AWS for Admins for Dummies

  • 5h 14m
  • John Paul Mueller
  • John Wiley & Sons (US)
  • 2017

Easily get your head in the Cloud with Amazon Web Services

With Amazon Web Services (AWS), you can do everything from backing up your personal hard drive to creating a full-fledged IT department in the Cloud. And while major corporations like Adobe and Netflix have turned to AWS for their Cloud computing needs, it isn't just for private companies. Amazon Web Services For Dummies is the singular resource that shows real people with real businesses how to use on-demand IT resources to help their companies grow.

If you're like most people just getting their feet wet with this service, your first question is likely to be, "How do I get started with AWS?" This book answers that question—and a multitude more—in language you can understand and shows you how to put this Cloud computing service to work for you right away. AWS is immense and, naturally, intimidating, but with the help of this book, you'll peel back its many layers in no time!

  • Provides overviews that explain what tasks the services perform and how they relate to each other
  • Offers specific paths to follow in order to obtain a particular installation result
  • Gets you started without making a huge investment
  • Reduces the risk of failure by ensuring you understand available options as part of the configuration and usage process

Stop wasting time and resources on hardware and software that's quickly outdated. Get started with AWS today!

About the Author

John Paul Mueller is a prolific technical writer and editor with 101 books and 600 articles to his credit. His topics range from networking and home security to database management and heads-down programming, and his editing skills have helped more than 63 authors refine their manuscripts.

In this Book

  • Introduction
  • Starting Your AWS Adventure
  • Obtaining Free Amazon Services
  • Determining Which Services to Use
  • Creating a Virtual Server Using EC2
  • Managing Web Apps Using Elastic Beanstalk
  • Responding to Events with Lambda
  • Working with Cloud Storage Using S3
  • Managing Files Using the Elastic File System
  • Archiving Data Using Glacier
  • Getting Basic DBMS Using RDS
  • Moving Data Using Database Migration Service
  • Gaining NoSQL Access Using DynamoDB
  • Isolating Cloud Resources Using Virtual Private Cloud
  • Using the Infrastructure Software
  • Supporting Users with Business Software
  • Ten Ways to Deploy AWS Quickly
  • Ten Must-Have AWS Software Packages
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