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pt. 1. Getting Started. What is Amazon Web Services? ; A simple example : WordPress in five minutes -- pt. 2. Building virtual infrastructure consisting of computers and networking. Using virtual machines : EC2 ; Programming your infrastructure: the command line, SDKs, and CloudFormation ; Automating deployment : CloudFormation, Elastic Beanstalk, and OpsWorks ; Securing your system : IAM, security groups, and VPC ; Automating operational tasks with Lambda -- pt. 3. Storing data in the cloud. Storing your objects : S3 and Glacier ; Storing data on hard drives: EBS and instance store ; Sharing data volumes between machines : EFS ; Using a relational database service : RDS ; Caching data in memory : Amazon ElastiCache ; Programming for the NoSQL database service : DynamoDB -- pt. 4. Architecting on AWS. Achieving high availability : availability zones, auto-scaling, and CloudWatch ; Decoupling your infrastructure : Elastic Load balancing and Simple Queue Service ; Designing for fault tolerance ; Scaling up and down : auto-scaling and CloudWatch

"The largest and most mature of the cloud platforms, AWS offers over 100 prebuilt services, practically limitless compute resources, bottomless secure storage, as well as top-notch automation capabilities. This book shows you how to develop, host, and manage applications on AWS. Amazon Web Services in Action, Second Edition is a comprehensive introduction to deploying web applications in the AWS cloud. You'll find clear, relevant coverage of all essential AWS services, with a focus on automation, security, high availability, and scalability. This thoroughly revised edition covers the latest additions to AWS, including serverless infrastructure with AWS Lambda, sharing data with EFS, and in-memory storage with ElastiCache."--Back cover