Diploma in Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS Platforms and Services Overview

1. Compute Services

• EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud): Virtual machines with OS-level control; scalable cloud servers.

• Light Sail: Simplified cloud hosting with automatic deployment of compute, storage, and networking.

• Elastic Beanstalk: Automated deployment & provisioning for scalable applications.

• EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service): Managed Kubernetes clusters on AWS.

• AWS Lambda: Serverless compute; pay only for function execution time.

2. Migration Services

• DMS (Database Migration Service): Migrate databases (e.g., Oracle to MySQL) to AWS.

• SMS (Server Migration Service): Migrate on-premises servers to AWS.

• Snowball: Physical device for large data transfer to/from AWS.

3. Storage Services

• Amazon Glacier: Low-cost archival and backup storage.

• Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store): Block-level storage for EC2 instances.

• AWS Storage Gateway: Connects on-premises apps with cloud storage.

4. Security Services

• IAM (Identity and Access Management): User and permissions management.

• Inspector: Security vulnerability assessments on virtual machines.

• Certificate Manager: Free SSL certificates for domains.

• WAF (Web Application Firewall): Protects web apps from attacks like SQL injection.

• Cloud Directory: Create cloud-native hierarchical data directories.

• KMS (Key Management Service): Manage encryption keys securely.

• Organizations: Manage multiple AWS accounts centrally.

• Shield: Managed DDoS protection.

• Macie: Data visibility and sensitive content classification.

• GuardDuty: Threat detection service.

5. Database Services

• Amazon RDS: Managed relational databases.

• Amazon DynamoDB: Fully managed NoSQL database.

• Amazon ElastiCache: In-memory caching service.

• Neptune: Managed graph database service.

• Amazon RedShift: Data warehousing for complex analytics.

6. Analytics Services

• Athena: Run SQL queries directly on S3 data.

• CloudSearch: Managed search engine for websites.

• ElasticSearch: Search and analytics engine with extended features.

• Kinesis: Real-time streaming data analytics.

• QuickSight: Business intelligence and visualization tool.

• EMR (Elastic MapReduce): Big data processing with Hadoop, Spark, etc.

• Data Pipeline: Data movement and transformation.

7. Management Services

• CloudWatch: Monitor AWS resources and custom metrics.

• CloudFormation: Infrastructure as code using templates.

• CloudTrail: Logs and audits AWS API activity.

• OpsWorks: Automated Chef/Puppet deployments.

• Config: Monitors compliance and configuration changes.

• Service Catalog: Manage approved AWS services usage.

• Auto Scaling: Automatically scale resources based on demand.

• Systems Manager: Centralized resource grouping and issue remediation.

8. Internet of Things (IoT)

• IoT Core: Connect and manage IoT devices securely.

• IoT Device Management: Large-scale device management.

• IoT Analytics: Analyze IoT device data.

• Amazon FreeRTOS: Real-time OS for microcontrollers connecting IoT devices.

9. Application Services

• Step Functions: Visualize and coordinate microservices workflows.

• SWF (Simple Workflow Service): Manage automated & human workflows.

• SNS (Simple Notification Service): Send email/SMS notifications.

• SQS (Simple Queue Service): Decouple apps with messaging queues.

• Elastic Transcoder: Convert videos for multiple devices.

10. Deployment and Management

• AWS CloudTrail: Track API calls and changes.

• Amazon CloudWatch: Monitor resource and app health.

• AWS CloudHSM: Hardware security modules for compliance.

11. Developer Tools

• CodeStar: Project management for software development.

• CodeCommit: Private Git repositories.

• CodeBuild: Automated code compilation.

• CodeDeploy: Automated code deployment to EC2.

• CodePipeline: Continuous integration and delivery pipelines.

• Cloud9: Cloud-based IDE for coding and debugging.

12. Mobile Services

• Mobile Hub: Configure mobile app features.

• Cognito: User sign-up and authentication with social identities.

• Device Farm: Test apps on real devices.

• AWS AppSync: Managed GraphQL API service with real-time sync.

13. Business Productivity

• Alexa for Business: Voice-controlled organization tools.

• Chime: Online meetings and video conferencing.

• WorkDocs: Cloud document storage.

• WorkMail: Business email service.

14. Desktop & App Streaming

• WorkSpaces: Virtual desktops in the cloud.

• AppStream: Stream desktop applications to browsers.

15. Artificial Intelligence

• Lex: Build chatbots.

• Polly: Text-to-speech service.

• Rekognition: Image and video facial/object recognition.

• SageMaker: Build, train, and deploy ML models.

• Transcribe: Speech-to-text transcription.

• Translate: Language translation service.

16. Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality

• Sumerian: Build and publish interactive 3D/VR scenes on the web.

17. Customer Engagement

• Amazon Connect: Cloud-based contact center.

• Pinpoint: User engagement and analytics.

• SES (Simple Email Service): Bulk email sending.

18. Game Development

• GameLift: Host scalable game servers.

Common Applications of AWS Services

• Website hosting

• SaaS and application hosting

• Media sharing (images/videos)

• Mobile and social apps

• Content delivery and media distribution

• Storage, backup, and disaster recovery

• Development and testing environments

• Academic computing

• Search engines

• Social networking