Summary Amazon Web Services in Action introduces you to computing, storing, and networking in the AWS cloud. The book will teach you about the most important services on AWS. You will also learn about best practices regarding automation, security, high availability, and scalability. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the Technology Physical data centers require lots of equipment and take time and resources to manage. If you need a data center, but don't want to build your own, Amazon Web Services may be your solution. Whether you're analyzing real-time data, building software as a service, or running an e-commerce site, AWS offers you a reliable cloud-based platform with services that scale. All services are controllable via an API which allows you to automate your infrastructure. About the Book Amazon Web Services in Action introduces you to computing, storing, and networking in the AWS cloud. The book will teach you about the most important services on AWS. You will also learn about best practices regarding security, high availability and scalability.You'll start with a broad overview of cloud computing and AWS and learn how to spin-up servers manually and from the command line. You'll learn how to automate your infrastructure by programmatically calling the AWS API to control every part of AWS. You will be introduced to the concept of Infrastructure as Code with the help of AWS CloudFormation.You will learn about different approaches to deploy applications on AWS. You'll also learn how to secure your infrastructure by isolating networks, controlling traffic and managing access to AWS resources. Next, you'll learn options and techniques for storing your data. You will experience how to integrate AWS services into your own applications by the use of SDKs. Finally, this book teaches you how to design for high availability, fault tolerance, and scalability. What's Inside
<ul>
<li>Overview of cloud concepts and patterns</li>
<li>Manage servers on EC2 for cost-effectiveness</li>
<li>Infrastructure automation with Infrastructure as Code (AWS CloudFormation)</li>
<li>Deploy applications on AWS</li>
<li>Store data on AWS: SQL, NoSQL, object storage and block storage</li>
<li>Integrate Amazon's pre-built services</li>
<li>Architect highly available and fault tolerant systems</li>
</ul>
About the Reader
Written for developers and DevOps engineers moving distributed applications to the AWS platform.
About the Authors
Andreas Wittig and Michael Wittig are software engineers and consultants focused on AWS and web development.
Table of Contents
<ol>PART 1 GETTING STARTED<li>What is Amazon Web Services?</li>
<li>A simple example: WordPress in five minutes</li>PART 2 BUILDING VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE WITH SERVERS AND NETWORKING<li>Using virtual servers: EC2</li>
<li>Programming your infrastructure: the command line, SDKs, and CloudFormation</li>
<li>Automating deployment: CloudFormation, Elastic Beanstalk, and OpsWorks</li>
<li>Securing your system: IAM, security groups, and VPC</li>PART 3 STORING DATA IN THE CLOUD<li>Storing your objects: S3 and Glacier</li>
<li>Storing your data on hard drives: EBS and instance store</li>
<li>Using a relational database service: RDS</li>
<li>Programming for the NoSQL database service: DynamoDB</li>PART 4 ARCHITECTING ON AWS<li>Achieving high availability: availability zones, auto-scaling, and CloudWatch</li>
<li>Decoupling your infrastructure: ELB and SQS</li>
<li>Designing for fault-tolerance</li>
<li>Scaling up and down: auto-scaling and CloudWatch</li>
</ol>

Amazon Web Services in Action

Computers & Technology

Wittig, Andreas

Wittig, Michael

Computer Science

Manning Pubns Co

Summary Amazon Web Services in Action, Second Edition is a comprehensive introduction to computing, storing, and networking in the AWS cloud. You'll find clear, relevant coverage of all the essential AWS services you to know, emphasizing best practices for security, high availability and scalability. Foreword by Ben Whaley, AWS community hero and author. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the Technology The largest and most mature of the cloud platforms, AWS offers over 100 prebuilt services, practically limitless compute resources, bottomless secure storage, as well as top-notch automation capabilities. This book shows you how to develop, host, and manage applications on AWS. About the Book Amazon Web Services in Action, Second Edition is a comprehensive introduction to deploying web applications in the AWS cloud. You'll find clear, relevant coverage of all essential AWS services, with a focus on automation, security, high availability, and scalability. This thoroughly revised edition covers the latest additions to AWS, including serverless infrastructure with AWS Lambda, sharing data with EFS, and in-memory storage with ElastiCache. What's inside <ul>
<li>Completely revised bestseller</li>
<li>Secure and scale distributed applications</li>
<li>Deploy applications on AWS</li>
<li>Design for failure to achieve high availability</li>
<li>Automate your infrastructure</li>
</ul>
 About the Reader Written for mid-level developers and DevOps engineers. About the Author Andreas Wittig and Michael Wittig are software engineers and DevOps consultants focused on AWS. Together, they migrated the first bank in Germany to AWS in 2013. Table of Contents <ol>PART 1 - GETTING STARTED <li>What is Amazon Web Services? </li>
<li>A simple example: WordPress in five minutes</li>PART 2 - BUILDING VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE CONSISTING OF COMPUTERS AND NETWORKING <li>Using virtual machines: EC2 </li>
<li>Programming your infrastructure: The command-line, SDKs, and CloudFormation </li>
<li>Automating deployment: CloudFormation, Elastic Beanstalk, and OpsWorks </li>
<li>Securing your system: IAM, security groups, and VPC </li>
<li>Automating operational tasks with Lambda </li>PART 3 - STORING DATA IN THE CLOUD<li>Storing your objects: S3 and Glacier </li>
<li>Storing data on hard drives: EBS and instance store </li>
<li>Sharing data volumes between machines: EFS </li>
<li>Using a relational database service: RDS</li>
<li>Caching data in memory: Amazon ElastiCache </li>
<li>Programming for the NoSQL database service: DynamoDB </li>PART 4 - ARCHITECTING ON AWS<li>Achieving high availability: availability zones, auto-scaling, and CloudWatch </li>
<li>Decoupling your infrastructure: Elastic Load Balancing and Simple Queue Service </li>
<li>Designing for fault tolerance </li>
<li>Scaling up and down: auto-scaling and CloudWatch </li>
</ol>

Web Development & Design

Manning Publications

This bestselling guide reveals best practices for security, high availability, and scalability on AWS, the world’s most popular cloud. It’s packed with techniques for automating your deployment, management, and even your infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code.\nAmazon Web Services in Action: An in-depth guide to AWS has helped thousands of developers succeed with the AWS cloud. This hands-on guide gives a complete introduction to computing, storage, and networking, along with best practices for all core AWS services.\nAmazon Web Services in Action, Third Edition: An in-depth guide to AWS is a comprehensive introduction to everything AWS. This revised edition covers all the core services in clear, plain language, including services such as AWS Lambda and CloudFormation. Throughout, you’ll automate your deployment, your scaling, and even your infrastructure management using powerful Infrastructure as Code tools. You’ll learn how to secure network traffic with a private cloud, achieve high availability with autoscaling, share data with EFS, and deliver in-memory storage with ElastiCache. Real world examples like hosting a WordPress site and deploying a note-taking app on containers ensure you’re always learning hands-on.\nPurchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

Amazon Web Services in Action, Third Edition: An in-depth guide to AWS

Manning

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