Amazon Web Services in Action

by Michael Wittig, Andreas Wittig

SummaryAmazon Web Services in Action, Second Edition is a comprehensive introduction to computing, storing, and networking in the AWS cloud. You'll find clear, relevant coverage of all the essential AWS services you to know, emphasizing best practices for security, high availability and scalability.Foreword by Ben Whaley, AWS community hero and author.Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.About the TechnologyThe largest and most mature of the cloud platforms, AWS offers over 100 prebuilt services, practically limitless compute resources, bottomless secure storage, as well as top-notch automation capabilities. This book shows you how to develop, host, and manage applications on AWS.About the BookAmazon Web Services in Action, Second Edition is a comprehensive introduction to deploying web applications in the AWS cloud. You'll find clear, relevant coverage of all essential AWS services, with a focus on automation, security, high availability, and scalability. This thoroughly revised edition covers the latest additions to AWS, including serverless infrastructure with AWS Lambda, sharing data with EFS, and in-memory storage with ElastiCache. What's insideCompletely revised bestsellerSecure and scale distributed applicationsDeploy applications on AWSDesign for failure to achieve high availabilityAutomate your infrastructureAbout the ReaderWritten for mid-level developers and DevOps engineers.About the AuthorAndreas Wittig and Michael Wittig are software engineers and DevOps consultants focused on AWS. Together, they migrated the first bank in Germany to AWS in 2013.Table of ContentsPART 1 - GETTING STARTED What is Amazon Web Services? A simple WordPress in five minutesPART 2 - BUILDING VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE CONSISTING OF COMPUTERS AND NETWORKING Using virtual EC2 Programming your The command-line, SDKs, and CloudFormation Automating CloudFormation, Elastic Beanstalk, and OpsWorks Securing your IAM, security groups, and VPC Automating operational tasks with Lambda PART 3 - STORING DATA IN THE CLOUDStoring your S3 and Glacier Storing data on hard EBS and instance store Sharing data volumes between EFS Using a relational database RDSCaching data in Amazon ElastiCache Programming for the NoSQL database DynamoDB PART 4 - ARCHITECTING ON AWSAchieving high availability zones, auto-scaling, and CloudWatch Decoupling your Elastic Load Balancing and Simple Queue Service Designing for fault tolerance Scaling up and auto-scaling and CloudWatch

528 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 15, 2018

Reviews

[Cuthbert Guerrero · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this on 2021 and some of the UI elements and app versions are outdated (like node v8), but overall this is a really, really, really good overview on how to do things on Amazon Web Services.

You'll learn all of the important basics such as setting up your VPC, basics of creating a highly available system, and basics of creating a fault tolerant system. This is a great first book to dip your toes on building on cloud.

[Andrei · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good overview of the various tools and resources available on AWS along with practical examples that you can follow along with.

Doesn't really delve into subjects beyond that (such as cloud architecture, which I was looking for), but if what you're looking for is a high level tour of AWS and this is your first book on the subject, I'd say it's a good choice.

[Debashish Mishra · Rating 4 out of 5]

I went through the audio book followed by the eBook. It's a pretty decent introductory one and easy to follow. You will not get advanced topics like EKS, Sage maker or Glue etc. However, the topics covered will give you directions on what to look next and where.

Overall, I do recommend this book to everyone.