This is a note taken while learning Linux Academy Course: AWS Concepts.
AWS & the Cloud
Infrastructure as a service(IaSS)
AWS is IaSS
Why Cloud?
For single user:
- High Availability
- Fault Tolerant
For Enterprise:
- Scalability
- Elasticity
Core AWS Services
VPC
VPC = virtual private cloud, private section of AWS to place resources, can control access to them
Understanding EC2(1)
Netflix: AWS Top 1 Customer
Amazon EC2
common Use: web hosting
Think of EC2 as a virtual computer(terminology: instance) that you can use whatever way you like
“Amazon EC2 instance”
Understanding RDS
AWS Relational Database Service
common use: customer account info, inventory catalog
Understanding S3
Amazon Simple Storage Service – storage platform
common use: Mass Storage, long-term storage
Understanding EC2(2)
EC2 is computing-intensive
common use: Encode/Transcode video data
AWS Global Infrastructure
Understanding How AWS is Physically Set Up
Zoom in:
AWS regions: currently 11 active customer-based regions(Sep 2016)
Availability Zone: redundancy across zones for fault tolerance
Data Center
Lanched a VPC in DC