AWS Systems Manager is a service that many administrators overlook, but if you take the time to learn its capabilities, you will find that it offers invaluable ways to group large numbers of resources together to issue batch operations quickly and efficiently. At the time of writing, it provides a quick overview of EC2 instances, S3 buckets, and RDS databases. One of its most common uses is patch management on a fleet of EC2 instances. If you have ever spent time manually patching a large number of instances, you know that it can be a tedious and error-prone process. Systems Manager solves this problem for you. But patching isn't all that it offers. In this recipe, you will learn how to take advantage of one of the newer features that has been added to Systems Manager so that you can log in to your EC2 instances...
AWS SysOps Cookbook - Second Edition
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Overview of this book
AWS is an on-demand remote computing service providing cloud infrastructure over the internet with storage, bandwidth, and customized support for APIs. This updated second edition will help you implement these services and efficiently administer your AWS environment.
You will start with the AWS fundamentals and then understand how to manage multiple accounts before setting up consolidated billing. The book will assist you in setting up reliable and fast hosting for static websites, sharing data between running instances and backing up data for compliance. By understanding how to use compute service, you will also discover how to achieve quick and consistent instance provisioning. You’ll then learn to provision storage volumes and autoscale an app server. Next, you’ll explore serverless development with AWS Lambda, and gain insights into using networking and database services such as Amazon Neptune. The later chapters will focus on management tools like AWS CloudFormation, and how to secure your cloud resources and estimate costs for your infrastructure. Finally, you’ll use the AWS well-architected framework to conduct a technology baseline review self-assessment and identify critical areas for improvement in the management and operation of your cloud-based workloads.
By the end of this book, you’ll have the skills to effectively administer your AWS environment.
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AWS SysOps Cookbook - Second Edition
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Preface
Free Chapter
AWS Fundamentals
Account Setup and Management
AWS Storage and Content Delivery
AWS Compute
Monitoring the Infrastructure
Managing AWS Databases
AWS Networking Essentials
AWS Account Security and Identity
Managing Costs
Advanced AWS CloudFormation
AWS Well-Architected Framework
Working with Business Applications
AWS Partner Solutions
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