AWS Vocab

Question 1

Amazon EC2

Answer 1

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud- These are virtual servers that can be used for various purposes.

Question 2

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

Answer 2

This AWS services allows EC2 instances to scale up/down and in/out as needed.

Question 3

ELB

Answer 3

Elastic Load Balancing- Ensures efficient routing of resource requests. It is a regional construct, rather than running at an EC2 level.

Question 4

Amazon SNS

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Amazon Simple Notification Service-Publish/subscribe services. Web servers, email addresses, AWS Lambda functions, etc.

Question 5

Amazon SQS

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Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)- Send, store, and receive messages between software components. Utilizes a queue to ensure reliability.

Question 6

AWS Lambda

Answer 6

A serverless compute option. Lambda functions are triggered. Environment is created and scaled automatically.
Designed for shorter loads (less than 15 minutes).

Question 7

Amazon ECS

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Amazon Elastic Container Service- A container orchestration option. Simpler, AWS-native container orchestration.

Question 8

Amazon EKS

Answer 8

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service- Kubernetes on AWS, more complex, more flexible.

Question 9

AWS Fargate

Answer 9

Serverless compute engine for containers.
Alternative to manually managed EC2.

Question 10

Availability Zones

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Single or group of Data Centers within a Region. Regions consist of multiple Availability Zones.

Question 11

Amazon CloudFront

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A content delivery network. Uses cached copies of data stored locally at edge locations. These also run Route 53.

Question 12

AWS Outposts

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Fully operational mini region installed at a customer’s local datacenter.

Question 13

Provisioning Resources (Options?)

Answer 13

Management Console, CLI, SDKs, Elastic Beanstalk, and CloudFormation.

Question 14

AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Answer 14

Used to provision EC2 environments automatically based on supplied code and configurations. Focus on applications instead of infrastructure.

Question 15

AWS CloudFormation

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Infrastructure-as-code solution. Text based templates (like JSON). EC2, storage, databases, etc. Automated and repeatable.

Question 16

VPC

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Virtual Private Cloud. Allows for the creation of private/public networks and subnets in the cloud.

Question 17

AWS Direct Connect

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Dedicated and direct fiber optic connection from a datacenter to a VPC.

Question 18

Amazon Route 53

Answer 18

AWS DNS solution.

Question 19

Instance Stores

Answer 19

Ephemeral block-level storage.
Physically attached to the host computer via underlying AWS host. Data will disappear when the instance is terminated.

Question 20

Amazon EBS

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Elastic Block Store- Persistent block-level storage. Single availability zone.
Attaches to EC2.

Question 21

Amazon S3

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Simple Storage Service- Persistent object-level storage. Best suited for write once, read many.
Object = File
Bucket = Directory

Question 22

Amazon EFS

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Elastic File System- File storage that is ideal for when multiple services and resources need access to data simultaneously.
Regional service. Accessible via AWS Direct Connect.

Question 23

Amazon RDS

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Relational Database Service- Run relational DBs in the cloud. Various options for management, like patching and backups.

Question 24

Amazon Aurora

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Enterprise-class relational database. Compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL.

Question 25

Amazon DynamoDB

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Serverless non-relational DB with autoscaling.

Question 26

Amazon Redshift

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Data warehousing as a service for “Big Data” analytics.

Question 27

Amazon DMS

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Database migration service- Migrate DBs, Test/Dev DB migration, consolidation, continuous replication.

Question 28

AWS IAM

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Identity and Access Management- Resource permissions based on user, group, policies and roles.

Question 29

AWS Organizations

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Centralized administration for entities with multiple AWS accounts. Controlled using Service Control Policies (SCPs) and Organizational Units (OUs).

Question 30

AWS Shield

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Protects against DDoS attacks. Free and paid versions.

Question 31

Amazon Inspector

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Automated infrastructure and application security assessments.

Question 32

Amazon Guard Duty

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Monitor's network and account activity for threats.

Question 33

Amazon CloudWatch

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Web service for monitoring and managing metrics and alarms.

Question 34

Amazon CloudTrail

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Auditing tool for logging API requests.

Question 35

AWS Trusted Advisor

Answer 35

Provides real-time recommendations in accordance with AWS best practices