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Chapter 1. What is Amazon Web Services?

Figure 1.1. AWS data center locations

Figure 1.2. Running a web shop on-premises vs. on AWS

Figure 1.3. Running a web shop on AWS with CDN for better performance, a load balancer for high availability, and a managed database to decrease maintenance costs

Figure 1.4. Running a Java EE application with enterprise networking on AWS improves flexibility and lowers costs.

Figure 1.5. Building a highly available system on AWS by using a load balancer, multiple virtual machines, and a database with master-standby replication

Figure 1.6. Making use of the pay-per-use price model of virtual machines

Figure 1.7. Seasonal traffic patterns for a web shop

Figure 1.8. AWS bills services on minutes or hours of usage, by traffic, or by used storage.

Figure 1.9. The AWS cloud is composed of hardware and software services accessible via an API.

Figure 1.10. Managing a custom application running on a virtual machine and dependent services

Figure 1.11. Handling an HTTP request with a custom web application using additional AWS services

Figure 1.12. Different ways to access the AWS API, allowing you to manage and access AWS services

Figure 1.13. The AWS Management Console offers a GUI to manage and access AWS services.

Figure 1.14. The CLI allows you to manage and access AWS services from your terminal.

Figure 1.15. Infrastructure automation with blueprints

Figure 1.16. Creating an AWS account: sign-up page