Implementing AWS: Design, Build, and Manage your Infrastructure

Book excerpt: Work through exciting recipes to administer your AWS cloud Key FeaturesBuild secure environments using AWS components and servicesExplore core AWS features with real-world applications and best practicesDesign and build Lambda functions using real-world examplesBook Description With this Learning Path, you’ll explore techniques to easily manage applications on the AWS cloud. You’ll begin with an introduction to serverless computing, its advantages, and the fundamentals of AWS. The following chapters will guide you on how to manage multiple accounts by setting up consolidated billing, enhancing your application delivery skills, with the latest AWS services such as CodeCommit, CodeDeploy, and CodePipeline to provide continuous delivery and deployment, while also securing and monitoring your environment's workflow. It’ll also add to your understanding of the services AWS Lambda provides to developers. To refine your skills further, it demonstrates how to design, write, test, monitor, and troubleshoot Lambda functions. By the end of this Learning Path, you’ll be able to create a highly secure, fault-tolerant, and scalable environment for your applications. This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products: AWS Administration: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition by Yohan WadiaAWS Administration Cookbook by Rowan Udell, Lucas ChanMastering AWS Lambda by Yohan Wadia, Udita GuptaWhat you will learnExplore the benefits of serverless computing and applicationsDeploy apps with AWS Elastic Beanstalk and Amazon Elastic File SystemSecure environments with AWS CloudTrail, AWSConfig, and AWS ShieldRun big data analytics with Amazon EMR and Amazon RedshiftBack up and safeguard data using AWS Data PipelineCreate monitoring and alerting dashboards using CloudWatchEffectively monitor and troubleshoot serverless applications with AWSDesign serverless apps via AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, and API GatewayWho this book is for This Learning Path is specifically designed for IT system and network administrators, AWS architects, and DevOps engineers who want to effectively implement AWS in their organization and easily manage daily activities. Familiarity with Linux, web services, cloud computing platforms, virtualization, networking, and other administration-related tasks will assist in understanding the concepts in the book. Prior hands-on experience with AWS core services such as EC2, IAM, S3, and programming languages, such as Node.Js, Java, and C#, will also prove beneficial.