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Master Amazon EC2, the cornerstone of AWS compute. Explore EC2 instance types and families, key features like AMIs and Security Groups, and common use cases for launching and managing virtual servers in the cloud.
Master AWS Lambda, the cornerstone of serverless computing. Understand its benefits like no server management, automatic scaling, and pay-per-execution. Explore common use cases and differentiate Lambda from EC2 as you delve into serverless architecture.
Master AWS Elastic Beanstalk, a powerful Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering that simplifies deployment and scaling of web applications. Understand its benefits, supported platforms, and how it abstracts infrastructure management for developers.
Explore the world of containers on AWS, focusing on Amazon Elastic Container Service ECS, Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service EKS, and AWS Fargate. Understand their purpose, key features, and when to choose each for deploying scalable and portable microservices.
Master Amazon S3, the leading object storage service. Explore its core concepts, unparalleled durability and scalability, diverse storage classes (Standard, Intelligent-Tiering, Glacier, One Zone-IA), and common use cases for cloud-native data management.
Master Amazon S3 Data Lifecycle Management. Learn how to optimize costs and meet compliance requirements by automatically transitioning objects between storage classes and expiring old data using S3 Lifecycle policies.
Master Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS), AWS's high-performance block storage solution. Understand the characteristics of block storage, various EBS volume types (SSD, HDD), their performance metrics, and how they provide persistent storage for Amazon EC2 instances.
Discover Amazon Elastic File System (EFS), AWS's scalable and elastic file storage solution. Understand its shared access characteristics, common use cases, and how it differs from S3 and EBS for persistent data storage in the cloud.
Master Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service), AWS's managed service for relational databases. Understand its benefits, supported database engines (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, Aurora), and key features like Multi-AZ deployments and Read Replicas for high availability and performance.
Master Amazon DynamoDB, AWS's fully managed NoSQL database service. Discover its unparalleled performance with single-digit millisecond latency at any scale, its flexible data model, and common use cases for web, mobile, and gaming applications.
Discover Amazon Aurora, AWS's high-performance, fully managed, MySQL and PostgreSQL-compatible relational database. Explore its unique architecture, unparalleled speed, high availability, and durability, and understand why it's a top choice for demanding enterprise workloads.
Master the art of selecting the optimal AWS database service. This comprehensive guide compares Amazon RDS, DynamoDB, and Aurora, highlighting their strengths, weaknesses, and ideal use cases to help you make informed architectural decisions for your applications.
Master Amazon VPC (Virtual Private Cloud), the foundational networking service in AWS. Learn its core concepts: VPC, subnets, route tables, Internet Gateway, NAT Gateway, Security Groups, and Network ACLs, and how to build a logically isolated and secure network in the cloud.
Dive deeper into Amazon VPC networking. Master the critical roles of subnets, route tables, Internet Gateway (IGW) for public internet access, and NAT Gateway for outbound internet access from private subnets, ensuring secure and controlled network topology.
Master Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), AWS's highly available service for distributing incoming application traffic across multiple targets. Explore the different types of load balancers (ALB, NLB, CLB), their features, and when to use each for building scalable, fault-tolerant web applications.
Master Amazon CloudFront, AWS's global Content Delivery Network (CDN). Learn its purpose, benefits (low latency, high transfer speeds, security), and how it leverages Edge Locations to accelerate content delivery and enhance user experience worldwide.
Master Amazon SQS, AWS's fully managed message queuing service. Learn how SQS enables decoupled, asynchronous communication between microservices, enhances scalability and reliability, and explore its common use cases for building robust distributed applications.
Master Amazon SNS, AWS's fully managed publish/subscribe messaging service. Learn its fan-out capabilities, multi-protocol support, and how it enables real-time notifications, application-to-application communication, and decoupling for scalable distributed systems.
Master AWS Step Functions, AWS's serverless workflow orchestration service. Learn how to build resilient, distributed applications by defining visual workflows, managing state, handling errors, and coordinating multiple AWS services, surpassing the capabilities of simple messaging.
Master Amazon EventBridge, AWS's serverless event bus that simplifies event-driven architectures. Learn its purpose, benefits (real-time event routing, schema registry, custom events), and how it connects application components and third-party SaaS applications for building dynamic, responsive systems.
Master the architectural best practices for designing and building highly scalable and available web applications on AWS. Learn to leverage Elastic Load Balancing, Auto Scaling, Amazon RDS, Amazon S3, and Amazon CloudFront to ensure your application can handle any traffic load with resilience.