AWS Architecting & Ecosystem Flashcards
Well-Architected Framework Principles
Stop guessing capacity
Test at production scale
Automate
Evolutionary Architectures
Drive architecture using data
Improve through game days
Cloud best practices
Scalable
Disposable resources (and configured)
Automation
Loose Coupling
Services, not servers
Monolith
Apps do more and more over time
Well Architected Framework 6 pillars
Operational Excellence
Security
Reliability
Performance Efficiency
Cost optimization
Sustainability
Are the Well-Architected Framwork principles a trade-off or a synergy?
Synergy, not trade-off
Operational Excellence principles
Operation as code
Documentation
Frequent, small, reversible changes
Refine procedures
Anticipate failure
Learn from ops failures
Operational Excellence AWS Services
Services together drive operational excellence
Security priorities
Strong Identity
Traceability
Apply security at all layers
Automate security
Protect data in transit and at-rest
Keep people away from data
Prepare for incidents
Reliability Design Principles
Test Recovery
Automated recovery
Scale horizontally
Stop guessing capacity
Manage change in automation
Performance Efficiency Design Principles
Democratize advanced tech
Go global in minutes
Serverless
Experiment
Mechanical sympathy
Cost optimization Design Principles
Adopt consumption mode
Measure efficiency
Stop spending money on DC’s
Analyze and attribute costs
Use managed services
Sustainability Design Principles
Understand impact
Establish sustainability goals
Maximize utilization
More efficient HS and SW
Managed services
Reduce downstream impact
Well-Architected Tool
Review architectures
Adopt best practices
AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)
Helps with creating a digital/cloud transformation plan.
CAF Groups (6)
Business
People
Governance
Platform
Security
Operations