AWS Services Flashcards
Amazon EC2
Service that provides secure and resizable virtual servers on AWS. Auto-scaling groups can auto-scale horizontally
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Platform (PaaS) for scaling and deploying web apps and services across a specific list of technologies (ie. Java, .NET, Node.js, Python, Docker, etc.)
AWS Lambda
Service that enables you to use compute resources without having to launch or manage the underlying infrastructure - this is commonly used in a serverless architecture.
Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS)
Service that enables you to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications on AWS.
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
Service that enables you to run Kubernetes in the AWS cloud. You would utilize this if you had a specific need to run Kubernetes for your containerized applications.
AWS Fargate
Compute engine that works with both ECS and EKS. It is serverless and has a pay-for-what-you-use pricing model. This service is commonly used in a serverless architecture for container applications.
AWS App Runner
Service that enables you to build and run containerized web application without any prior container or infrastructure experience.
Amazon Route 53
Highly-available AWS Domain Name Service (DNS) service that can be leveraged in creating highly available and fault tolerant applications. This is a global service, and it can be used in a hybrid cloud architecture.
Amazon VPC
Logically isolated section of the AWS Cloud where you can launch AWS resources in a virtual network that you define
AWS Direct Connect
Cloud service solution that makes it easy to establish a dedicated network connection from your data center to AWS. This connection does not go over the public Internet
Amazon API Gateway
Fully managed API management service that handles concepts like authentication, logging, and throttling for your API layer
Amazon CloudFront
Amazon‘s global Content Delivery Network (CDN) service that enables your users to get content from a server that is closest to them. This is a global service.
AWS Global Accelerator
AWS networking service that routes your traffic through the AWS global network, increasing the overall speed through optimizations by AWS.
Elastic Load Balancing
Service that enables you to distribute traffic across multiple targets (including EC2, ECS, Lambda). Types: Application (at App layer), Network (at TCP/SSL layer), Classic (also TCP layer)
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
Service that provides object storage for objects up to 5 TB in size - with no limit on the total storage
S3 Glacier
Archive storage classes for Amazon S3. These are designed for objects you need to keep but don’t plan to access. Instant Retrieval – archive storage for data you don’t plan to access but can be retrieved in milliseconds Flexible Retrieval – archive storage for data you don’t plan to access but can be retrieved in minutes to hours Deep Archive – lowest cost archive storage for rarely access data which can be retrieved within 12 hours
Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)
Persistent block storage designed for use with a single EC2 server. Commonly used for boot volume. It can scale to support petabytes of data and supports different volume types (General Purpose, Provisioned IOPS for high performance low latency, Througphut Optimized for frequently accessed data, Cold for less frequently accessed workloads).
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
Fully managed NFS file system designed for Linux workloads with support for petabytes of data. This service can be used in a hybrid cloud architecture.
Amazon FSx
Feature-rich, high-performance file system supporting a wide range of workloads. 4 widely used systems (NetApp ONTAP, OpenZFS, Windows File Server, and Lustre)
AWS Snowball
Petabyte scale data transfer service where a physical device is delivered to your organization and returned by a local carrier then loaded into Amazon S3 This service can assist in data migration into the cloud from your data center.
AWS Snowmobile
“Exabyte scale data transfer service where a ruggedized shipping container is sent to your office then loaded into Amazon S3. This service can assist in data migration into the cloud
from your data center”
Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS)
Managed pub/sub (publish / subscribe) messaging service. This can enable fan-out architecture with one message triggering multiple actions. This service is commonly used in a serverless architecture.
Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)
Managed message queue service. This can enable fault tolerant and serverless applications. This supports standard and FIFO (first-in first-out) queues. This service is commonly used in a serverless architecture.
AWS Step Functions
Manages the orchestration of complex workflows which are defined using Amazon States Language. This service is commonly used in a serverless architecture. Pay per state transition.
AWS CloudTrail
Service that provides audit trail for all services used in an AWS account (across all interaction methods). Inserts audit trail in S3 Bucket or CloudWatch logs.
AWS CloudFormation
Managed service for launching infrastructure based on templates. This approach is known as infrastructure as code. CloudFormation also provides drift detection to know when infrastructure has veered from what is defined in the template.
AWS OpsWorks
An infrastructure configuration management service that provides a managed service for Chef and Puppet.
Amazon CloudWatch
Monitoring and management service that integrates with most AWS services. It provides both metrics and alarms based on those metrics as well as logs.
An agent may be installed on premise to view metrics in the dashboard
AWS Config
Provides continual analysis of AWS resources to ensure they are meeting rules defined in the service. Porvides specific Conformance packs for specific compliance standards.
AWS Systems Manager
Service that provides a collection of tools and insight into operational data for central management of those cloud or on-premise instances.
AWS Control Tower
System that launches a multi-account configuration based on AWS best practices
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Managed service for relational databases including support for MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Oracle, SQL Server, and Amazon Aurora
Billed based on running time, instance class, backup storage, data transfers, etc
Amazon Aurora
MySQL and PostgreSQL compatible database engine for RDS that was built for the cloud
Amazon Aurora Serverless for RDS
An on-demand and auto-scaling version of Amazon Aurora that does not require managing the underlying infrastructure. This service is commonly used in a serverless architecture
Amazon DynamoDB
Fully managed NoSQL database service that has extremely low latency and scaling based on configuration. This service is commonly used in a serverless architecture.
DAX - DynamoDB Accelerator implements in-memory acceleration for response times
Amazon Redshift
Managed petabyte scale data warehousing solution on AWS
Amazon Redshift Spectrum
Service for querying exabytes of data stored in Amazon S3
Amazon Elasticache
Fully-managed in-memory data store that supports memcached and Redis engines
AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
Service that enables you to move your data (from popular commercial and open source databases) easily onto the cloud. This service can assist in data migration into the cloud from your data center.
Amazon DocumentDB
Document database with MongoDB compatibility. You would leverage this if you needed to support a MongoDB database on AWS.
Amazon MemoryDB for Redis
In-memory database that is Redis-compatible and provides very low latency.
Amazon Neptune
Service that provides a graph database on AWS. Graph databases are ideal for storing connections between items, such as social network connections.
Amazon Timestream
Database service that enables you to store data that is time-based. A simple example of this type of data would be temperature data coming from a sensor that needs to be stored at the specific time when a reading took place. This service can be used in a serverless architecture
AWS Storage Gateway
Hybrid cloud storage service that integrates cloud storage into local network; Volume Types: File (stores files in S3), Tape (tape backup to store data in cloud), Volume (cloud-based iSCSI volumes)
AWS DataSync
Automated data transfer service that uses an optimized protocol for high-speed synchronization to the cloud
AWS Glue
Managed Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) service. Supports data in RDS, DynamoDB, Redshift, and S3. No need to manage servers, just define processing
Amazon EMR
Big-data cloud processing using popular tools. Supports Apache Spark, Apache Hive, Apache Hbase, Apache Flink, Apache Hudi, Presto
AWS Data Pipeline
Data workflow orchestration service across AWS services. Integrates with S3, EMR, Redshift, DynamoDB, RDS
Amazon Athena
Service that enables serverless querying of data stored within Amazon S3 using standard SQL queries
Amazon Quicksight
Fully managed Business Intelligence (BI) service enabling self-service data dashboards for data stored in the cloud. Can be utilized by non-technical resources.
Amazon CloudSearch
Managed search service for custom applications
Amazon Rekognition
Computer vision service powered by Machine Learning. Can utilize facial recognition
Amazon Translate
Text translation service powered by Machine Learning
Amazon Transcribe
Speech to text solution using Machine Learning
AWS Secrets Manager
Service that manages secrets used in custom application. Supports auto-rotation of credentials.
AWS Shield
Managed DDoS protection service for apps on AWS
Amazon Macie
Data protection service powered by machine learning
Amazon Inspector
Automated security assessment service for EC2 instances
