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“When you launch an AWS resource like an Amazon EC2 instance or Amazon Relational Database (Amazon RDS) DB instance, you start with a default configuration. You can then execute automated bootstrapping actions. That is, scripts that install software or copy data to bring that resource to a particular state.”
― Amazon We Services, Architecting for the AWS Cloud: Best Practices

“immutable infrastructure pattern. With this approach a server, once launched, is never updated throughout its lifetime. Instead, when there is a problem or a need for an update the server is replaced with a new one that has the latest configuration. In this way, resources are always in a consistent (and tested) state and rollbacks become easier to perform.”
― Amazon We Services, Architecting for the AWS Cloud: Best Practices

“Items that change often or differ between your various environments can be set up dynamically through bootstrapping actions.”
― Amazon We Services, Architecting for the AWS Cloud: Best Practices

“You can use user data scripts and cloud-init directives or AWS OpsWorks lifecycle events to automatically set up new EC2 instances.[6] You can use simple scripts, configuration management tools like Chef or Puppet. AWS OpsWorks natively supports Chef recipes or Bash/PowerShell scripts. In addition, through custom scripts and the AWS APIs, or through the use of AWS CloudFormation support for AWS Lambda-backed custom resources”
― Amazon We Services, Architecting for the AWS Cloud: Best Practices

“Certain AWS resource types like Amazon EC2 instances, Amazon RDS DB instances, Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volumes, etc., can be launched from a golden image: a snapshot of a particular state of that resource. When compared to the bootstrapping approach, a golden image results in faster start times and removes dependencies to configuration services or third-party repositories. This is important in auto-scaled environments where you want to be able to quickly and reliably launch additional resources as a response to demand changes.”
― Amazon We Services, Architecting for the AWS Cloud: Best Practices

“Items that do not change often or that introduce external dependencies will typically be part of your golden image.”
― Amazon We Services, Architecting for the AWS Cloud: Best Practices

“Amazon API Gateway is a fully managed service that makes it easy for developers to create, publish, maintain, monitor, and secure APIs at any scale.”
― Amazon We Services, Architecting for the AWS Cloud: Best Practices