AWS is a cloud computing platform offering computing, storage, networking, database, analytics, machine learning, and other functionality. It consists of regions, availability zones, edge locations, and many services including EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, VPC, IAM, and more. AWS allows companies to build and scale applications easily.

1. AWS 101
Patrick Pierson, IonChannel

2. What is AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a secure cloud services platform, offering compute
power, database storage, content delivery and other functionality to help businesses
scale and grow.

4. How is AWS built?
Regions - a physical location in the world where we have multiple Availability Zones
Availability Zones - one or more data centers, each with redundant power, networking
and connectivity, housed in separate facilities
Edge Locations - where end users access services located at AWS. Located in major
cities around the world and are specifically used by CloudFront (CDN) to distribute
content to end user to reduce latency.

6. Compute
● EC2 - Elastic Compute Cloud - Virtual machines on demand
● EC2 Container Service - Scalable Docker via EC2
● Elastic Beanstalk - service for deploying web applications and services developed
with Java, .NET, PHP, Node.js, Python, Ruby, Go, and Docker on familiar servers
such as Apache, Nginx, Passenger, and IIS.
● Lambda - serverless compute service. Run code directly in Lambda or upload
packages.

7. EC2

8. EC2 Container Service

9. Lambda

10. Storage & Content Delivery
● S3 - online file storage web service, incredibly reliable
● Glacier - long term “S3” storage
● CloudFront - web service that speeds up distribution of your static and dynamic
web content
● Elastic File System - AWS scaled Network File System (NFS)
● Snowball - petabyte-scale data transport solution that uses secure appliances to
transfer large amounts of data into and out of the AWS cloud
● Storage Gateway - service connecting an on-premises software appliance with
cloud-based storage to provide seamless and secure integration between an
organization’s on-premises IT environment and AWS’s storage infrastructure.

11. S3

12. Glacier

13. CloudFront

14. Database
● RDS - Relational Database Service - AWS managed database, fault tolerant.
MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and others.
● DynamoDB - AWS managed NoSQL database.
● ElastiCache - AWS managed memcached and redis (in memory cache)
● Redshift - AWS managed petabyte scale data warehouse (massive managed
databases)
● DMS - Database Migration Service - migrate databases to AWS easily and
securely.

15. RDS

16. DynamoDB

17. ElastiCache

18. Networking
● VPC - Virtual Private Cloud - provisions a logically isolated section of the AWS
cloud
● Direct Connect - makes it easy to establish a dedicated network connection from
your premises to AWS
● Route53 - AWS Managed Domain Name Service

19. VPC

20. Route53

21. Developer Tools
● CodeCommit - AWS Managed private git repo
● CodeDeploy - automates code deployments to any instance, including EC2
instances and instances running on-premises.
● CodePipeline - a continuous delivery service for fast and reliable application
updates. Builds, tests, and deploys your code every time there is a code change

22. CodeCommit

23. Management Tools
● CloudWatch - monitoring service for AWS cloud resources and the applications you run on
AWS
● CloudFormation - create and manage a collection of related AWS resources, provision and
update them in an orderly and predictable fashion
● CloudTrail - web service that records AWS API calls
● Config - service that provides you with an AWS resource inventory, configuration history,
and configuration change notifications to enable security and governance
● OpsWorks - configuration management service that helps you configure and operate
applications of all shapes and sizes using Chef
● Service Catalog - allows organizations to create and manage catalogs of IT services that are
approved for use on AWS
● Trusted Advisor - service to help you reduce cost, increase performance, and improve
security by optimizing your AWS environment

24. CloudWatch

25. CloudFormation

26. CloudTrail

27. Security & Identity
● Identity & Access Management - enables you to securely control access to AWS
services and resources for your users
● Directory Service - easy to setup and run Microsoft Active Directory (AD) in the AWS
cloud, or connect your AWS resources with an existing on-premises Microsoft Active
Directory
● Inspector - automated security assessment service that helps improve the security and
compliance of applications deployed on AWS
● WAF - Web Application Firewall - helps protect your web applications from common
web exploits that could affect application availability, compromise security, or
consume excessive resources
● Certificate Manager - service that lets you easily provision, manage, and deploy Secure
Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) certificates for use with AWS
services

28. IAM

29. Analytics
● EMR - Elastic Map Reduce - simplifies big data processing, providing a managed
Hadoop framework
● Data Pipeline - web service that helps you process and move data between
different AWS compute and storage services, as well as on-premise data sources
● Elasticsearch Service - AWS managed Elasticsearch
● Kinesis - platform for streaming data on AWS
● Machine Learning - service that makes it easy for developers of all skill levels to
use machine learning technology. Amazon ML provides visualization tools and
wizards that guide you through the process of creating ML models

30. EMR

31. Elasticsearch Service

32. Internet of Things
● AWS IoT - managed cloud platform that lets connected devices easily and
securely interact with cloud applications and other devices
● GameLift - managed service for deploying, operating, and scaling session-based
multiplayer games
Game Development

33. Mobile Services
● Mobile Hub - add and configure features for your mobile apps, including user
authentication, data storage, backend logic, push notifications, content delivery,
and analytics
● Cognito - add user sign-up and sign-in to your mobile and web apps
● Device Farm - test against real phones and tablets in the AWS Cloud
● Mobile Analytics - measure app usage and app revenue
● SNS - Simple Notification Service - Pub-sub Service for Mobile and Enterprise
Messaging

34. Cognito

35. SNS

36. Application Services
● API Gateway - fully managed service that makes it easy for developers to create,
publish, maintain, monitor, and secure APIs at any scale
● AppStream - stream your existing Windows applications from the cloud, reaching
more users on more devices, without code modifications
● CloudSearch - managed service in the AWS Cloud that makes it simple and
cost-effective to set up, manage, and scale a search solution for your website or
application
● Elastic Transcoder - media transcoding in the cloud
● SES - email service built on the reliable and scalable infrastructure
● SQS - fast, reliable, scalable, fully managed message queuing service
● SWF - build, run, and scale background jobs that have parallel or sequential steps

37. API Gateway

38. SQS

39. Enterprise Applications
● WorkSpaces - managed desktop computing service in the cloud
● WorkDocs - managed, secure enterprise storage and sharing service with strong
administrative controls and feedback capabilities that improve user productivity
● WorkMail - secure, managed business email and calendar service with support for
existing desktop and mobile email clients

40. WorkMail

41. Linking it all together
AWS best practices architecture enables you to tie services together to provide
enterprise applications, web applications, etc.
Following are some sample architectures.