Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) is a scalable, elastic, cloud-native file system for Linux OS. It's managed file storage for Amazon EC2. https://youtu.be/AvgAozsfCrY Features Amazon EFS is elastic, so it automatically grows and shrinks as storage demands go up and down. It's a fully managed service, which means you can create or configure Amazon EFS … Continue reading Amazon EFS: Elastic File System
AWS Billing and Pricing 101 for Cloud Practitioner Exam
For AWS usage, you are billed for the support plans, and the resources you utilize. Billing and Pricing is 16% of the Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam, so it's imperative that you get a good grasp on the different support plans and the resource billings, as well as ways you can monitor consumption. Support Plans There are … Continue reading AWS Billing and Pricing 101 for Cloud Practitioner Exam
Amazon EC2: Elastic Compute Cloud
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) provides secure, elastic compute capacity (virtual servers) in the cloud. You can think of it like you are renting a piece of a huge server where you can spin up your own independent instances catered to your specific needs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsRBftzZsQo Features With Amazon EC2, you don't have to spend time … Continue reading Amazon EC2: Elastic Compute Cloud
AWS Mnemonics: Flash Cards
It's important to know the details of what each service is. But at the same time, it helps to know a simple phrase to trigger your memory as a complete newbie. So I've created this AWS Mnemonics page to help you remember key Amazon Web Services features and facts. Especially when there are half a … Continue reading AWS Mnemonics: Flash Cards
How to set up a WordPress site on EC2
Best way to learn a system is to use it! To help me study for my Certified Cloud Practitioner exam, I decided to set up a blog to chronicle my study journey using WordPress. To do this, I set up a WordPress website on EC2. Follow along to get your own WordPress site running on … Continue reading How to set up a WordPress site on EC2