Core AWS Services

Question 1

Compute Services Function

Answer 1

Services replicating the role of physical servers for the cloud. Offers config for autoscaling, load balancing, and serverless architectures (server functionality w/very small footprint).

Question 2

Networking Services Function

Answer 2

Application connectivity, access control, and enhanced remote connections.

Question 3

Storage Services Function

Answer 3

Storage platforms - immediate accessibility to long-term backup.

Question 4

Database Services Function

Answer 4

Managed data solutions for relational, NoSQL, or caching data formats.

Question 5

Application Management Services Function

Answer 5

Monitoring, auditing, and configuring AWS account services and running resources.

Question 6

Security and Identity Services Function

Answer 6

Services for managing authentication and authorization, data connection and encryption, and integration w/3rd-party authentication management systems.

Question 7

List of Core Compute Services

Answer 7

EC2 - Elastic Compute Cloud,
Lambda,
Auto Scaling,
Elastic Load Balancing,
Elastic Beanstalk

Question 8

List of Core Networking Services

Answer 8

VPC - Virtual Private Cloud,
Direct Connect,
Route 53,
CloudFront

Question 9

List of Core Storage Services

Answer 9

S3 - Simple Storage Service,
S3 Glacier,
EBS - Elastic Block Store,
Storage Gateway

Question 10

List of Core Database Services

Answer 10

RDS - Relational Database Service,
DynamoDB

Question 11

List of Core Application Management Services

Answer 11

CloudWatch,
CloudFormation,
CloudTrail,
Config

Question 12

List of Core Security and Identity Services

Answer 12

IAM - Identity and Access Management,
KMS - Key Management Service,
Directory Service

Question 13

List of Core Application Integration Services

Answer 13

SNS - Simple Notification Service,
SWF - Simple Workflow,
SQS - Simple Queue Service,
API Gateway

Question 14

EC2

Answer 14

• Compute Service
• Elastic Compute Cloud
• Server instances that provide virtual versions of physical servers.
  Highly configurable.

Question 15

Lambda

Answer 15

• Compute Service
• Serverless - server functionality w/small footprint
• Network events (consumer requests) can trigger the execution of a code-based operation. When complete, resources are shut down.

Question 16

Auto Scaling

Answer 16

• Compute service
• Image templates that are copies of running EC2 instances are launched/terminated based on demand.

Question 17

Elastic Load Balancing

Answer 17

• Compute service
• Incoming network traffic is directed b/t mult web servers such that no server is overwhelmed/underused and no traffic goes to failed servers.

Question 18

Elastic Beanstalk

Answer 18

• Compute service
• Managed service
• Push your application code, and the compute and networking infrastructure are launched and managed under the hood.

Question 19

VPC

Answer 19

• Networking service
• Virtual Private Cloud
• Highly configurable
• Networking environments that host your EC2 and RDS instances.
• Can secure and isolate your instances by controlling inbound/outbound network access.

Question 20

Direct Connect

Answer 20

• Networking service
• Used to establish a direct tunnel b/t your local data center/office and your VPCs

Question 21

Route 53

Answer 21

• Networking service
• DNS service
• Domain registration, record administration, routing protocols, and health checks.

Question 22

CloudFront

Answer 22

• Networking service
• CDN - content delivery network
• Store cached versions of your site at edge locations.

Question 23

S3

Answer 23

• Storage service
• Simple Storage Service
• Reliable, cheap object storage great for data storage and backups.

Question 24

S3 Glacier

Answer 24

• Storage service
• Store large data archives cheaply over the long term w/retrieval delays in the hours.

Question 25

EBS

Answer 25

- Storage service - Elastic Block Store - Persistent virtual storage drives that host the OS and working data of an EC2 instance.

Question 26

Storage Gateway

Answer 26

- Storage service - Hybrid system - Exposes cloud storage as a local, on-prem appliance. - Great for migration and data backup and as part of disaster recovery.

Question 27

RDS

Answer 27

- Database service - Relational Database Service - Managed service - Builds a stable, secure, and reliable db instance - Can run various SQL db engines: MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, and Amazon's Aurora.

Question 28

DynamoDB

Answer 28

- Database service - Used for fast, flexible, highly scalable, and managed NoSQL db workloads.

Question 29

CloudWatch

Answer 29

- Application management service - Monitors process performance and resource utilization. - Can set thresholds to trigger notifications or actions.

Question 30

CloudFormation

Answer 30

- Application management service - Template files are used to define full and complex AWS deployments.

Question 31

CloudTrail

Answer 31

- Application management service - Collects records of API events.

Question 32

Config

Answer 32

- Application management service - Notifications are sent when the state of your account changes away from a defined configuration.

Question 33

IAM

Answer 33

- Security and Identity service - Identity and Access Management - Authentication for your account. - Users, groups, roles and policies are used to control user and programmatic access to your resources.

Question 34

KMS

Answer 34

- Security and Identity service - Key Management Service - Managed service - Allows you to control creation/use of encryption keys for your AWS resources.

Question 35

Directory Service

Answer 35

- Security and Identity service - Can integrate AWS resources w/identity providers like Cognito and Microsoft AD domains.

Question 36

SNS

Answer 36

- Application Integration service - Simple Notification Service - Publish topics to other services, mobile devices, or email/SMS.

Question 37

SWF

Answer 37

- Application Integration service - Simple Workflow - Coordinate tasks that use AWS services (or human events).

Question 38

SQS

Answer 38

- Application Integration service - Simple Queue Service - Event-driven messaging w/in distributed systems.

Question 39

API Gateway

Answer 39

- Application Integration service - Create/manage secure/reliable APIs