AWS CLI Flashcards
STS GetSessionToken
Create a temporary session with MFA
For intermittent errors implement
Exponential backoff
For Consistent errors
request an API throttling limit increase
CLI Credentials Provider Chain
- CLI options
- Environment Variables
- CLI credentials
- CLI configuration
- Container credentials
- Instance Profile
If working within AWS, use ____
IAM Roles
If working outside AWS, use ____
Environment variables/Named profiles
Sign the request so that AWS can identify you, using your AWS credentials (access key & secret key) when calling the AWS HTTP API
SigV4
S3 Replication used in compliance, lower latency access, replication across accounts
Cross Region Replication
S3 Replication used in log aggregation, live replication between production and test accounts
Same Region Replication
S3 Replication copying is _____
Asynchronous
S3 Storage Class - High durability of objects across multiple AZ used for Big Data analytics, mobile & gaming apps, content distribution
S3 Standard
S3 Storage Class - Suitable for data that is less frequently accessed but requires rapid access when needed. Disaster Recovery, backups
S3 Infrequent Access
S3 Storage Class - IA data but stored in a single AZ. Secondary backups
S3 One Zone - IA
Automatically moves objects between two access tiers based on changing access patterns
S3 Intelligent Tiering
S3 Storage Class - Low cost object storage meant for archiving/backup
Glacier
Glacier 3 retrieval options
- Expedited (1 - 5 minutes)
- Standard (3 - 5 hours)
- Bulk (5 - 12 hours)
Glacier Deep Archive retrieval options
- Standard (12 hours)
- Bulk (48 hours)
Defines when objects are transitioned to another storage class
Transition actions
Configure objects to expire after some time
Expiration actions
Retrieve less data using SQL by performing server side filtering
S3 Select & Glacier Select
Serverless service to perform analytics directly against S3 files. Analyze data directly on S3.
Athena
