Copyright
Brief Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
About this Book
About the Authors
About the Cover Illustration
1. Getting started
Chapter 1. What is Amazon Web Services?
1.1. What is cloud computing?
1.2. What can you do with AWS?
1.2.1. Hosting a web shop
1.2.2. Running a Java EE application in your private network
1.2.3. Meeting legal and business data archival requirements
1.2.4. Implementing a fault-tolerant system architecture
1.3. How you can benefit from using AWS
1.3.1. Innovative and fast-growing platform
1.3.2. Services solve common problems
1.3.3. Enabling automation
1.3.4. Flexible capacity (scalability)
1.3.5. Built for failure (reliability)
1.3.6. Reducing time to market
1.3.7. Benefiting from economies of scale
1.3.8. Worldwide
1.3.9. Professional partner
1.4. How much does it cost?
1.4.1. Free Tier
1.4.2. Billing example
1.4.3. Pay-per-use opportunities
1.5. Comparing alternatives
1.6. Exploring AWS services
1.7. Interacting with AWS
1.7.1. Management Console
1.7.2. Command-line interface
1.7.3. SDKs
1.7.4. Blueprints
1.8. Creating an AWS account
1.8.1. Signing up
1.8.2. Signing In
1.8.3. Creating a key pair
1.8.4. Creating a billing alarm