AWS Trusted Advisor in a Nutshell
What is AWS Trusted Advisor? It is an automated best practice wizard. It checks the cost and performance of your account and then proposes improvements to reduce cost and optimize…
What is CloudFront Regional Edge Cache?
Amazon CloudFront is a web service that speeds up distribution of client’s static and dynamic web content to end users. This includes files such as .html, .css, .js, and image…
AWS Cost & Billing Questions and Answers
Following is a list of questions I conceived or found on the Internet and then answered. Who is the main point of contact for billing or account questions if a…
AWS Lambda in a Nutshell
What is AWS Lambda? AWS Lambda is a serverless infrastructure and computing services. This means you do not need to acquire a server or any other infrastructure. The coder simply…
Amazon CloudTrail in a Nutshell
What is the purpose of CloudTrail? What does it do? CloudTrail tracks and records events. Examples of events include someone logging into their account, a service running a job, or…
How to not get overbilled by AWS
There are three ways to prevent overbilling by AWS: Setup billing preferences Setup a budget Setup billing alarms Billing Preferences Go to your account at the top right of the…
Shared Responsibility Model Questions and Answers
Under the shared responsibility model, the customer responsible for?Ensuring that data is encrypted at rest. Server-side encryptionEncrypting data on the client-side and authentication Configuring Network Access Control Lists (ACL). Network…
AWS Global Infrastructure in a nutshell
Amazon has a massive rapidly growing global network of data centers connected through high speed fiber optic cables. This infrastructure is divided into regions, availability zones (AZ), and edge locations.…
Type of Cloud Computing in a nutshell
There are three types of cloud computing services: SaaS: Software as a Service SaaS is a service for customers. The service provider provides a completed product that is run and…
Benefits of Cloud Computing in a nutshell
There are six key benefits of cloud computing: Financial Benefits: No upfront cost. You pay per use rather than putting up a large investment in hardware and expertise upfront. There…