Book Image

Python Essentials for AWS Cloud Developers

By : Serkan Sakinmaz
4 (1)
Book Image

Python Essentials for AWS Cloud Developers

4 (1)
By: Serkan Sakinmaz

Overview of this book

AWS provides a vast variety of services for implementing Python applications, which can pose a challenge for those without an AWS background. This book addresses one of the more predominant problems of choosing the right service and stepping into the implementation of exciting Python apps using AWS. The book begins by showing you how to install Python and create an AWS account, before helping you explore AWS Lambda, EC2, Elastic Beanstalk, and S3 for Python programming. You'll then gain hands-on experience in using these services to build the Python application. As you advance, you'll discover how to debug Python apps using PyCharm, and then start deploying the Python applications on Elastic Beanstalk. You’ll also learn how to monitor Python applications using the CloudWatch service, along with creating and publishing APIs on AWS to access the Python application. The concluding chapters will help you get to grips with storing unstructured and semi-structured data using NoSQL and DynamoDB, as well as advance your knowledge using the Glue serverless data integration service in AWS. By the end of this Python book, you’ll be able to take your application development skills up a notch with AWS services and advance in your career.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
1
Part 1: Python Installation and the Cloud
4
Part 2: A Deep Dive into AWS with Python
9
Part 3: Useful AWS Services to Implement Python

EC2 purchasing options

We will now look at the types of EC2 contracts.

On-Demand

In this offer, you don’t need to contract for a specific time period. AWS charges according to the time you use the server. You can provision a server, shut it down, and release the server whenever you want. It is a pay-as-you-go model.

Reserved

You need to sign a contract with AWS for 1–3 years. The key thing to note is that AWS offers a discount for a Reserved commitment.

Spot

Let’s imagine you have an application that has flexible start and end times. You define a bid price for whatever you are willing to pay for the server. Let’s imagine you have a data processing application that runs for five hours and the running time is not important. You are able to run at the beginning or end of the month; it is not a problem. You can provision a Spot instance that significantly reduces your cost.

Dedicated

This is useful when your organization has a software...