for Digital Transformation

4 Networking in AWS

5 Storage in AWS – Choosing the Right Tool for the Job

6 Harnessing the Power of Cloud Computing

7 Selecting the Right Database Service

8 Best Practices for Application Security, Identity, and Compliance

9 Dive efficiency with Cloud Operation Automation and DevOps in AWS

10 Bigdata and streaming data processing in AWS

11 Datawarehouse, Data Query and Visualization in AWS

12 Machine Learning, IoT, and Blockchain in AWS

13 Containers in AWS

14 Microservice and Event-Driven Architectures

15 Domain-Driven Design

16 Data Lake Patterns – Integrating Your Data across the Enterprise

17 Availability, Reliability, and Scalability Patterns

18 AWS Hands-On Lab and Use Case

Setting up services

The first thing you must do to start creating an application is to set up the necessary services. Since you decided that we will go all-in with AWS services, all these services can be set up through the AWS Console. However, this is not the only way that services can be set up. There are various ways to start the services, each with distinct advantages and disadvantages. Depending on your requirements, one method will be better than another. First, let's list some available methods (we won't focus on 3^rd party methods, such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, and others).

AWS Command Line Interface

Any action you can perform via the AWS Console can also be performed via the Command Line Interface (CLI).

Suppose you are testing the configuration of resources or creating a proof of concept (POC). In that case, you might be better off creating your resources via the AWS Console, especially if you are unfamiliar with the CLI. The AWS Console is more intuitive...