In The Illustrated AWS Cloud: A Guide to Help You On Your Cloud Practitioner Journey, a team of veteran tech educators delivers a visual and entertaining guide to Amazon Web Services cloud concepts. The authors focus on the job role and responsibilities of an AWS cloud practitioner, guiding readers through choosing the best AWS services for specific use cases.
Table of Contents
Introduction viii
Chapter 1: Getting Started with Cloud Concepts 1
What Is Cloud Computing? 2
What Are Cloud Economics? 16
How Can You Reduce Costs? 24
How Should You Design Your Cloud Architecture? 30
The Well-Architected Framework 37
Chapter 2: Staying Safe with Security and Compliance 50
Introduction 51
The Shared Responsibility Model 53
Security and Compliance Concepts 60
AWS Access Management Capabilities 69
Identifying Resources for Security Support 81
Chapter 3: Entering the Cloud 88
Introduction 89
Different Ways of Provisioning and Operating in the AWS Cloud 90
Types of Deployment Models 93
Considering Migration Options 98
Identifying Connectivity Options 99
Going Global 104
Living on the Edge 110
Chapter 4: Camping in the Cloud 112
Introduction 113
Compute 114
Storage 123
Networking 132
Databases 139
Machine Learning 146
Getting Help 149
Chapter 5: Being Frugal with Billing and Pricing 156
Pricing Tiers 157
Getting Billing Support and Information 165
Finding Pricing Information on AWS Services 172
Alarms! Alerts! Tags! 174
Conclusion 178
