AWS Services Knowledge Base
Explore study content for 87 AWS services (84 with detailed sections)
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Auto Scaling
High
EC2 Auto Scaling automatically adjusts the number of EC2 instances in a group based on demand, ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and cost efficiency by dynamically launching or terminating ...
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Backup
High
AWS Backup is a centralized, managed service designed to simplify and automate backup and recovery across various AWS services. It provides a unified solution with a single dashboard for defining, app...
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Client VPN
High
AWS Client VPN is a managed VPN service designed to enable individual clients to securely connect to AWS Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs). It is categorized under advanced VPC networking options, distinc...
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Direct Connect
High
AWS Direct Connect establishes a dedicated, reliable, high-bandwidth network connection from your on-premises environment to AWS VPC using private IP addresses, offering consistent throughput and low ...
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EBS
High
Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) provides persistent, block-level storage volumes for EC2 instances, functioning like virtual hard drives connected over the network. Root volumes for EC2 instances are...
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EC2 Auto Scaling
High
EC2 Auto Scaling is an AWS service that automatically adjusts the number of EC2 instances in a logical grouping (Auto Scaling group) based on application demand, traffic, or performance metrics. It dy...
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ElastiCache
High
Amazon ElastiCache is a fully managed, in-memory caching service designed for ultra-fast data access with sub-millisecond latency. Its purpose is to offload primary databases, reduce latency, improve ...
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Fargate
High
AWS Fargate is described as a service designed for containers, but it is noted to add unnecessary cost and complexity when considered for static content hosting. (source_page: 4)
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Lambda
High
AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service used to run code without provisioning or managing servers. It integrates with services like API Gateway for backend RESTful APIs and supports versioning and ...
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PrivateLink
High
AWS PrivateLink enables secure, private connectivity between virtual private clouds (VPCs) and AWS services, services hosted by other AWS accounts, or on-premises networks, without exposing traffic to...
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RDS
High
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) is a fully managed database service that makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud (source_page 1, 3). AWS handles adminis...
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S3
High
Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) is an object-based cloud storage service designed for secure, durable, and highly scalable data storage, allowing users to store and retrieve any amount of data from...
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S3 Glacier
High
Amazon S3 Glacier is a family of low-cost archival storage classes designed for long-term data retention, offering varying retrieval times and costs, with features like Vault Lock for WORM compliance ...
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Site-to-Site VPN
High
AWS Site-to-Site VPN establishes a secure connection between your on-premises equipment and your AWS Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs). It consists of a Virtual Private Gateway on the AWS side and a Custo...
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Storage Gateway
High
AWS Storage Gateway is a hybrid storage service that acts as a bridge and translator, seamlessly integrating existing on-premises infrastructure with AWS cloud storage services like Amazon S3, without...
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VPC
High
AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is a logically isolated section of the AWS Cloud that allows you to launch AWS resources into a virtual network you define, giving you complete control over your networ...
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Aurora
Medium
Amazon Aurora is a proprietary, fully managed relational database service from AWS, designed for high performance and availability, compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL. It is built specifically for t...
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Aurora Serverless
Medium
Amazon Aurora Serverless is an on-demand, autoscaling configuration of Amazon Aurora that automatically starts, scales, and shuts down database capacity based on application needs. It is a fully manag...
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Batch
Medium
This section covers considerations for designing scalable and cost-effective solutions for dynamic, stateless batch processing jobs that can tolerate interruptions, recommending EC2 Spot Instances as ...
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CloudFront
Medium
Amazon CloudFront is a global Content Delivery Network (CDN) service that securely delivers content (cached or dynamic) to end-users with low latency and high data transfer speeds. It automatically ma...
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Cognito
Medium
Amazon Cognito is an AWS service designed to secure application user access, facilitating user authentication and identity federation for web and mobile applications. It enables users to interact with...
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DynamoDB
Medium
Amazon DynamoDB is a serverless, fully scalable, NoSQL database service offered by AWS, designed for high-performance applications with single-digit millisecond latency at any scale. It supports Key-V...
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EC2
Medium
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is AWS's foundational Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering, providing resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It offers virtual machines (instances) on which...
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ECS
Medium
Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) is a highly scalable, high-performance container orchestration service that allows running containers on Amazon EC2 instances or using AWS Fargate (serverless co...
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ECS Anywhere
Medium
ECS Anywhere is an AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS) launch type that enables the connection and management of on-premises ECS-managed containers. It is designed to standardize the management of con...
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EFS
Medium
Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is a fully managed, scalable file storage service designed for Linux-based workloads, offering automatic scaling, concurrent access by multiple EC2 instances, and file...
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EKS
Medium
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) is a managed Kubernetes service that simplifies running Kubernetes on AWS, providing options for compute capacity including managed nodes, self-managed nodes, a...
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EKS Anywhere
Medium
EKS Anywhere is an AWS offering that extends Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) to manage Kubernetes clusters on-premises, utilizing the same operational methods as EKS in the cloud. It helps sta...
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EKS Distro
Medium
The provided source material does not explicitly mention 'EKS Distro'. However, it contains information about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), including its core functionality as a managed Kub...
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EMR
Medium
Amazon EMR (Elastic MapReduce) is an AWS web service designed to efficiently process vast amounts of data using Apache Hadoop and other AWS services. It is categorized under Analytics Services and is ...
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Elastic Beanstalk
Medium
Elastic Beanstalk (EB) is an orchestration service that enables you to deploy and manage web applications and services to AWS without worrying about the underlying infrastructure. It automatically han...
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FSx
Medium
AWS FSx addresses the gap between generic cloud storage (S3, EFS) and specific commercial application requirements needing specialized file system types like Windows SMB shares or high-performance Lus...
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IAM Identity Center
Medium
AWS IAM Identity Center (formerly AWS Single Sign-On) is a cloud-native service for centralized access management across multiple AWS accounts and applications. It simplifies managing user access, esp...
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Macie
Medium
Amazon Macie is a fully managed data security service designed to discover and protect sensitive data within Amazon S3. It uses machine learning and pattern matching to identify and classify sensitive...
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Network Firewall
Medium
AWS Network Firewall is a stateful managed network firewall service for Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs), providing network threat protection with Intrusion Detection System (IDS) and Intrusion Pr...
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Redshift
Medium
Amazon Redshift is a fully managed, petabyte-scale data warehouse service in the cloud, optimized for analytical workloads and efficient execution of complex analytical queries on structured data. (so...
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Route 53
Medium
Amazon Route 53 is an AWS service primarily focused on DNS-based routing, essential for directing internet traffic to resources. It enables the configuration of custom domains by managing DNS records ...
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Secrets Manager
Medium
AWS Secrets Manager is a service for securely storing and managing application secrets, such as API keys, database credentials, and SSH keys. A key feature is its ability to automatically rotate these...
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Transit Gateway
Medium
AWS Transit Gateway is a networking service designed to connect multiple Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) and on-premises networks. It serves to simplify network management by acting as a central hub for...
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ACM
Low
AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) is a managed service that provisions, manages, and renews public and private TLS certificates. It is designed to secure AWS services by enabling HTTPS at no extra cost, i...
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API Gateway
Low
Amazon API Gateway is a serverless, fully managed service that acts as a secure front door for applications to access data, business logic, or functionality from backend services like AWS Lambda funct...
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AppSync
Low
No information regarding AWS AppSync was found within the provided source pages. [source_page: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
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Artifact
Low
AWS Artifact is a self-service portal for accessing AWS security and compliance reports and certifications. It provides documentation necessary for external audits, such as HIPAA, GDPR, PCI DSS, and S...
Athena
Low
Amazon Athena is a serverless query service that allows you to analyze data, particularly JSON logs, stored directly in Amazon S3 using standard SQL. It requires no infrastructure setup or data moveme...
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CloudFormation
Low
AWS CloudFormation is a service that enables you to provision and manage AWS resources using Infrastructure as Code (IaC). It acts as a blueprint for building your AWS infrastructure, orchestrating th...
CloudHSM
Low
AWS CloudHSM is a dedicated hardware security module for strict compliance requirements, providing FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validated hardware for key storage. It is utilized in scenarios mandating customer...
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CloudTrail
Low
AWS CloudTrail is a global web service that provides a record of actions taken by users, roles, or AWS services in an AWS account. It serves as a "black box recorder" for an AWS account, capturing API...
CloudWatch
Low
Amazon CloudWatch is a monitoring and observability platform designed to give insight into AWS architecture, identify potential issues, and collect system-level and application-level metrics. It exten...
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Compute Optimizer
Low
No specific content about AWS Compute Optimizer was found in the provided source pages. However, general principles of cost optimization and capacity management are discussed.
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Config
Low
AWS Config is a service that assesses, audits, and evaluates the configurations of your AWS resources, tracks changes, and assesses compliance against desired configurations. It is crucial for enforci...
Control Tower
Low
No content specifically detailing AWS Control Tower was found in the provided source pages. Therefore, this extraction is incomplete as per the critical rule to only extract from provided sources.
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Cost Explorer
Low
AWS Cost Explorer is a service that allows users to visualize, understand, and forecast their AWS costs and usage over time. It is a key tool in AWS Cost Management, enabling users to analyze spending...
Data Pipeline
Low
The provided source material describes how AWS Step Functions can be utilized to create and orchestrate data and machine learning (ML) pipelines by defining workflows as state machines. Information re...
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DataSync
Low
AWS DataSync is a managed data transfer service designed to automate and accelerate online data transfer of large datasets (terabytes/petabytes) between on-premises storage, other cloud storage, and A...
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Directory Service
Low
AWS Directory Services are critical for managing secure, scalable identity in the cloud, essential for integrating on-premises Active Directory, enabling single sign-on (SSO), and supporting Windows-b...
DocumentDB
Low
The provided source pages do not contain specific information about Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) as a distinct AWS service. Information regarding 'Document' data models is primarily ...
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Elastic Transcoder
Low
Amazon Elastic Transcoder is a service that allows businesses and developers to convert media files into optimized versions for various devices. It is elastically scalable and easy to use, supporting ...
EventBridge
Low
Amazon EventBridge is a serverless service that uses events to connect application components, building scalable, event-driven applications. It routes events from various sources to consumer applicati...
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Firewall Manager
Low
The provided source pages do not explicitly mention 'AWS Firewall Manager'. This study guide extracts content related to general firewall concepts and AWS services that perform firewall-like functions...
Global Accelerator
Low
Information about AWS Global Accelerator extracted from the provided source pages. The content is sparse and primarily defines its core functionality and what it does not do, as found in explanations ...
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Glue
Low
AWS Glue is a scalable, serverless data integration service designed to discover, prepare, and combine data for various purposes. It specifically leverages ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) for backend p...
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GuardDuty
Low
Amazon GuardDuty is an intelligent threat detection service that continuously monitors for malicious activity and unauthorized behavior in your AWS accounts and workloads, using AI/ML to identify abno...
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IAM
Low
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a foundational, free web service that securely controls access to AWS services and resources. It acts as the first layer of security for your AWS environmen...
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Inspector
Low
Amazon Inspector is a fully managed, serverless automated vulnerability management service that scans EC2 instances, container images in Amazon ECR, AWS Lambda functions, code repositories, and non-AW...
KMS
Low
AWS Key Management Service (KMS) is a fully managed service that provides a scalable and secure way to create and manage cryptographic keys, allowing for encryption and decryption of data. (Source: 3,...
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License Manager
Low
AWS License Manager is a service designed to manage software licenses for various vendors across on-premises and AWS environments.
Migration Hub
Low
AWS Migration Hub serves as a single monitoring dashboard, offering a centralized view of the entire migration journey by tracking the status of discovered, running, migrating, and cutover application...
Neptune
Low
Amazon Neptune is identified as a supported target database for AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) and is among the supported AWS services for backup by AWS Backup. These integrations allow for data...
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Organizations
Low
AWS Organizations is mentioned in the provided sources primarily as a mechanism for centralized management, security, and identity across multiple AWS accounts, enabling services like Macie, Inspector...
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Outposts
Low
AWS Outposts is an AWS-promoted alternative for edge computing. It is presented in the context of replacing services like AWS Snowball Edge and AWS Snow Cone, which are being phased out. (source_page:...
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Proton
Low
AWS Proton is a fully managed application deployment service that automates infrastructure provisioning and code deployments for serverless and container-based applications. It empowers platform teams...
QuickSight
Low
Amazon QuickSight is an AWS business intelligence service used for visualizing data from various sources, aiding in analysis and reporting for informed decision-making.
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RAM
Low
RAM (Random Access Memory) is a fundamental component for holding programs and data actively in use, crucial for both local hardware and cloud services. AWS provides configurable RAM for virtual machi...
SNS
Low
Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) is a fully managed messaging service that enables both application-to-application (A2A) and application-to-person (A2P) communication, primarily through a push...
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SQS
Low
Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) is a fully managed message queuing service that enables decoupling and scaling of microservices, distributed systems, and serverless applications. It facilitates asyn...
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Savings Plans
Low
AWS Savings Plans are a flexible pricing model designed to offer significant discounts on AWS compute usage in exchange for a 1 or 3-year commitment to a consistent amount of usage (e.g., dollar amoun...
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Security Hub
Low
AWS Security Hub is a centralized management dashboard for your security state, providing a comprehensive view of your security posture within AWS and helping to check your environment against securit...
Service Catalog
Low
AWS Service Catalog is an AWS management and governance service designed to empower IT administrators. It enables them to create, manage, and distribute portfolios of approved cloud products to end us...
Shield
Low
AWS Shield is a managed Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection service that offers always-on detection and protection against various types of DDoS attacks, with both a free standard tier and...
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Step Functions
Low
AWS Step Functions workflows are a supported task type that can be utilized within AWS Systems Manager Maintenance Windows for scheduling administrative and maintenance tasks on instances. This allows...
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Systems Manager
Low
AWS Systems Manager (SSM) is a secure, end-to-end management solution for AWS Cloud and hybrid cloud environments. It provides a centralized and consistent way to gather operational insights and perfo...
Textract
Low
AWS Textract is an Amazon Machine Learning service designed to automate the extraction of text, handwriting, and data from scanned documents. It processes various document types including forms and ta...
Transfer Family
Low
AWS Transfer Family is a fully managed, highly available, serverless service for business-to-business (B2B) file transfer. It eliminates the pain of managing traditional file transfer infrastructure, ...
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Trusted Advisor
Low
AWS Trusted Advisor scans your AWS infrastructure and compares it to AWS best practices. It serves as a resource to help reduce cost, increase performance, and improve security by advising on various ...
WAF
Low
AWS WAF (Web Application Firewall) is a Layer 7 security service designed to protect web applications and APIs from common web exploits such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting. It can be deploy...
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Well-Architected Tool
Low
The AWS Well-Architected Tool is a free service available in the AWS Management Console. It is designed for workload evaluation, risk identification, and improvement tracking, assisting in the continu...
X-Ray
Low
This study material contains extracted information about AWS X-Ray from the provided source pages. The information found is minimal and specifically details a configuration option within the Amazon Cl...
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