Good to memorize Flashcards
AWS managed database benefits
High availability
Horizontal and vertical scaling
automated backup and restore
automated operations and upgrades
os patching handled by aws
Monitoring, alerting
what types of db does rds handle
MySQL
Postgres
MariaDB
Oracle
Microsoft SQL Server
IBM DB2
Aurora
Benefits of DynamoDB
Scale to massive workloads
Distributed Serverless
Fast and consistent performance
Low latency
EMR
Elastic map reduce for big data, analyze and process vast amounts of data (hadoop clusters)
Athena
Serverless SQL query service to analyze data stored in S3
DMS
Database Migration Service
Quickly and securely migrate databases to AWS
AWS Batch
Fully managed batch processing at any scale. Will dynamically launch instances and provisions the right amount of computer/memory. Focus less on infrastructure and just run a lot of these jobs!
CloudFormation
Templates (JSON/YAML) to declare an outline of AWS infrastructure which it will then create it for you
AWS CDK
Cloud Development Kit. Define your cloud infrastructure using programming language. Code is compiled to CloudFormation template
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
PaaS. Managed service where the developer only has to provide the application code. Developer centric view of deploying an application on AWS
Elastic Beanstalk Health Monitoring
Health agent checks for app health, publishes health events and pushed metrics to CloudWatch
AWS CodeArtifact
Secure, scalable, and cost effective Artifact management (storing and retrieving software dependencies) for software development
AWS Systems Manage (SSM)
Helps you manage your EC2 and On-Premises systems.
Hybrid
Patching automation for compliance, Run commands across fleet of servers, Store parameter configuration with the SSM Parameter Store
Patch, configue, run commands at scale.
Amazon CloudFront
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Improves read performance, content is cached at the edge
AWS Global Accelerator
Improve global application availability and performance using the AWS global network
No caching
Proxying Packets
AWS Local Zones
Places AWS compute, storage, database, and other selected AWS Services closer to end users to run latency-sensitive applications
active-passive
one is read write, one is read only
Amazon CloudWatch
provides metrics for every service in AWS
Amazon CloudWatch Alarms
Used to trigger notifications for any metrics
Amazon CloudWatch Logs
Enables realtime monitoring of ligs
AWS CloudTrail
Provides governance, compliance, and audit for your AWS account
Enabled by default
Get a history of events/api calls made within your AWS account
AWS Health Dashboard
Shows all regions, all services health
General status of AWS services
AWS Health Dashboard your account
Provides alerts and remediation guidance when AWS is experiencing events that may impact you.
Personalized view into the performance and availability of the AWS services underlying your AWS resource
Global
AWS Event Bridge
React to events in AWS, or trigger a rule on a schedule
VPC
Virtual Private Cloud: Private network to deploy your resources
Subnet
Allow you to partition your network inside your VPC
Internet Gateway
Helps our VPCs connect to the internet
NAT Gateway/Instance
AWS Managed/Self-managed.
Allow your instances in your private subnets to access the internet while remaining private
NACL
Network Access List
A firewall which controls traffic from and to subnet
ALLOW and DENY rules
attached to subnets
stateless
Security Groups
A firewall that controls traffic to and rom an EC2 instance
ALLOW only
Stateful
VPC Peering
Connect two VPC privately using AWS network
Make them behave as if they were in the same network
Not transitive
VPC endpoints
Allow you to connect to AWS services using a private network instead of a public network
AWS PrivateLink
Most secure and scalable way to expose a service to 1000s of VPCs
Site to Site VPN
On premise –> Customer Gateway
AWS –> Virtual Gateway
Connect an on premises VPN to AWS over public internet, encrypted.
Direct Connect (DX)
Establish a physical connection between on premises and AWS
Private, secure, fast
Goes over private network
Takes at least a month
AWS Client VPN
Connect from your computer using OpenVPN to your private network in AWS and on-premises. Goes over public internet
Transit Gateway
Connect thousands of VPC and on premises networks together
AWS Artifact
Portal that provides customers with on-demand access to AWS compliance documentation and AWS agreements
Can be used to support internal audit or compliance
Amazon Inspector
Automated security assessments for EC2 instances, Container images, Lambda functions
Continuous scanning of infrastructure, checks package vulnerabilities, network reachability
