Variation Studies Flashcards
Cloud* Services
CloudFormation - Infrastructure as code - sets up services via templating script
CloudTrail - logs api calls b/t services
CloudFront - CDN - creates copy of your site and copies to servers in Edge locations
CloudWatch - collection of services - (Logs, Metrics, Events, Alarms, Dashboard)
CloudSearch - search engine you can add to your app/site
*Connect Services
Direct Connect - dedicated fiber optics connections from datacenter to AWS
Amazon Connect - call center service
Media Connect - converts videos to different video types
SNS v SQS
Simple Notifications Service
Simple Queue Service
Both connect apps via Messages
SNS - use: webhooks, simple internal emails, plain text emails triggers by AWS services. passes along messages
SQS - use: delayed tasks, queueing up emails. has guaranteed delivery
Elastic Transcoder v Elemental MediaConvert
Both transcode videos, same $
Elastic - old way, transcodes to streaming formats
MediaConvert - new way, does more, better UI
Inspector v Trusted Advisor
Both are security tools that perform audits.
Inspector - audits a single EC2 instance you select and generates a report from checklist
Trusted Advisor - No PDF report, gives holistic view of recommendations across services and best practices
ALB v NLB v CLB
Load balancers
Application - Requests at Application layer, HTTP/S traffic, Routing Rules allow you to route subdomains to a single LB, can attach WAF
Network - IP protocol data at Transport layer, TCP and TLS traffic where extreme performance is required, millions of req/s w/ultra-low latencies, for sudden and volatile traffic patterns while using single static IP address per AZ
Classic - OLD - intended for apps built w/in the EC2-Classic network
SNS v SES
Both Send Emails
Simple Notifications Service
Simple Email Service
SNS - plan text emails, internal/practical, send notifications to Subscribers of Topics via multiple protocol
SES - sends html emails (SNS cannot), can receive inbound, for professional, marketing
Artifact v Inspector
Both compile PDFs
Artifact - why trust AWS? - security report based on Global Compliance Frameworks
Inspector - is this EC2 instance secure? - generates a PDF telling you which security checks passed