The Practical, Foundational Technical Introduction to the World’s #1 Cloud Platform

Includes access to several hours of online training video: Mark Wilkins’ expert training video library guides you through setting up core services and prepares you to deploy your own apps and resources.

Learning Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the perfect foundational resource for all administrators, developers, project managers, and other IT professionals who want to plan and deploy AWS services and/or earn AWS certification.

Top cloud trainer and evangelist Mark Wilkins teaches best practices that align with Amazon’s Well-Architected Framework, introduces key concepts in the context of a running case study, carefully explains how core AWS services operate and integrate, and offers extensively tested tips for maximizing flexibility, security, and value. Companion online videos guide you step-by-step through setting AWS compute, storage, networking, scale, security, automation, and more.

Balance cost, compliance, and latency in your service designs
Choose the right networking options for your virtual private cloud (VPC)
Build, host, launch, manage, and budget for EC2 compute services
Plan for scale and resiliency, and make informed decisions about AWS storage
Enforce strict security, and automate to improve operational efficiency

This book with companion training videos is a valuable learning tool for anyone seeking to demonstrate expertise through formal certification.

WEB EDITION: All buyers of the book or ebook can register your book for access to a free online Web Edition of this title, which included videos embedded within the text, plus updates as they become available.

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Sample Content

Preface     xix
Chapter 1 Learning AWS     1
Chapter 2 Designing with AWS Global Services     29
Chapter 3 AWS Networking Services     77
Chapter 4 Compute Services: AWS EC2 Instances     147
Chapter 5 Planning for Scale and Resiliency     209
Chapter 6 Cloud Storage     255
Chapter 7 Security Services     315
Chapter 8 Automating AWS Infrastructure     373
Index     409

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