SNS Flashcards
1
Q
SNS (Acronym)
A
Simple Notification Service
2
Q
Define SNS
A
SNS allows you to automate the sending of email and text messages, based on events that happen in your AWS account.
3
Q
What comprises Subcribers
A
HTTP, SMS, and EndPoints.
4
Q
What are two primary use cases of SNS?
A
To notify the AWS account owner when current monthly billings reach a certain amount, and To alert a system admin of an EC2 failure.
5
Q
What are the three main components of SNS?
A
Topics, Subscriber, and publishers.
6
Q
CloudWatch
A
Monitor services such as EC2.
Centralized Logging
Cloudwatch Alarms / Triggers (autoscaling).
7
Q
CloudTrail
A
API logging service. Logs all API calls made to AWS.
