Introduction¶ AWS as we know is pay as you go model. We pay for the amount of computing services we use. It is very good when we have limited requirement to compute. In a production environment, we need ways to reduce this cost. Pay as you go model does not always work in a production system. AWS provides 5 different pricing options for AWS EC2. On-Demand Savings Plans Reserved Instance Spot Instance. You might be thinking where is the 5th? The 5th is called a Dedicated Host. You can run your above instance except Spot instance on these dedicated host. Dedicated Host is not actually a prici ..read more

Introduction¶ AWS EC2 instance is the heart of AWS. They are the real server. An AWS EC2 instance, has to support workload all across the boards, right from a web server, to FPGA and even HPC. AWS EC2 instance supports all forms of computing needs. The hardware choice is diverse for such needs. You have 350 types of different AWS EC2 instance, in the year 2021. Selecting the right AWS EC2 instance from these big piles will be difficult. In this article you will learn how can you choose the correct AWS EC2 instance without breaking the bank. You will also learn about the various types of the A ..read more

Introduction¶ AWS provides many ways to control its resources. One of the fastest and the most effective way is the AWS CLIs and SDKs. The best benefit of using CLI or SDKs it that you can automate complex workflow. Depending on your expertise, you can use a bash script to control the AWS resources. You can use many programming languages, like .NET, Python, Go, etc. to control the AWS resources. You can use the Postman client to make HTTP API calls. This article will provide an introduction to use the AWS CLI, SDKs and the HTTP APIs provided by AWS. Using these techniques, to control the AWS ..read more

Introduction¶ Have you ever pondered on the question Why AMI (Amazon Machine Image) is not called Operating System? If you revisit our previous article, where the first AWS EC2 instance in free tier was created, see Step by Step guide to create an EC2 instance,. The first selection was for AMI. In this article you will find out, Why Amazon Machine Image (AMI) is not called operating system? This article is everything, you need to understand AWS AMIs. You will also get answer's to these questions Why are they referred to as AMI? What does the AMI cost? This article will enlighten you with the ..read more

Introduction¶ This is the shortest, easiest, and a beginner friendly step by step guide to launch and run a free tier AWS EC2 instance. I am going to teach you everything, launch a free tier EC2 instance, connect to the EC2 instance using SSH or RDP. This post will teach you just enough to be dangerous. If you ever wanted, just be able to launch a server (EC2) in the cloud and use that server, without worrying about the inner details. Even worried that it may cost you a fortune. This is the post you were waiting for. In seven days, God Created the world. You need only seven steps to create ..read more

Introduction¶ Does AWS provide any service which will offload my sign-up, login, user management responsibility? What if I told you, AWS has a service which does all of the above, and also provide a hosted web UI which can used by you. It even provides data sync across devices. Everything is perfectly secure. I will help you understand everything you need to know about this service. As a developer if you ever wished to focus only on the functionality or business logic of the application you are developing, and leaving the worries or sign-up, login, user management, data sync across devices in ..read more

Introduction¶ You have learned about the AWS Shared responsibility model, Have you stopped and thought, how do you check if your VPC is accessible from outside network? Does my application compromises the EC2 in any regards? You should remember that network accessibility and software security is the user's responsibility in AWS Shared responsibility model. Being a beginner using the AWS, this responsibility may seem daunting. No worries, when AWS gives you a challenge, it also shows you the path. You will learn how can we use an AWS Service to check the security vulnerability of your software ..read more

Introduction¶ This is the article you have been waiting for to gain knowledge on security, encryption, cipher text. All these topics puts a scare in a lot of us. You have always wished if somehow these topics just don't cross your road. Just like the black cat. I am going to explain you these topics with interesting visuals, charts and info graphics. This will help you to hold a conversation with your colleague when such scary topics are being discussed. In Short, if you want to score few marks of these topics in AWS Certification exams. If you want to have a conversation with your team mates ..read more

Introduction¶ Developer community uses the cloud technologies the most. In your conquest to learn about AWS, you have been focusing on configuring thing using the AWS console. As a developer, you may not find the use of AWS console efficient to do the tasks. Sounds like Neo's trapped in the matrix. It's you, but you didn't find Morphaeus. You have no knowledge of the existence of the RED pill to show you the truth. Soon you can access AWS Cloud with tools like CLIs, SDKs or HTTP APIs. These are the tools you completely understand. Even if you don't, sit tight we will make it easy to flow alon ..read more

Introduction¶ You have seen in the previous topic on IAM Roles, some users and resource can assume a role, moreover an IAM Roles are like a hat which anyone can wear and gets its power. One important part of this should bother you, how does AWS authenticate such users, if the user is a genuine or not. AWS STS of Security token service plays an important part in enabling IAM Roles. When you are using a cross account resource or any federated users, you can also use AWS STS to provide temporary user credentials. AWS STS though can be used to support mobile application using AWS resources, but i ..read more