AWS cloud computing concepts and tech analogies a guide to understand AWS services using easy-to-follow analogies from real life

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Otros Autores: Prajapati, Ashish, author (author), Ruiz, Juan Carlos, author, Tamassia, Marco, author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Birmingham, England : Packt Publishing [2023]
Edición:1st ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009742736206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contributors
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Part 1: Cloud Infrastructure and Core Services
  • Chapter 1: Understanding Cloud Computing - Demystifying the Cloud
  • What is cloud computing?
  • Providing IT as a utility service
  • Differentiating between private, public, and hybrid cloud
  • Understanding IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS
  • Distinguishing between managed and unmanaged services
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • Chapter 2: Global Infrastructure behind Cloud Platforms - What Is the Cloud Made of?
  • Availability Zones and Regions
  • Edge locations
  • A global network
  • Disaster recovery
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • Chapter 3: Computing - In Cloud We Trust, Everything Else We Compute
  • Understanding virtualization and hypervisors
  • Distinguishing between the available options
  • Getting the right configuration
  • Running the servers
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • Chapter 4: Storage - Where Should I Keep My Data and Maybe Publish It?
  • Enumerating the different types of storage
  • Object storage
  • Block storage
  • Shared storage
  • Starting the migration
  • Further reading
  • Chapter 5: Networking - So, How Do I Get Inside, Outside, and Across the Cloud?
  • Networking in the cloud - to isolate and protect
  • Allowing or disabling traffic by defining the right routes
  • Filtering traffic with security rules (stateful and stateless)
  • Connecting multiple networks in a safe way
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • Part 2: Platform Services
  • Chapter 6: Databases - To SQL or Not to SQL for So Many Records…
  • Purpose-built databases: using the right tool for the right job
  • Relational databases
  • Non-relational databases
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • Chapter 7: Identity and Access Management - Who Am I and What Can I Do?
  • Visiting the software team.
  • Methods for accessing cloud services
  • The shared responsibility model
  • Authentication and authorization in the cloud
  • Encryption and decryption
  • Summary
  • Chapter 8: Monitoring - Is Big Brother Watching?
  • The notification emails
  • Monitoring - metrics and tools
  • Reacting to events - alarms
  • Logging
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • Chapter 9: Scalability - I Scale to the Moon and Back
  • Scaling - several resources, several types
  • Rules to configure automatic scaling
  • Some considerations - how do users interact with a variable number of servers?
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • Part 3: Application Services
  • Chapter 10: Automation - Look, My Infrastructure Is in Code!
  • Automation - The need
  • Infrastructure as code
  • Automation using APIs
  • Automation via scripting
  • Automation using AWS services
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • Chapter 11: Decoupled Architectures - in Space and Time
  • Understanding decoupled architectures
  • Let's queue
  • Let's notify
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • Chapter 12: Containers - Contain Yourself and Ship Some Containers
  • From monoliths to microservices
  • What is a container?
  • Running containers on AWS
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • Chapter 13: Serverless - So, Where Are My Servers?
  • Going serverless
  • Splitting your code even further
  • AWS Lambda functions
  • Serverless architectures
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • Chapter 14: Caching - Microseconds Latency: Why Are We Always in a Rush?
  • Caching data using Amazon ElastiCache
  • Caching strategies
  • Using Amazon CloudFront to cache data on edge locations
  • Other services offering caching
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • Chapter 15: Blockchain - Who Watches the Watchmen?
  • Blockchain technologies
  • Quantum ledger databases
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • Chapter 16: What the Future Holds.
  • It's time for some company updates
  • One final word from our authors
  • Index
  • About Packt
  • Other Books You May Enjoy.