AWS Services Flashcards
AWS Service Descriptions (55 cards)
VPC
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) lets you launch AWS resources in a private, isolated cloud.
Direct Connect
AWS Direct Connect lets you establish a dedicated network connection from your network to AWS.
Route 53
Amazon Route 53 is a scalable and highly available Domain Name System (DNS) and Domain Name Registration service.
EC2
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud.
Elastic Beanstalk
AWS Elastic Beanstalk is an application container for deploying and managing applications.
Lambda
AWS Lambda is a compute service that runs your code in response to events and automatically manages the compute resources for you.
EC2 Container Service
Amazon ECS allows you to easily run and manage Docker containers across a cluster of Amazon EC2 instances.
Mobile Hub
AWS Mobile Hub lets you quickly build, test, and monitor usage of your mobile apps.
Device Farm
AWS Device Farm helps you improve the quality of your Android, Fire OS, and iOS apps by testing them against real phones and tablets in the AWS Cloud.
SNS
Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) lets you publish messages to subscribers or other applications.
Cognito
Amazon Cognito is a simple user identity and data synchronization service that helps you securely manage and synchronize app data for your users across their mobile devices.
Mobile Analytics
Amazon Mobile Analytics is a service that lets you easily collect, visualize, and understand app usage data at scale.
IAM
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) lets you securely control access to AWS services and resources.
Inspector
Amazon Inspector enables you to analyze the behavior of the applications you run in AWS and helps you to identify potential security issues.
Certificate Manager
AWS Certificate Manager lets you easily provision, manage, and deploy Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) certificates for use with AWS services.
Directory Service
AWS Directory Service provides managed direct?ories in the cloud.
WAF
AWS WAF (Web Application Firewall) protects web applic?ations from attack by providing web traffic filtering against common web exploits like SQL injection.
GameLift
Deploy and scale session based multiplayer games in the cloud in minutes, with no upfront costs.
S3
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) can be used to store and retrieve any amount of data.
Elastic File System
Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) is a file storage service for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances.
Import/Export Snowball
AWS Import/Export Snowball accelerates moving large amounts of data into and out of AWS using secure appliances for transport.
CloudFront
Amazon CloudFront provides a way to distribute content to end users with low latency and high data transfer speeds.
Glacier
Amazon Glacier is a low cost storage service that provides secure and durable storage for data archiving and backup.
Storage Gateway
AWS Storage Gateway securely integrates on premises IT enviro?nments with cloud storage for backup and disaster recovery.