AWS Core Services Flashcards
Service that provides secure and resizable virtual servers on AWS
Amazon EC2
Platform (PaaS) for scaling and deploying web apps and services across a specific list of technologies
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Service that enables you to use compute resources without having to launch or manage the underlying infrastructure - this is leveraged in serverless architectures
AWS Lambda
Highly-available AWS Domain Name Service (DNS) service that can be leveraged in creating highly available and fault tolerant applications. This is a global service.
Amazon Route 53
Logically isolated section of the AWS Cloud where you can launch AWS resources in a virtual network that you define
Amazon VPC
Cloud service solution that makes it easy to establish a dedicated network connection from your data center to AWS
AWS Direct Connect
Fully managed API management service that handles concepts like authentication, logging, and throttling for your API layer
Amazon API Gateway
Amazon‘s global Content Delivery Network (CDN) service that enables your users to get content from a server that is closest to them
Amazon CloudFront
Service that enables you to distribute traffic across multiple targets (including EC2, ECS, Lambda).
Elastic Load Balancing
Service that provides object storage for objects up to 5 TB in size - with no limit on the total storage
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
Archive storage classes for Amazon S3. These are designed for objects you need to keep but don’t plan to access.
S3 Glacier and Glacier Deep Archive
Persistent block storage designed for use with a single EC2 server. It can scale to support petabytes of data and supports different volume types.
Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)
Fully managed NFS file system designed for Linux workloads with support for petabytes of data
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
Petabyte scale data transfer service where a physical device is delivered to your organization and returned by a local carrier then loaded into Amazon S3
AWS Snowball
Exabyte scale data transfer service where a ruggedized shipping container is sent to your office then loaded into Amazon S3
AWS Snowmobile
Managed pub/sub (publish / subscribe) messaging service. This can enable fan-out architecture with one message triggering multiple actions.
Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS)
Managed message queue service. This can enable fault tolerant and serverless applications. This supports standard and FIFO (first-in first-out) queues.
Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)
Manages the orchestration of complex workflows which are defined using Amazon States Language. It can be leveraged in a serverless architecture.
AWS Step Functions
Service that provides audit trail for all services used in an AWS account (across all interaction methods)
AWS CloudTrail
Managed service for launching infrastructure based on templates
AWS CloudFormation
Monitoring and management service that integrates with most AWS services. It provides both metrics and alarms based on those metrics.
Amazon CloudWatch
Provides continual analysis of AWS resources to ensure they are meeting rules defined in the service
AWS Config
Service that provides a collection of tools and insight into operational data for central management of those cloud or on-premise instances.
AWS Systems Manager
System that launches a multi-account configuration based on AWS best practices
AWS Control Tower
