Set up a static website on AWS using S3, Route 53, CloudFront, and Certificate Manager Here, we'll set up a static website (think HTML and CSS and no moving parts) hosted on S3, which can be accessed by your own domain, domain.com, protected with SSL (think https:// instead of http://). Anyone who types in domain.com … Continue reading Setting Up a Static Website on S3 with Route 53 and CloudFront
AWS Snow Family: Data Storage, Migration, and Computation
AWS Snow Family is a "family" of AWS services that provide data storage, migration, and compute resources. It is made up of AWS Snowcone, AWS Snowball, and AWS Snowmobile. Ever imagined yourself hiking up Mount Everest or trekking deep deep into the Amazon rainforest and doing some data crunching? No? Well, with the AWS Snow … Continue reading AWS Snow Family: Data Storage, Migration, and Computation
AWS Storage Gateway: Connect On-Prem with Cloud
In the most basic sense, Amazon Storage Gateway connects your On-Premises storage with AWS Cloud storage. It is a cost-effective way to securely store data in the AWS cloud. It will seamlessly back up your On-Premises data to Amazon S3. You pay as you go, paying only for the storage you utilize. https://youtu.be/XXQNXwx8nfE Storage Gateway: a Virtual … Continue reading AWS Storage Gateway: Connect On-Prem with Cloud
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
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 host a Static Website with S3
If you have a static website with a few images, a CSS file, and a few HTML pages, you can host the whole thing using Amazon S3, and share out a URL to show your friends. If you aren't familiar with Amazon S3, refer to the article below: AWS S3: Simple Storage Service Step 1: Create … Continue reading How to host a Static Website with S3
Amazon S3: Simple Storage Service
Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) provides safe, secure, highly-scalable object-based storage on the cloud. You only pay for what you use, have unlimited storage, and the sizes of individual files can be anywhere between 0 bytes and 5 terabytes. Amazon S3 is one of the basic and important core systems in AWS. When an object … Continue reading Amazon S3: Simple Storage Service