CCP Basic Flashcards
Access control list (ACL)
A firewall/security layer on the subnet level
Auto scaling
Automates the process of adding or removing EC2 instances based on traffic demand for your application
Buckets
Root-level “folders”
CloudFront
Content delivery network (CDN) that allows you to store your content at “edge locations” located all around the world, allowing customers to access your content more quickly
CloudTrail
Allows you to monitor all actions taken by IAM users
CloudWatch
Service that allows you to monitor various elements of your AWS account
Consolidated billing
Allows you to view, manage, and pay bills for multiple AWS accounts in one user interface
DNS server
A database of website domains and their corresponding IP addresses
DynamoDB
NoSQL database service that does not provide other NoSQL software options
Elastic Block Store (EBS)
Provides persistent block storage volumes for use of EC2 instances.
Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
A virtual computer, very similar to a desktop/laptop computer
Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
Evenly distributes traffic between EC2 instances that are associated with it
ElastiCache
Data caching service used to help improve the speed/performance of web applications running on AWS
Elasticity
The ability of a system to increase and decrease in size
Fault tolerance
Property that enables a system to continue operating properly in the event of the failure of one or more components
Firewall
A type of software that either allows or blocks certain kinds of internet traffic to pass through it
Folder
Any “subfolder” created in a bucket
High availability
Refers to systems that are durable and likely to operate continuously without failure for a long time
IAM users
Individuals who have been granted access to an AWS account
Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Service where AWS user accounts and their access to various AWS services are managed
Lambda
Serverless computing that will replace EC2 instances, for the most part
Object availability
Percent over a one-year time period that a file stored in S3 will be accessible
Object durability
Percent over a one-year time period that a file stored in S3 will not be lost
Object lifecycle
Set rules to automatically transfer objects between storage classes at defined time intervals