AWS Services Flashcards

1
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EC2

A

(Elastic Cloud Computing). VM servers.

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2
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ECS

A

Run and manage docker containers at scale.

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3
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Lambda

A

Upload code to use as you wish, without infrastructure.

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4
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Lightsail

A

VPS (Virtual Private Service). Automated/simple EC2 without knowing AWS stuff.

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5
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S3

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(Simple Storage Service). Permanent cloud disk storage buckets.

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6
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EFS

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(Elastic File System). Like a NAS for multiple VMs axs.

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7
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Glacier

A

Archival storage.

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8
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Snowball

A

Physical disk for mailing data to AWS.

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9
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Storage Gateway

A

VM in datacenter that replicates data to AWS.

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10
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RDS

A

(Relational Database Service). Host any RDS.

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11
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DynamoDB

A

Host any non-relational DBs.

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12
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Elasticache

A

Cache common DB queries to lighten load on DB.

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13
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Red Shift

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Data warehousing queries to lighten load on DB.

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14
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AWS Migration Hub

A

Track apps migrating to AWS.

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15
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Application Discovery Service

A

Discover and track apps & dependencies.

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16
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Database Migration Service

A

Migrate DBs to AWS.

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17
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Server Migration Service

A

Migrate Servers to AWS.

18
Q

Snowball

A

Physical disk for mailing data to AWS.

19
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VPC

A

(Virtual Private Cloud). Like a datacenter with firewalls, LANs etc.

20
Q

CloudFront

A

CMS.

21
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Route53

A

DNS.

22
Q

API Gateway

A

Develop own APIs for services to talk to.

23
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Direct Connect

A

Private tunnel into your VPC.

24
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CloudWatch

A

Monitoring EC2.

25
Q

CloudFormation

A

Use scripts to provision infrastructure.

26
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CloudTrail

A

Logs all infrastructure changes.

27
Q

Config

A

Monitors and snapshots whole AWS config.

28
Q

Trusted Advisor

A

Audits and advises on various disciplines.

29
Q

EMR

A

(Elastic Map Reduce). For analysing big data.

30
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Kinesis

A

Ingest large data into AWS e.g. tweet feeds.

31
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IAM

A

(Identity Access Management). Manage security and access.

32
Q

Inspector

A

Agent running on EC2 instances to look for vulnerabilities.

33
Q

Certificate Manager

A

SSL certs.

34
Q

CloudHSM

A

(Hardware Security Module). Dedicated place to store keys for accessing EC2 instances.

35
Q

Directory Service

A

For integrating AD into AWS.

36
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WAF

A

(Web Application Firewall). App/content-aware level protection e.g. evil scripts.

37
Q

Shield

A

DDOS protection.

38
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SNS

A

(Simple Notification Service). For billing alarms.

39
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SQS

A

(Simple Queue Service). For queueing uploads etc. to your EC2 instances.

40
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SWF

A

(Simple Workflow Service). Workflows for physical processes.

41
Q

Simple Email Service

A

SMTP.

42
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Work Docs

A

Dropbox equivalent.