COMPUTE AND DATABASES

SYSTEM OPERATIONS IN AWS - MODULE 3

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
EC2 Features:
 Virtual computing environment (Instances)
 Preconfigured templates (AMIs)
 Instance Types
 Instance store volumes
 EBS volumes
 Security Groups
 Elastic IP Address
 VPCs
Amazon EC2 Instance Types

 General Purpose (T2, M4)

 Compute-Optimized (C3, C4)
 Memory-Optimized (X1, R3, R4)
 Storage-Optimized (I3, D2)
 Accelerated Computing (P2, G2, F1)
Amazon EC2 Virtualization Type

 Virtualization type is determined by the AMI used to launch it:

 Paravirtual
 Hardware Virtual Machine (HVM)
 Hardware-assisted technology
 Enhanced networking
Amazon EC2 Configuration Options
 Number of instances
 Purchasing options
 Amazon VPC to be used
 Subnet to be located in
 Public IP (IPv4 and/or IPv6)
 IAM role
 Shutdown behavior
 Monitoring
 Tenancy
 User data
 Storage Type and volumen
 Security groups
 Public/private key
Amazon EC2 Management
Amazon EC2 Instance Metadata

 Data about your instance

 Can be used to configure or manage the running instance
 Can be accessed via http://169.254.169.254
 Can also include Dynamic data (http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-
identity/document.)
Creating Your Own AMI

Instance store-backed AMI Amazon EBS-backed AMI

 Launch an instance from a similar AMI  Launch an instance from a similar AMI
 Customize the instance  Customize the instance
 Bundle the Instance  Stop the instance
 Upload the bundle to your Amazon S3  Create the image
bucket
 AWS automatically register the AMI
 Register the AMI
Amazon EC2 Purchasing Options
 On-Demand
 Pay as you go
 Reserved
 Significant discount compared to On-demand
 Commitment for a period of time
 Monthly payments or prepay full or partial amounts
 Spot
 Bid on unused EC2 instances
 Instance runs whenever your bids excedes the current market Price (set by Amazon)
 Cost-effective choice for flexible workloads
Amazon EC2 Security
 Controlling Network Access
 VPC
 Security Groups
 NACLs
 Controlling Administrative Access
 IAM
 AWS Trusted Advisor
 AWS Service Catalog
 Amazon Inspector
DATABASE SERVICES IN AWS
Data Source Types

The type of data being stored is important factor in deciding what database is required:
There are three types of data sources:
 Structured
 Semistructured
 Unstructured
Structured Data

 Support transactional and analytical

applications
 Commonly stored in relational
databases
 Support powerful data queries and
analysis
Semistructured Data

 Can be just as predictable and

organized as structured data
 Is flexible and can be updated without
changing the schema
 Allow a user to capture data in any
structure as data evolves and change
over time
 Often stored in non-relational stores
Unstructured data

 Data is not organized in any

distinguishable or predifined manner.
 Usually stored in non-relational key-
value databases
 Full of irrelevant information
 Data needs to first be processed to
perform any kind of meaningful
análisis.
Data source and database types

St U Se-U

St-Se St-Se-U
AWS Databases

 Amazon RDS
 Amazon DynamoDB
 Amazon ElastiCache
 Amazon Redshift
Relational vs Non-relational Databases
Amazon RDS Features and Benefits

 CPU, memory, storage and IOPS can be scaled independently

 AWS manages backups, patching, failure detection and recovery
 Automated backups
 High Availability
 Elasticity and scalability
 Supports several database engines
 IAM For Access Control
Amazon RDS Overview

Amazon RDS Database Engines are:

 Amazon Aurora
 PostgreSQL
 MySQL
 MariaDB
 Oracle
 Microsoft SQL Server
Amazon RDS DB Instances

 A DB Instance is a logically-isolated database environment running in the cloud

 Can contain multiple user-created databases
 DB Instances are created and odified using the AWS CLI, APIs or Console
 There are three DB instance types used by RDS:
 M – Multipurpose
 R – RAM
 T – Tiny/Burstable
Non-Relational Databases

 Use a variety of data models:

 Document
 Graph
 Key/value
 Columnar
 Are recognized for ease of developtment, scalable performance, HA, resilience
Amazon DynamoDB

 Fast and flexible NoSQL database service

 Fully managed
 Support both document and key/value store models
 Ideal for mobile, web, gaming, ad tech, IoT
Amazon DynamoDB Core Components

Tables – Collection of data

Items – Group of atributes, similar in may ways to rows, records, or tuples

Attributes – Fundamental data element, similar to fields or columns

Resources to Review - Compute

 Amazon EC2 page: http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/

 Amazon EC2 FAQs: http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/faqs/
 Amazon EC2 documentation: http://aws.amazon.com/documentation/ec2/
 Amazon EC2 User Guide for
Linux: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/concepts.html
 Amazon EC2 User Guide for Windows: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/
latest/WindowsGuide/concepts.html
 AWS Service Health Dashboard: https://status.aws.amazon.com
Resources to Review - Databases
 AWS Database Blog https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/
 Amazon RDS User Guide http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Welcome.html
 Monitoring Amazon RDS http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/CHAP_Monitoring.html
 Best Practices for Amazon RDS http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/CHAP_BestPractices.html
 Security in Amazon RDS http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/UsingWithRDS.html
 Getting Started with Amazon DynamoDB http://docs.aws.amazon.com/
amazondynamodb/latest/gettingstartedguide/Welcome.html
 Authentication and Access Control for Amazon
DynamoDB http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/authentication-and-access-
control.html
 Best Practices for Amazon
DynamoDB http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/BestPractices.html
 Amazon ElastiCache User Guide http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonElastiCache/latest/UserGuide/WhatIs.html
 AWS Database Blog: Scaling Your Amazon RDS Instance Vertically and
Horizontally https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/scaling-your-amazon-rds-instance- vertically-and-horizontally/