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Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) provides cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, organisations, and governments. These web services offer distributed computing processing capacity and software tools via AWS server farms.
This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.
Networking Services
VPC |
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is a virtual data center in AWS consisting of a set of isolated resources. |
Direct Connect |
It is used to establish a dedicated network connection from the host network to AWS without an Internet connection. |
Route 53 |
It is a scalable and highly available Domain Name System (DNS) and domain name registration service, and 53 is the port on which this service runs |
Computing Services
EC2 |
It is a virtual server that provides resizable compute capacity on the cloud |
Elastic Beanstalk |
It is an application container used for deploying and managing containers. It creates an environment for working with web applications |
Lambda |
It is a computing service that runs the code in response to events and automatically manages the computing resources |
EC2 Container Service |
It allows us to easily run and manage Docker containers across a cluster of EC2 instances |
Storage Services
S3 |
It refers to Simple Storage Service and allows the storage of data objects of any sort and flat files in the cloud. It is secure, scalable, and durable |
CloudFront |
CloudFront defines a Content Delivery Network. It provides a way to distribute content to end-users with low latency and high data-transfer speeds |
Glacier |
It is a low-cost storage service that provides secure and durable storage for long-term data archiving and backup |
EFS (Elastic File Storage) |
It is a file storage service used in EC2 instances and connects to multiple EC2 instances |
Snowball |
It is used for moving large amounts of data into/out of AWS using secure appliances, i.e., it provides the data archiving functionality for the data that no longer needs to be accessed actively |
Storage Gateway |
AWS Storage Gateway is used for securely integrating on-premises IT environments with cloud storage for backup and disaster recovery |
RDS (Relational Database Service) |
It allows the storage of data objects as part of the relational database. It makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale familiar relational databases in the cloud |
DynamoDB |
It is a scalable NoSQL data store that is used to manage distributed replicas of data for high availability |
ElastiCache |
It improves application performance by allowing us to retrieve information from an in-memory caching system. It is a way of caching databases in the cloud |
Redshift |
It is a fast, fully managed data warehousing service, which makes it cost-effective to analyze all data using the existing Business Intelligence tools |
DMS (Data Migration Service) |
It helps in migrating databases to the cloud easily and securely. It can also be used for converting databases |
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Analytics
Amazon EMR |
Amazon Elastic MapReduce helps in performing big data tasks such as web indexing, data mining, and log file analysis |
Data Pipeline |
It helps in moving data from one service to another. It is a service used for periodic, data-driven workflows |
AWS Elasticsearch |
It is a managed service that helps in deploying, operating, and scaling Elasticsearch |
Kinesis |
It makes it easy to work with real-time streaming data in the AWS cloud |
AWS Machine Learning |
It is a service that enables us to easily build smart applications |
QuickSight |
AWS QuickSight is a cloud-assisted Business Intelligence service that helps in deriving insights from data easily |
Security and Identity
IAM |
AWS IAM helps in configuring security for all the services. It is used to ensure that our other services remain safe and inaccessible to others |
Directory Service |
AWS Directory Service is used to provide a managed directory in the cloud |
Inspector |
Amazon inspector enables us to analyze the behaviour of the applications we run on AWS and helps in identifying potential security issues |
AWS WAF (Web Application Firewall) |
It protects our web application from attacks by providing web traffic filters |
Cloud HSM |
It is a Hardware Security Module |
KMS |
It is a Key Management Service |
Management Tools
CloudWatch |
It is used to create different metrics. It provides monitoring for resources and applications |
CloudFormation |
It helps in creating and updating a collection of related AWS resources |
CloudTrial |
It provides increased visibility into user activity by recording API calls made on an account |
AWS OpsWorks: |
It is a DevOps platform for managing applications of any size or complexity on the AWS cloud |
Config |
It gives an inventory of AWS resources, lets us audit the AWS resource configuration history, and notifies the changes |
Service Catalog |
It allows organizations to manage approved catalogs of IT resources |
Trusted Advisor |
It inspects the AWS environment and finds opportunities to save money and improve system performance |
Application Services
API Gateway |
AWS API Gateway is used to create, maintain, monitor, and secure APIs |
AppStream |
It is used to stream resource-intensive applications and games from the cloud to multiple users |
CloudSearch |
It is a completely managed search service for websites and apps |
Elastic Transcoder |
It is used to convert media files in the cloud easily at a lower cost |
SES (Simple Email Service) |
It is used to send and receive emails |
SQS (Simple Queue Service) |
It is a reliable, hosted queue for storing messages |
SWF (Simple Workflow Service) |
It is used to coordinate all the processing steps with an application |
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