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ACL

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Access control list.
Ensures the proper traffic is allowed to subnet
a firewall/security layer on the subnet level

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Auto Scaling

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Automates the process of adding or removing EC2 instances based on traffic demand for your application.

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Buckets

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Root-level folders

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Cloudfront

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Content delivery network that allows you to store your content at edge locations. Makes content available globally with low latency

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Cloudtrail

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Tracks user activity and API calls within your account.

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Cloudwatch

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Collection of services that help you monitor and observe your cloud resources.

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Consolidated billing

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allows you to view, manage and pay bills for multiple aws accounts in one user interface.

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DNS Server

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database of website domains and their corresponding IP address

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DynamoDB

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NoSQL database service that does not provide NoSQL software options

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EBS

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Elastic block store. Provides persistent block volumes for use of EC2 instances. Storage device that can be attached to or remove from your instance

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EC2

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Elastic compute cloud

a virtual computer. Allows you to rent and manage virtual servers in the cloud

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ELB

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Elastic load balancing.

Evenly distributes traffic between EC2 instances and that are associated with it

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ElastiCache

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Data caching service used to help improve the speed/performance of web applications running on AWS

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Elasticity

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the ability of system to increase and decrease in size.

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Lambda

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serverless compute service that lets you run code without managing servers.

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Fargate

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a serverless compute engine for containers

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Lightsail

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Lightsail allows you to quickly launch all the resources you need for small projects.

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Outposts

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Allows you to run cloud services in your internal data center.
Provides object storage on-premis
Data that needs to be kept local
Demanding application performance needs
Store data across multiple devices and servers

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Batch

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Batch allows you to process large workloads in smaller chunks (or batches).

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S3

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Simple Storage Service. Object storage service for the cloud that is highly available

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EFS

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Elastic File System.

a serverless network file system for sharing files

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Storage gateway

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hybrid storage service.
moving backs ups to the cloud
connect on-premise and cloud data

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Global Accelerator

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Provides Low Latency. Sends your users through the AWS global network when accessing your content, speeding up delivery

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S3 transfer acceleration

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Simple storage service acceleration.
Improves content uploads and downloads to and from S3 buckets
Fast travel of files over long distances

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Route 53

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a DNS service that routes users to applications. Where you configure and manage web domains for websites or applications you host on AWS.

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VPC

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Virtual Private Cloud.
a foundational service that allows you to create a secure private network in the aws cloud where you launch your resources.
A private subsection of AWS you control and in which you can place AWS resources.

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Direct Connect

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Dedicated physical network connection from your on-premises data center to AWS

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VPN

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Virtual private Network.

Site to site VPN Creates a secure connection between your internal networks and your AWS VPCs.

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Benefits of Cloud computing

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  1. High availability
  2. Elasticity
  3. Agility
  4. Durability
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6 Advantages of cloud computing

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  1. Go global in minutes
  2. Stop spending money running and maintain data centers
  3. Benefit from massive economies of scale
  4. Increase Speed & Agility
  5. Stop guessing capacity
  6. Trade capital expenses for variable expense.
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Regions

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a physical location that contains multiple AZs.

Geographic locations

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Availability Zones

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Collection of one ore more physically separated data centers

Characteristics:

  • fault tolerant
  • Allows for high availibility
  • physically seperated
  • connected through low-latency links
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Edge Location

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Cache content for fast delivery to your users.

Reduced latency - low latency

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Data Center

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A single data center contains multiple servers

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On-Demand Instance

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a fixed price in which you are billed down to the second based on instance type.

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Spot Instance

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Let you take advantage of unused EC2 Capacity. Cheapest option

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Reserved instances (RI)

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Allows you to commit to a specific instance type in a particular region for 1 to 3 years.
Pay money upfront to receive discount.

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Dedicated Hosts

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Allow you to pay for a PHYSICAL SERVER that is fully dedicated to running your instances.

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Dedicated Instance

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runs on the host

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Savings Plans

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Allows you to commit to compute usage (measured per hour) for 1 to 3 years

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S3 Standard

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Simple Storage Service,. General purpose storage. Data stored multiple availability zones.
Low latency, high throughput.
Recommended for frequently accessed data

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S3 Intelligent Tiering

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Simple Storage Service. General purpose storage. Data stored across multiple availability zones.
Automatically moved your data to the most cost-effective storage class.

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S3 Standard-infrequent Access

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Data accessed less frequently but require rapid access. .Data stored in across multiple availability zone

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S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access

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Like S3 Standard-IA but data stored in a single availability zone

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S3 Glacier

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Long term data storage & archival for lower costs.

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S3 Glacier Deep Archive

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Like S3 Glacier but longer access times.
12-48 hours.
Cheapest of all S3 options.

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