AWS: S3 and Lambda

Review, Research, and Discussion

Describe “The Cloud”

The cloud refers to servers accessed over the internet that store resources and software for computing and data storage.

What is a container (as it relates to computers and servers)?

A container is like a bundle containing an application and everything it needs to run.

What is auto-scaling?

A cloud computing feature that allows cloud services to automatically scale based on traffic and utilization.

What is bandwidth?

Bandwidth is how much data can be transferred by an entity such as a network or hardware.

How do cloud providers compute service costs?

They charge based on the amount of usage of their services.

Document the following Vocabulary Terms

Server Instances

A single instance of a server when it is run on a machine or virtual machine

Containers

A self contained environment that contains an application and all of its dependencies.

Cloud Services

Services provided by a cloud service provider such as computing resources and data storage.

Cloud Architecture

All of the cloud services used in a project such as databases and computing resources.

AWS

Amazon Web Services - a major cloud service provider

EC2/Beanstalk vs Heroku

EC2/Beanstalk is AWS’s infrastructure solution for deploying software. Heroku is built off of these services and is more user friendly in my opinion.

Preview

Which 3 things had you heard about previously and now have better clarity on?

Lamdas, S3 buckets, AWS

Which 3 things are you hoping to learn more about in the upcoming lecture/demo?

AWS Gateway API, Docker, Lamdas

What are you most excited about trying to implement or see how it works?

AWS Gateway API

Preparation Materials

AWS S3 :

“Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is an object storage service that offers industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance. This means customers of all sizes and industries can use it to store and protect any amount of data for a range of use cases, such as data lakes, websites, mobile applications, backup and restore, archive, enterprise applications, IoT devices, and big data analytics. Amazon S3 provides easy-to-use management features so you can organize your data and configure finely-tuned access controls to meet your specific business, organizational, and compliance requirements”.

AWS Lambda :

“serverless computing service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Users of AWS Lambda create functions, self-contained applications written in one of the supported languages and runtimes, and upload them to AWS Lambda, which executes those functions in an efficient and flexible manner”.

To complete a Serverless stack we need:

a computing service;
a database service; and
an HTTP gateway service.

AWS Lambda Functions :

No servers to manage :AWS Lambda automatically runs your code without requiring you to provision or manage infrastructure.

Continuous scaling :AWS Lambda automatically scales your application by running code in response to each event.

Cost optimized with millisecond metering :With AWS Lambda, you only pay for the compute time you consume, so you’re never paying for over-provisioned infrastructure.

Consistent performance at any scale :With AWS Lambda, you can optimize your code execution time by choosing the right memory size for your function.

CDN :

Content Delivery Network : “is a geographically distributed group of servers that work together to provide fast delivery of Internet content. A CDN allows for the fast transfer of data needed for loading Internet content including HTML pages, javascript files, stylesheets, images, and videos”.

Benifites:

Brings consistently great web and video experiences to users anywhere
Provides privacy and data security
Activates with a single click for Cloud Load Balancing users

Resources

AWS: S3 and Lambda

Review, Research, and Discussion

Describe “The Cloud”

The cloud refers to servers accessed over the internet that store resources and software for computing and data storage.

What is a container (as it relates to computers and servers)?

A container is like a bundle containing an application and everything it needs to run.

What is auto-scaling?

A cloud computing feature that allows cloud services to automatically scale based on traffic and utilization.

What is bandwidth?

Bandwidth is how much data can be transferred by an entity such as a network or hardware.

How do cloud providers compute service costs?

They charge based on the amount of usage of their services.

Document the following Vocabulary Terms

Server Instances

A single instance of a server when it is run on a machine or virtual machine

Containers

A self contained environment that contains an application and all of its dependencies.

Cloud Services

Services provided by a cloud service provider such as computing resources and data storage.

Cloud Architecture

All of the cloud services used in a project such as databases and computing resources.

AWS

Amazon Web Services - a major cloud service provider

EC2/Beanstalk vs Heroku

EC2/Beanstalk is AWS’s infrastructure solution for deploying software. Heroku is built off of these services and is more user friendly in my opinion.

Preview

Which 3 things had you heard about previously and now have better clarity on?

Lamdas, S3 buckets, AWS

Which 3 things are you hoping to learn more about in the upcoming lecture/demo?

AWS Gateway API, Docker, Lamdas

What are you most excited about trying to implement or see how it works?

AWS Gateway API

Preparation Materials

AWS S3 :

AWS Lambda :

“serverless computing service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Users of AWS Lambda create functions, self-contained applications written in one of the supported languages and runtimes, and upload them to AWS Lambda, which executes those functions in an efficient and flexible manner”.

To complete a Serverless stack we need:

a computing service;

a database service; and

an HTTP gateway service.

AWS Lambda Functions :

No servers to manage :AWS Lambda automatically runs your code without requiring you to provision or manage infrastructure.

Continuous scaling :AWS Lambda automatically scales your application by running code in response to each event.

Cost optimized with millisecond metering :With AWS Lambda, you only pay for the compute time you consume, so you’re never paying for over-provisioned infrastructure.

Consistent performance at any scale :With AWS Lambda, you can optimize your code execution time by choosing the right memory size for your function.

CDN :

Content Delivery Network : “is a geographically distributed group of servers that work together to provide fast delivery of Internet content. A CDN allows for the fast transfer of data needed for loading Internet content including HTML pages, javascript files, stylesheets, images, and videos”.

Benifites:

Brings consistently great web and video experiences to users anywhere

Provides privacy and data security

Activates with a single click for Cloud Load Balancing users

Resources