Introduction to

Cloud Technology
and Services
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Rahulraj Singh
Technical Product Manager
Introduction to AWS

Cloud computing platform offering a

variety of on-demand services

Responsible for managing hardware and

infrastructure

Operates on a pay-as-you-go pricing

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AWS cloud technology and services

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AWS cloud technology and services

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AWS cloud technology and services

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AWS infrastructure and deployment

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Deployment options in AWS
Cloud deployment

Deploy applications solely on the AWS cloud

infrastructure

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Deployment options in AWS
Cloud deployment

Deploy applications solely on the AWS cloud

infrastructure

Hybrid deployment

Combine on-premises infrastructure with AWS

cloud resources

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Deployment options in AWS
Cloud deployment

Deploy applications solely on the AWS cloud

infrastructure

Hybrid deployment

Combine on-premises infrastructure with AWS

cloud resources

On-premises (private cloud) deployment

Deploy applications solely within on-premises

environments

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AWS global infrastructure
Worldwide accessibility and low-latency connections

Global network of regions and availability zones

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AWS global infrastructure
Worldwide accessibility and low-latency connections
Global network of regions and availability zones

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AWS global infrastructure
Worldwide accessibility and low-latency connections
Global network of regions and availability zones

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AWS global infrastructure
Worldwide accessibility and low-latency connections
Global network of regions and availability zones

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 Introduction to AWS regions
Geographically isolated data center clusters spread across the world

Offer faster access to data

Allows AWS infrastructure to stay fault tolerant

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AWS availability zones

Availability zones live within AWS regions

Physically separated with independent

power, cooling, and networking

Designed for fault tolerance and high

availability

Provide redundancy and isolation, even

during localized failures

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AWS local zones

Extension of AWS region

Brings compute, storage, and databases

closer to users

Low-latency access in specific geographic

areas beyond standard regions

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What are edge locations?

Global data centers that utilize local zones for

faster access to data

Enhance content delivery by storing

cached data in your local zone

Reduce latency for end-users

Faster access to data

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AWS wavelength zones

Use edge locations to power

telecommunication networks

Enables millisecond latencies for time-

sensitive applications

Integrated with 5G networks for seamless

connectivity

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Multi-region deployment in AWS

Deploying applications to multiple AWS

regions worldwide

Advantages

Mitigate regional failures

Optimize latency for global users

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Achieving high availability
AWS Global Accelerator

Optimizes availability for web applications

serving a global audience

Efficiently distributes traffic across regions

and availability zones

Enhances performance of applications

Improves security

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 AWS Connectivity
and Infrastructure
Essentials
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Rahulraj Singh
Technical Product Manager
Connect and deploy to AWS

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Connect and deploy to AWS

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Connectivity options in AWS
Three distinct connectivity choices based on usage

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Connectivity options in AWS
Three distinct connectivity choices based on usage

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Connectivity options in AWS
Three distinct connectivity choices based on usage

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Public internet

Accessing AWS services over the public

internet

Individual developers: quick and easy

access

Small businesses: cost-effective solution

Educational institutions: security is not the

primary concern

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AWS Direct Connect

Direct, dedicated network connection to

AWS data centers

Traffic never touches the public internet

Connection provided by:

AWS Direct Connect delivery partners

Over 100 AWS Direct Connect locations

around the globe

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Who uses AWS Direct Connect?

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Who uses AWS Direct Connect?

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Who uses AWS Direct Connect?

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AWS VPN
Secure, encrypted connection between on-
premises and AWS using a Virtual Private
Network (VPN)

Access AWS resources remotely from

anywhere

Cost-effective connection providing secure

communication

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What is Infrastructure as Code (IaC)?
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is a method to provision and manage infrastructure using code
and templates

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Why use IaC?

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Why use IaC?

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Why use IaC?

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Introducing AWS CloudFormation
Enables you to define and provision AWS infrastructure as code

Key Features

Declarative templates using JSON or YAML files

Version control

Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)

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Using AWS CloudFormation for IaC
How does AWS CloudFormation enable IaC?

Author a YAML template defining a stack of

resources needed with their configurations

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Using AWS CloudFormation for IaC
How does AWS CloudFormation enable IaC?

Author a YAML template defining a stack of

resources needed with their configurations

Upload the template to an S3 bucket

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Using AWS CloudFormation for IaC
How does AWS CloudFormation enable IaC?

Author a YAML template defining a stack of

resources needed with their configurations

Upload the template to an S3 bucket

Initiate CloudFormation activity

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Using AWS CloudFormation for IaC
How does AWS CloudFormation enable IaC?

Author a YAML template defining a stack of

resources needed with their configurations

Upload the template to an S3 bucket

Initiate CloudFormation activity

CloudFormation provisions the resources in

the defined configurations

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 Mastering AWS
Storage Solutions
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Rahulraj Singh
Technical Product Manager
Introduction to AWS storage
AWS provides a diverse range of storage services tailored to meet various needs
Crucial for securely managing, storing, and retrieving data in the cloud

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Introduction to AWS storage
AWS provides a diverse range of storage services tailored to meet various needs
Crucial for securely managing, storing, and retrieving data in the cloud

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Introduction to AWS storage
AWS provides a diverse range of storage services tailored to meet various needs

Crucial for securely managing, storing, and retrieving data in the cloud

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Storage types in AWS

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What is object storage?
Storage architecture that manages and
organizes data as discrete units called
"objects"

Key characteristics:

Horizontal scaling

Metadata management

Storing unstructured data

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Amazon S3

A highly scalable and durable object storage

service offered by AWS

Designed for 99.999999999% (11 9's)

durability

Available in all AWS regions

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Storage classes in S3

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S3 storage classes
Standard Intelligent Tiering

Durable, scalable, and available in all AWS Automatic cost optimization

regions
Moves objects between tiers based on
Suitable for frequently accessed data changing access patterns

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S3 storage classes
One Zone-Infrequent Access (IA) Glacier

Cost-effective, single availability zone Low cost, archival storage

Ideal for infrequently accessed data that Long-term archival with retrieval times
can be easily reproduced ranging from minutes to hours

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S3 storage classes
Glacier Deep Archive S3 Outposts

Lowest cost, longest retrieval time On-premises storage extension

Data with minimal access requirements Combine private and public cloud data

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What is block storage?
Divides data into fixed-sized blocks, each with
its unique address

Use cases

Running I/O intensive transactional web

applications

Right-size big data analytics engines

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Amazon EBS
A scalable, high-performance block storage service designed for use with Amazon compute
services

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Exploring file storage services
Organizes and stores data in a hierarchical
structure

Key characteristics

Allows multiple concurrent reads and writes

across users and services

Stores metadata about files

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Amazon EFS
File storage service designed for use with
AWS cloud services and on-premises
resources

Use cases

Simplify DevOps

Enhance content management systems

Accelerate data science

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Cache storage services in AWS
Storing frequently accessed data in a quickly retrievable location

Accelerates application response times by reducing data retrieval latency

Minimizes the load on backend servers

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Amazon ElastiCache
Caching service that enables seamless, high-
speed access to frequently used data

Use cases

Store web application session data in-

memory

Accelerates access to real-time analytics

data

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Revisiting AWS storage types

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Revisiting AWS storage types

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Revisiting AWS storage types

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Revisiting AWS storage types

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Storage lifecycle policies
Defines the transition of objects between storage classes in S3, based on predefined rules

Cost and performance optimization

Improves data management and compliance

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AWS Backup
Cost-effective, fully managed service that centralizes and automates backup across AWS
services

Cross-region backups
Set retention and deletion policies

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