Services Flashcards

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WorkMail / Chime

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Email / messaging service

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managed at a regional level charge for data EGRESS (out of instance) Reservations apply web service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. it is designed to make web scale computing easier for developers. this is your "server instances" called EC2 instances. scale up and down. you've got on-demand instances where you "pay as you go". you also have RIs which provide you a significant discount (UP TO 75%), and Spot instances - allow you to big on spare Amazon EC2 computing capacity

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maintain application availability and allows you to automatically add or remove EC2 instances according to conditions you define

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full managed Docker container registry makes it easy for developers to store, manage, and deploy Docker container images. Integrated with ECS (Elastic Container Service). eliminates the need to operate your own container repositories or worry about scaling the underlying infrastructure

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Elastic Container Service. container orchestration service that supports Docker containers and allows you to easily run and scale containerized applications on AWS container management service that supports Docker containers and allows you to easily run applications on a managed cluster of Amazon EC2 instances

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easiest way to launch and manage a virtual private server with AWS. it includes everything you need: a virtual machine, SSD-based storage, data transfer, DNS management, and a static IP address

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run efficiently 100,000s of batch computing jobs on AWS. no need to install and manage batch computing software or server clusters

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upload your code and Beanstalk handles the deployment (provisioning, load balancing, and auto scaling)... service for deploying and scaling web applications and services developed with Java, .NET, PHP, Node.js, Python, Ruby, Go, and Docker on servers like Apache, Nginx, Passenger, and Internet Information Services

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compute engine for ECS that allows you to run containers without having to manage servers or clusters

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lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers pay only for the compute time you consume; when code isn't running YOU DONT PAY; upload your code and Lambda takes care of everything required to run and scale your code with HA doesn't require you to make any capacity decisions upfront

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deploy code samples, components, and complete applications for common use cases such as web and mobile back-ends, event and data processing, logging, monitoring, IoT, and more - packaged with SAM (serverless Application Model)

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hybrid storage service that enables your onprem apps to seamlessly use AWS cloud storage

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secure, durable, and extremely low cost storage service for data archiving and long-term backup. Designed to deliver 9 "9s" of durability. Store for as little as $0.004 / GB / month. 3 options for access to archives, from a few minutes to several hours

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fully managed native microsoft windows file system; so you can easily move your windows-based applications that require file storage to aws.

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fully managed file system that is optimized for compute-intensive workloads, such as high performance computing, ML, and media data processing workflows

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Elastic File System file system for Linux-based workloads for use with AWS Cloud services and on-premises resources This is storage service but not a backup service. You can backup EFS using the AWS Backup service or using EFS-to-EFS backup. use for highly parallelized, scale-out workloads that require the highest possible throughput to single-threaded, latency-sensitive workloads ``` lift and shift big data web serving and content management app dev and testing media/entertainment workflows database backups container storage ```

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Elastic Block Store. "virtual hard disk in the cloud" provides persistent block storage volumes for use with EC2 instances in the cloud. Each EBS volume is automatically replicated within its AZ to protect you from component failure pay a low price for only what you provision

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Simple Storage Service. object storage service that is SUPER scalable. designed for 11 9's of durability doesn't require you to make any capacity decisions upfront common use cases: hosting static website + media hosting managed at a regional level

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service protects against common exploits that could compromise application availability, compromise security or consume excessive resources Web application firewall that helps protect your web apps from common web exploits that could suck

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Single Sign On. centrally manage SSO access to multiple AWS accounts and business applications you can create SAML (security assertion markup language) 2.0 integrations

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managed DDos (distributed denial of service) protection service that safeguards web apps running on AWS THIS IS FREE (shield standard) when you use shield standard with CloudFront and Route 53, you receive comprehensive availability protection against all known infrastructure (layer 3 and 4) attacks. Shield Advanced

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helps you protect secrets needed to access your applications, services and IT resources

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policy-based management for mulitple AWS accounts; create groups, automate account creation, appply and manage policies for those groups. FREE

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Key Management Service create and manage keys and control the use of encryption across a wide range of AWS services

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security mgt service that makes it easier ot cenrally configure and manage AWS WAF rules across your accounts and applications

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for Microsoft AD aka "AWS Managed Microsoft AD" enables your directory-aware workloads and AWS resources to use managed AD in the AWS Cloud

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cloud based HSM (hardware security module) that lets you easily generate and use your own encryption keys on AWS clouds

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provision, manage, and deploy Secure Sockets Layer / Transport Layer Security (SSL / TLS) certificates for use with AWS services and your internal connected resources

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go-to, central resource for compliance-related information that matters to you available in the console, is a self-service audit artifact retrieval portal that provides our customers with on-demand access to AWS’ compliance documentation and AWS agreements

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security service tha tuses ML to automatically discover, classify, and protect sensitive data in AWS

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automated security assessment service that helps improve the security and compliance of applications deployed on AWS assesses for exposure, vulnerabilities, and deviations form best practices spits out a list of detailed security findings prioritized by level of severity

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threat detection service that monitors for malicious behavior

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Identity & Access Management securely control acess to AWS services and resources for your users manage IAM users and their access > leverage MFA manage IAM roles and permissions > you can create roles in IAM and manage permiossions to control which operations can be performed by the entity or AWS services (temporary) manage federated users and their permissions

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Elastic Load Balancing automatically distributes incoming app traffic across multiple targets such as EC2 instances, containers, and IP addresses. it can handle varying load of your app traffic in a single AZ or across multiple 3 types of load balances that all feature the HA automatic scaling and security necessary to make your applications fault tolerant 1) application LB: use for HTTP and HTTPS traffic 2) network LB: use for TCP traffic where extreme performance is required 3) classic LB: intended for apps that were built within the EC2-Classic network

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discovery service - define custom names for your app resources and it maintains the updated location of these dynamically changing resources

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service that enables customers to connect their VPC and on-premises networks to a single gateway only create a single connection from the central gateway in to each VPC a hub that controls how traffic is routed among all the connected networks which act like spokes

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fully managed service that makes it easy for devleopers to create, publish, maintain, monitor, and secure APIs at any scale you can create an API that acts as a front door for apps to access data, business logic, or functionality from your back-end services

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a highly available and scalable cloud Domain Name System (DNS) web service. It is designed to give developers and businesses an extremely reliable and cost-effective way to route end users to Internet applications by translating human readable names, such as www.example.com, into the numeric IP addresses, such as 192.0.2.1, that computers use to connect to each other. Amazon Route 53 is fully compliant with IPv6 as well. services include domain registration, DNS, health checking (availability monitoring) and traffic management Route 53 routing policies include Simple, Weighted, Latency based, Failover, Geo-location, Geo-Proximity, Multi-Value and Traffic Flow

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Virtual Private Cloud lets you provision a logically isolated section of the AWS cloud where you can launch resources in a vitual network that YOU define you have complete control over your networking environment, including section of your own IP address range, creation of subnets. you can use IPv4 and IPv6 in you VPC you can: 1) create a public-facing subject for your web servers that has access to the internet 2) place your backend systems such as data bases or app servers in a private-facing subnet with NO internet access

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Server Migration Service agentless service which makes it easier and faster for you to migrate thousands of on-premises workloads to AWS automate, schedule, and track incremental replications of live server volumes

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petabyte-scale data transport solution that uses secure appliances to transfer large amounts of data into and out of AWS. 80TB per device. AWS call this a “petabyte-scale data transfer service”. SnowMOBILE: “Exabyte-scale data transfer service”.you can move 100PB per snowmobile

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Database Migration Service source database remains fully operational during migration, minimizing downtime to apps that rely on the database migrate your data to and from most widely used commercial and open-source databases you can use it for homogeneous migrations such as Oracle > Oracle or Oracle or Amazon Aurora

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single location to track the progress of application migrations across multiple AWS and partner solutions

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helps you review the state of your workloads and compares them to the latest AWS architectural best practices based on the AWS Well-Architected Framework - developed to help cloud architects build secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient app infrastructure

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fast content delivery network (CDN) service that securely delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs to customers globally with low latency, high transfer speeds CloudFront is integrated with AWS; work swith AWS Shield for DDoS mitigation, S3, ELB, or EC2, and Lambda@Edge

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Network Access Control List operate at the subnet level an optional layer of security for your VPC that acts as a firewall for controlling traffic in and out of one or more subnets. Works with security groups.

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a configuration management service that provides managed instances of Chef and Puppet. With Chef, you use code templates, or cookbooks, to describe the desired configuration of instances or on-premises server

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a highly scalable, easy to use and cost-effective way for developers and businesses to convert (or “transcode”) video and audio files from their source format into versions that will playback on devices like smartphones, tablets and PCs

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Amazon’s fully managed non-relational database service Reservations apply

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enables you to create groups of AWS accounts and then centrally manage policies across those accounts. AWS Organizations provides consolidated billing in both feature sets, which allows you set up a single payment method in the organization’s master account and still receive an invoice for individual activity in each member account. Volume pricing discounts can be applied to resources

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fully-managed source control service that hosts secure Git-based repositiories. It makes it easy for teams to collaborate on code in a secure and highly scalable ecosystem

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enables you to quickly develop, build, and deploy applications on AWS. provides a unified user interface, enabling you to easily manage your software development activities in one place

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cloud-based integrated development environment (IDE) that lets you write, run, and debug your code with just a browser

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can be used to quickly connect from an office to an Amazon VPC (Direct Connect provides high-bandwidth, low-latency connectivity but takes weeks to months to setup (and is much more expensive)

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Application Load Balancer (ALB) – layer 7 load balancer that routes connections based on the content of the request

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Network Load Balancer (NLB) – layer 4 load balancer that routes connections based on IP protocol data

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Classic Load Balancer (CLB) – this is the oldest of the three and provides basic load balancing at both layer 4 and layer 7

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enables hybrid storage between on-premises environments and the AWS Cloud. It provides low-latency performance by caching frequently accessed data on premises, while storing data securely and durably in Amazon cloud storage services. AWS Storage Gateway supports three storage interfaces: file, volume, and tape

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manages the daily operations of your AWS infrastructure in alignment with ITIL processes AWS Managed Services provides a baseline integration with IT Service Management (ITSM) tools such as the ServiceNow platform provides ongoing management of your AWS infrastructure so you can focus on your applications. Managed Services currently supports the 20+ services most critical for Enterprises designed to meet the needs of Enterprises that require stringent SLAs, adherence to corporate compliance, and integration with their systems and ITIL®-based processes

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allows organizations to create and manage catalogs of IT services that are approved for use on AWS. These IT services can include everything from virtual machine images, servers, software, and databases to complete multi-tier application architectures

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provides a common language for you to describe and provision all the infrastructure resources in your cloud environment. allows you to use a simple text file to model and provision, in an automated and secure manner, all the resources needed for your applications across all regions and accounts

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Amazon Machine Image Community AMIs– free to use, generally you just select the operating system you want AWS Marketplace AMIs– pay to use, generally come packaged with additional, licensed software My AMIs– AMIs that you create yourself

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Reservations apply makes it easy to deploy, operate, and scale an in-memory cache in the cloud. The service improves the performance of web applications by allowing you to retrieve information from fast, managed, in-memory caches, instead of relying entirely on slower disk- based databases.

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Relational Database Service makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud. cost-efficient and resizable capacity while automating time-consuming administration tasks such as hardware provisioning, database setup, patching and backups. provides you with six familiar database engines to choose from, including Amazon Aurora, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle Database, and SQL Server. You can use the AWS Database Migration Service

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way for developers and businesses to convert (or “transcode”) media files from their source format into versions that will playback on devices like smartphones, tablets and PCs.

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assess, audit, and evaluate the configurations of your AWS resources. continuously monitors and records your AWS resource configurations and allows you to automate the evaluation of recorded configurations against desired configurations.

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transfers of files over long distances between your client and an S3 bucket. Transfer Acceleration takes advantage of CloudFront's globally distributed edge locations

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Network Address Translation enable instances in a private subject to connect to the internet, but prevent internet from initiating a connection with those instances BETTER AVAILABILITY AND BANDWIDTH OVER NAT INSTANCES

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threat detection and continuous security monitoring for malicious or unauthorized behavior to help you protect your AWS accounts and workloads.

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online resource to help you reduce cost, increase performance, and improve security by optimizing your AWS environment. Trusted Advisor provides real time guidance to help you provision your resources following AWS best practices. Offers a Service Limits check (in the Performance category) that displays your usage and limits for some aspects of some services

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managed desktop computing service running on the AWS cloud

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provides a single location to track the progress of application migrations across multiple AWS and partner solutions.

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migrate thousands of on-premises workloads to AWS. AWS SMS allows you to automate, schedule, and track incremental replications of live server volumes, making it easier for you to coordinate large-scale server migrations. Currently, you can migrate virtual machines from VMware vSphere and Windows Hyper-V to AWS using AWS Server Migration Service

Services Flashcards

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