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Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides cloud computing services including Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) for virtual servers, Simple Storage Service (S3) for object storage, and Simple Queue Service (SQS) for message queues. EC2 allows launching virtual servers with a single API call. S3 provides independent storage that persists beyond instances for archiving. CloudFront is a content delivery network that caches content at network edges for rapid delivery.

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Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides cloud computing services including Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) for virtual servers, Simple Storage Service (S3) for object storage, and Simple Queue Service (SQS) for message queues. EC2 allows launching virtual servers with a single API call. S3 provides independent storage that persists beyond instances for archiving. CloudFront is a content delivery network that caches content at network edges for rapid delivery.

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Amazon Web Services

The Blue Book pages 19 onwards


References
http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/
connect/forumindex.jspa
An overview of AWS
AWS is Amazon’s umbrella description of
all of their web-based technology services.
Mainly infrastructure services:
◦ Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
◦ Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
◦ Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)
◦ Amazon CloudFront
◦ Amazon SimpleDB
Amazon EC2 is hiring
◦ http://aws.amazon.com/ec2-jobs/
Amazon EC2
EC2 provides web services API for
provisioning, managing, and deprovioning
virtual servers inside amazon cloud.
Applications anywhere on the Internet
can launch a virtual server in the amazon
cloud with a single web services call
(either REST or SOAP WS call)
Where is SOAP API? For example,
http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonEC2/dg/2006-06-26/using-soap-
api.html
Storage
Instance –store : disappears with the
instance (transient)
Block storage: SAN-like, persists across
time
S3 is independent of an instance: for
archival purposes: vault: store it now and
retrieve it at a later date
Amazon: SimpleDB: Relational database
better than MySQl or Oracle for
reliability.
Amazon Cloud-front
Cloud-based content distributing network
enables you to place the content at the
edges of the network for rapid delivery.
Place the contents in S3 and run the
application from anywhere and the
content is moved to where the application
is (to the edges).
S3
 Amazon web services API support the ability to:
 Find buckets and objects
 Discover their meta data
 Create new buckets
 Upload new objects
 Delete existing buckets and objects
 When manipulating the buckets you can optionally
specify where they should be stored.
 Use REST API preferably something that abstracts out
even that: Jets3t; s3cmd (command line)
 BitTorrent access to S3 is also available
Bucket Naming
Flat namespace
Names may contain only lowercase
letters, numbers, periods, underscores,
and dashes, and must start with a number
or letter
Create your own namespace with your
own bcukets
EC2 concepts
See figure 2.1
Instance: virtual server running a guest os
of your choice
AMI: Pristine image of your server so that
you can launch any number of instance
from this. Minimally machine image will
operating systems + pre-installed tools.
Elastic IP address: Not static not dynamic
but elastic; an IP reserved for your use;
disappears once the server is terminated.
EC2 (contd.)
Availability zone: Any two availability zones
are guaranteed to share any common points of
failure ( US, EU, Asia/Pacific)
Security group: define the firewall/security.
Defines what can talk to your instances. (Ex;
http, and not sftp etc.)
Snap shot: You can take snapshots of block
volume (that can be formatted etc) and is stored
in S3 for later use or for rollback etc.
What is the difference between instances and
machine images?
How to access Ec2?
AWS console
http://console.aws.amazon.com
The ElasticFox firefox plugin
The amazon command line tool
Typical Use in an organization
Maintain a library of AMIs for the business
◦ May contain legacy systems or company-specific
systems
◦ Harden AMIs using such software as Bastille
Launch instances for non-technical but domain
experts to work with.
◦ What will you provide them so that they can start
working?
Use S3 for archival storage and shared storage

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