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AWS - My Findings

📚 Cheatsheet

Services

ServiceFull FormDescription
IAMIdentity and Access ManagementUsed to manage users, groups, and roles
S3Simple Storage ServiceUsed to store files
EC2Elastic Compute CloudProvide remote/cloud servers
SESSimple Email ServiceUsed to send emails
DynamoDBAmazon Dynamo DatabaseNoSQL database service
RDSRelational Database ServiceManaged relational database service
LambdaAWS LambdaServerless computing service
API GatewayAmazon API GatewayCreate, publish, maintain, monitor, and secure APIs
CloudFrontAmazon CloudFrontContent delivery network (CDN) service
Route 53Amazon Route 53Domain Name System (DNS) web service
CloudWatchAmazon CloudWatchMonitor AWS resources and applications
SNSSimple Notification ServicePub/sub messaging and mobile notifications
SQSSimple Queue ServiceFully managed message queuing service
AppSyncAWS AppSyncManaged GraphQL service
CognitoAmazon CognitoUser authentication and authorization service
Amazon Auto ScalingAmazon Auto ScalingAutomatically adjust the number of EC2 instances
Amazon InspectorAmazon InspectorAutomated security assessment service
AWS Firewall ManagerAWS Firewall ManagerCentral management of AWS WAF and VPC security groups
AWS Key Management Service (KMS)AWS Key Management ServiceManaged service to create and control encryption keys
Amazon SageMakerAmazon SageMakerManaged service to build, train, and deploy machine learning models
KinesisAmazon KinesisReal-time data streaming service
Elastic BeanstalkAWS Elastic BeanstalkPlatform as a service (PaaS) for deploying and scaling web applications and services
Elastic Load BalancingElastic Load BalancingAutomatically distribute incoming application traffic across multiple targets
VPCVirtual Private CloudVirtual network dedicated to your AWS account
EBSElastic Block StorePersistent block storage volumes for EC2 instances
EFSElastic File SystemScalable file storage for use with EC2 instances
GlacierAmazon GlacierLow-cost storage service for data archiving and backup
AthenaAmazon AthenaQuery data in S3 using SQL
RedshiftAmazon RedshiftData warehousing service
ElastiCacheAmazon ElastiCacheIn-memory data store and cache service
CloudFormationAWS CloudFormationInfrastructure as code service

EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud)

  • Provide remote/cloud servers
  • You can enable SSH login from "Security Group". There is source IP field where you can specify your IP address, Generally it's default to 0.0.0.0/0 which means anyone can access your server. If you want to only allow your IP address to access the server, you can specify your IP address in this field.
  • Default username for Amazon Linux is ec2-user

SES (Simple Email Service)

  • Used to send emails. You can also send emails in bulk.
  • You can verify your domain and email address in SES. You can only send emails from verified domain and email address.

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