AWS for solutions architects : the definitive guide to AWS solutions architecture for migrating to, building, scaling, and succeeding in the cloud / Saurabh Shrivastava [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shrivastava, Saurabh, author.

Series:

Expert insight.

Expert insight

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Amazon Web Services (Firm).

Web services.

Cloud computing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (693 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, England : Packt Publishing Ltd., [2023]

Summary:

Are you excited to harness the power of AWS and unlock endless possibilities for your business? Look no further than the second edition of AWS for Solutions Architects! Packed with all-new content, this book is a must-have guide for anyone looking to build scalable cloud solutions and drive digital transformation using AWS. This updated edition offers in-depth guidance for building cloud solutions using AWS. It provides detailed information on AWS well-architected design pillars and cloud-native design patterns. You'll learn about networking in AWS, big data and streaming data processing, CloudOps, and emerging technologies such as machine learning, IoT, and blockchain. Additionally, the book includes new sections on storage in AWS, containers with ECS and EKS, and data lake patterns, providing you with valuable insights into designing industry-standard AWS architectures that meet your organization's technological and business requirements. Whether you're an experienced solutions architect or just getting started with AWS, this book has everything you need to confidently build cloud-native workloads and enterprise solutions.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Understanding AWS Principles and Key Characteristics

What is cloud computing?

Private versus public clouds

What is AWS (Amazon Web Services)?

The market share, influence, and adoption of AWS

Basic cloud and AWS terminology

Why is AWS so popular?

Elasticity and scalability

Security

Physical security

Encryption

AWS supports compliance standards

Availability

Faster hardware cycles

System administration staff

Summary

Chapter 2: Understanding the AWS Well-Architected Framework and Getting Certified

The AWS Well-Architected Framework

The six pillars of the Well-Architected Framework

The first pillar - security

The second pillar - reliability

The third pillar - performance efficiency

The fourth pillar - cost optimization

The fifth pillar - operational excellence

The sixth pillar - sustainability

AWS Well-Architected Lenses

Building credibility and getting certified

Building a non-tech AWS cloud career

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner - Foundational

The AWS Solutions Architect path

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional

The AWS Cloud DevOps Engineer path

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional

The AWS Cloud Developer path

AWS Certified Developer - Associate

The AWS Specialty Solutions Architect path

AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty

AWS Certified Security - Specialty

AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty

AWS Certified Database - Specialty

AWS Certified Data Analytics - Specialty

AWS Certified SAP - Specialty

Learning tips and tricks for obtaining AWS certifications

Focus on one cloud provider.

Focus on the Associate-level certifications

Get experience wherever you can

The best way to get certified

Getting started in AWS

Online courses

A Cloud Guru

Udemy courses

YouTube videos

Books

Practice exam websites

AWS practice question sets

Whizlabs

BrainCert

Tutorials Dojo

Certification preparation approach

Some frequently asked questions about the AWS certifications

How long will it take to get certified?

The Cloud Practitioner certification

Associate-level certifications

Professional-level certifications

Specialty certifications

How to request additional exam time

What are some last-minute tips for the day of the exam?

Chapter 3: Leveraging the Cloud for Digital Transformation

Cloud computing models

Understanding IaaS

Advantages of IaaS

Disadvantages of IaaS

Use cases for IaaS

Examples of AWS IaaS services

Understanding SaaS

Characteristics of SaaS

Advantages of SaaS

Disadvantages of SaaS

Use cases for SaaS

Examples of AWS SaaS solutions

Examples of third-party SaaS solutions

Understanding PaaS

Advantages of PaaS

Disadvantages of PaaS

PaaS use cases

Examples of AWS PaaS services

Choosing between SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS

Cloud migration strategy

The three-phase migration process

Cloud migration patterns - The 7 Rs

Rehost in the cloud

Re-platform in the cloud

Refactor in the cloud

Revise before migrating to the cloud

Repurchase in the cloud

Relocate to the cloud

Retain on-premises

Retire

Migration assessment tools

Implementing a digital transformation program

What exactly is a digital transformation?

Digital transformation drivers

Digital transformation examples

Digital transformation tips

Tip #1 - Ask the right questions

Tip #2 - Get leadership buy-in.

Tip #3 - Delineate objectives

Tip #4 - Apply an agile methodology to your digital transformation

Tip #5 - Encourage risk-taking

Tip #6 - One-way door vs. two-way door decisions

Tip #7 - Clear delineation of roles and responsibilities

Digital transformation pitfalls

Lack of commitment from the C-suite

Not having the right team in place

Internal resistance from the ranks

Going too fast

Going too slow

Outdated rules and regulations

The AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF)

Architectures to provide high availability, reliability, and scalability

Active architecture

Active/passive architecture

Active/active architecture

Sharding architecture

Chaos engineering

Chapter 4: Networking in AWS

Learning about the AWS Global Infrastructure

Regions, Availability Zones, and Local zones

AWS Regions

AWS AZs

AWS LZs

Benefits of the AWS Global Infrastructure

AWS networking foundations

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

AWS TGW

AWS PrivateLink

Edge networking

Route 53

Amazon CloudFront

AWS Global Accelerator (AGA)

AWS Wavelength

Building hybrid cloud connectivity in AWS

AWS Virtual Private Network (VPN)

AWS Direct Connect

AWS Cloud WAN

AWS cloud network security

AWS Network Firewall (ANFW)

AWS network security patterns - best practices

AWS network security anti-patterns

AWS network security with third-party solutions

Chapter 5: Storage in AWS - Choosing the Right Tool for the Job

Understanding Amazon Elastic Block Store

General-purpose Solid-State Devices (SSDs)

Provisioned IOPS SSD

Throughput Optimized HDD

Cold HDD

Amazon EBS Snapshots

Choosing the right EBS volume

Investigating Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)

Using Amazon FSx to manage file systems.

Learning about Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)

S3 Standard

Amazon S3 Intelligent-Tiering

Amazon S3 Standard-IA (Infrequent Access)

Amazon S3 One Zone-IA

Amazon S3 Glacier

Managing data with S3 Object Lambda

Versioning in Amazon S3

Amazon S3 Multi-Destination Replication

Choosing the right cloud storage type

Exploring Amazon S3 best practices

Enhancing Amazon S3 performance

Amazon ElastiCache

Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration

Choosing the right S3 bucket/prefix naming convention

Protecting your data in Amazon S3

Blocking Amazon S3 public access to buckets and objects whenever possible

Avoiding wildcards in policy files

Leveraging the S3 API

Leveraging IAM Access Analyzer to inspect S3

Enabling AWS Config

Implementing S3 Object Lock to secure resources

Implementing data at rest encryption

Enabling data-in-transit encryption

Turning on Amazon S3 server access logging

Considering the use of Amazon Macie with Amazon S3

Implementing monitoring leveraging AWS monitoring services

Using VPC endpoints to access Amazon S3 whenever possible

Leveraging Amazon S3 cross-region replication

Amazon S3 cost optimization

Building hybrid storage with AWS Storage Gateway

AWS Storage Gateway

Amazon S3 File Gateway

Amazon FSx File Gateway

Tape Gateway

Volume Gateway

AWS Backup

Chapter 6: Harnessing the Power of Cloud Computing

Compute in AWS

Learning about Amazon EC2

AWS Graviton

Advantages of EC2

EC2 instance families

General Purpose (A1, M6, T4, Mac)

Compute Optimized (C7, Hpc6a)

Accelerated Computing (P4, G5, F1)

Memory Optimized (R6, X2, High Memory)

Storage Optimized (H1, D3, I4)

EC2 pricing model

AWS Compute Optimizer

Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)

Reviewing Amazon EC2 best practices.

Access

Storage

Resource management

Limit management

EC2 backup, snapshots, and recovery

Amazon Elastic Load Balancing

ELB rules

Listener rules

Target group rules

Host-based routing rules

Path-based routing rules

Query string rules

Elastic Load Balancer types

Classic Load Balancers

Application Load Balancers

Network Load Balancers

CLB versus ALB versus NLB comparison

CLB and ALB commonalities

The best choice of ELB by use case

Learning about serverless computing with AWS Lambda and Fargate

AWS Lambda

AWS Fargate

High-Performance Computing

Hybrid compute

AWS Outposts

VMware Cloud on AWS

Chapter 7: Selecting the Right Database Service

A brief history of databases

Data-driven innovation trends

Database consistency model

ACID data consistency model

BASE data consistency model

Database usage model

Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) systems

Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) systems

AWS database services

Relational databases

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)

Amazon DevOps Guru for RDS

AWS NoSQL databases

Amazon DocumentDB

In-memory database

Graph databases

Amazon Neptune

Time-series databases

Amazon Timestream

Ledger databases

Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB)

Wide-column store databases

Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra)

Benefits of AWS database services

Moving to fully managed database services

Building modern applications with purpose-built databases

Moving on from legacy databases

Choosing the right tool for the job

Migrating databases to AWS

Chapter 8: Best Practices for Application Security, Identity, and Compliance

Understanding the importance of security, identity, and compliance in AWS.

Understanding the shared responsibility model.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781803244822

1803244828

OCLC:

1381093996