AWS For Admins For Dummies

Easily get your head in the Cloud with Amazon Web Services

With Amazon Web Services (AWS), you can do everything from backing up your personal hard drive to creating a full-fledged IT department in the Cloud. And while major corporations like Adobe and Netflix have turned to AWS for their Cloud computing needs, it isn’t just for private companies. Amazon Web Services For Dummies is the singular resource that shows real people with real businesses how to use on-demand IT resources to help their companies grow.

If you’re like most people just getting their feet wet with this service, your first question is likely to be, “How do I get started with AWS?” This book answers that question—and a multitude more—in language you can understand and shows you how to put this Cloud computing service to work for you right away. AWS is immense and, naturally, intimidating, but with the help of this book, you’ll peel back its many layers in no time!

• Provides overviews that explain what tasks the services perform and how they relate to each other
• Offers specific paths to follow in order to obtain a particular installation result
• Gets you started without making a huge investment
• Reduces the risk of failure by ensuring you understand available options as part of the configuration and usage process

Stop wasting time and resources on hardware and software that’s quickly outdated. Get started with AWS today!

Table of Contents

Part 1 Getting Started with AWS
Chapter 1 Starting Your AWS Adventure
Chapter 2 Obtaining Free Amazon Services
Chapter 3 Determining Which Services to Use

Part 2 Configuring a Virtual Server
Chapter 4 Creating a Virtual Server Using EC2
Chapter 5 Managing Web Apps Using Elastic Beanstalk
Chapter 6 Responding to Events with Lambda

Part 3 Working with Storage
Chapter 7 Working with Cloud Storage Using S3
Chapter 8 Managing Files Using the Elastic File System
Chapter 9 Archiving Data Using Glacier

Part 4 Performing Basic Database Management
Chapter 10 Getting Basic DBMS Using RDS
Chapter 11 Moving Data Using Database Migration Service
Chapter 12 Gaining NoSQL Access Using DynamoDB

Part 5 Creating a User-Friendly Cloud Environment
Chapter 13 Isolating Cloud Resources Using Virtual Private Cloud
Chapter 14 Using the Infrastructure Software
Chapter 15 Supporting Users with Business Software

Part 6 The Part of Tens
Chapter 16 Ten Ways to Deploy AWS Quickly
Chapter 17 Ten Must-Have AWS Software Packages