Database 101 Flashcards
What is RDS?
Relational Database
What are the 6 types of RDS?
SQL MySQL PostgreSQL Oracle MariaDB Aurora
What is Dynamo DB?
Non Relational database
What is RedShift?
AWS DataWarehousing Solution used for BI Tools or complex queries
What is Elasticache?
In memory caching engine to speed up performance of existing databases
What are the two types of Elasticache?
Memcached
Redis
What is Neptune?
Graph Database used for high availability and scalability
What are Multiple AZ’s used for?
Disaster recovery
What are Read Replicas used for?
Performance
Allows you to provision multiple EC2 Instances behind a load balance automatically depending on demand
Auto scaling
Amazons DNS Service is called what?
Route 53
What is DNS?
It works like a phonebook with computers finding IP addresses
What is Elastic Beanstalk
a platform as a service that can deploy and manage applications without the worry of running infrastructure that runs apps.
Can provision almost any AWS service and is completely programmable that helps model and set up AWS resources. This service does alot of provisioning resources.
Cloudformation
Elastic Beanstalk and Cloudformation are free, however what is not free with these services?
EC2 Instances you use
Which Services are Fully Global?
IAM Cloudfront SNS SES Route53
What is a major service that is a giant disc that you load and ship back to HQ that is used on premise?
Snowball
What is Code Deploy?
Deploying Applications on prem
Which AWS Services can deploy on premise
CodeDeploy
OpsWorks
Which service is used to monitor performance?
CloudWatch
Which service helps create billing alarms in AWS Console?
Cloudwatch
What is AWS Systems Manager?
Used to manage fleets of EC2 instances and VMs
What is run command used for?
Install, patch, and uninstall software
Which service does AWS Systems manager integrate with to give you a dashboard?
Cloudwatch
Which Services are completely free?
Amazon VPC Elastic Beanstalk Cloudformation IAM Auto Scaling Opworks Consolidated billing
What is Capex billing?
Buying something up front
What is OpEx billing?
Paying for only what you use
What is used to predict costs before they are incurred?
AWS Budgets
What is used to explore costs after they’ve been incurred?
Cost explorer
What are the 3 types of cost
Compute
Storage
Data Outbound
What is used to organize resources and metadata when it comes to billing?
Tags and key value pairs
What is a Tag editor
Global service that allows to discover resources and add tags
What are Resource Groups?
Help group your resources by region, name, health check and allow automation against EC2 fleets
What is the function of AWS Organizations?
Multiple AWS Accounts into 1
What are the two types of AWS Organizations?
Consolidated Billing
Full Access w/Consolidated Billing
What are the 3 best practices when using AWS Organizations?
- MFA on root account
- use strong complex password on root account
- Do not deploy resources into paying account use just for billing
How many accounts can you link in AWS Organizations?
20
T/F
When enabled, billing alerts are linked to all accounts included in AWS Organizations
True. You can still create for individual accounts
What is Cloudtrail?
API calls, audits and changes enabled per region.
What is Consolidated billing?
Allows you to get volume discounts on all your accounts. Can use unused RIs for EC2 across the group
What are the 3 steps of Creating an AWS Organization?
- Create biz units
- Attach accounts
- Create policies
