Module 6: Compute

AWS Academy Cloud Foundations

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Module overview
Topics Activities
• Compute services overview • Amazon EC2 versus Managed Service

• Amazon EC2 • Hands-on with AWS Lambda

• Hands-on with AWS Elastic Beanstalk
• Amazon EC2 cost optimization
• Container services
Demo
• Introduction to AWS Lambda
• Recorded demonstration of Amazon EC2
• Introduction to AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Lab
• Introduction to Amazon EC2

Knowledge
check
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Module objectives
After completing this module, you should be able to:
• Provide an overview of different AWS compute services in the cloud
• Demonstrate why to use Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
• Identify the functionality in the EC2 console
• Perform basic functions in Amazon EC2 to build a virtual computing environment
• Identify Amazon EC2 cost optimization elements
• Demonstrate when to use AWS Elastic Beanstalk
• Demonstrate when to use AWS Lambda
• Identify how to run containerized applications in a cluster of managed servers

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Section 1: Compute services
overview
Module 6: Compute

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AWS compute services

Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers many compute services. This module will discuss the
highlighted services.

Amazon EC2 Amazon EC2 Amazon Elastic Amazon Elastic VMware Cloud
Auto Scaling Container Registry Container Service on AWS
(Amazon ECR) (Amazon ECS)

AWS Elastic AWS Lambda Amazon Elastic Amazon Lightsail AWS Batch
Beanstalk Kubernetes Service
(Amazon EKS)

AWS Fargate AWS Outposts AWS Serverless

Application Repository

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Categorizing compute services
Services Key Concepts Characteristics Ease of Use
• Amazon EC2 • Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) • Provision virtual machines that you A familiar concept to many IT
• Instance-based can manage as you choose professionals.
• Virtual machines
• AWS Lambda • Serverless computing • Write and deploy code that runs on a A relatively new concept for
• Function-based schedule or that can be triggered by many IT staff members, but easy
• Low-cost events to use after you learn how.
• Use when possible (architect for the
cloud)
• Amazon ECS • Container-based computing • Spin up and run jobs more quickly AWS Fargate reduces
• Amazon EKS • Instance-based administrative overhead, but you
• AWS Fargate can use options that give you
• Amazon ECR more control.
• AWS Elastic • Platform as a service (PaaS) • Focus on your code (building your Fast and easy to get started.
Beanstalk • For web applications application)
• Can easily tie into other
services—databases, Domain Name
System (DNS), etc.

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Choosing the optimal compute service
• The optimal compute service or services that you use will depend on
your use case
• Some aspects to consider –
• What is your application design?
• What are your usage patterns?
• Which configuration settings will you want to manage?
• Selecting the wrong compute solution for an architecture can lead to
lower performance efficiency
• A good starting place—Understand the available compute options

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Section 2: Amazon EC2
Module 6: Compute

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Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
Example uses of
Amazon EC2
instances
✔ Application server
✔ Web server
✔ Database server
✔ Game server
✔ Mail server
✔ Media server
✔ Catalog server
Amazon EC2
instances
✔
Photo by Taylor
Vick on Unsplash File server

On-premises ✔ Computing server

servers ✔ Proxy server

Photo by panumas nikhomkhai from Pexels

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Amazon EC2 overview
• Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
• Provides virtual machines—referred to as EC2
instances—in the cloud.
• Gives you full control over the guest operating system
(Windows or Linux) on each instance.
• You can launch instances of any size into an
Availability Zone anywhere in the world.
Amazon • Launch instances from Amazon Machine Images
(AMIs).
EC2
• Launch instances with a few clicks or a line of code, and
they are ready in minutes.
• You can control traffic to and from instances.
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Launching an Amazon EC2 instance

This section of the module

walks through nine key
decisions to make when you
create an EC2 instance by
using the AWS Management
Console Launch Instance
Wizard.

Along the way, essential

Amazon EC2 concepts will
be explored.

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1. Select an AMI

Choices made using the Launch

instance
Launch Instance Wizard:
AMI Instance

1. AMI
2. Instance Type
• Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
3. Network settings • Is a template that is used to create an EC2 instance (which is a virtual
4. IAM role machine, or VM, that runs in the AWS Cloud)
5. User data • Contains a Windows or Linux operating system
6. Storage options
• Often also has some software pre-installed
7. Tags
8. Security group • AMI choices:
9. Key pair
• Quick Start – Linux and Windows AMIs that are provided by AWS
• My AMIs – Any AMIs that you created
• AWS Marketplace – Pre-configured templates from third parties
• Community AMIs – AMIs shared by others; use at your own risk

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Creating a new AMI: Example
AWS Cloud
AMI details
Region A
Connect to the instance
and manually modify it
or run a script that
Quick
modifies the instance
Start or
Launch (for example, upgrade Capture as
other
Starter an installed software) a new AMI
existing
AMI instance
AMI 1 2 3
Unmodified Modified New
Instance Instance AMI

(Optional) Import MyAMI

a virtual machine
Region B Copy the AMI to any other Regions
where you want to use it
New 4
AMI

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2. Select an instance type
• Consider your use case
Choices made using the • How will the EC2 instance you create be used?
Launch Instance Wizard: • The instance type that you choose determines –
1. AMI • Memory (RAM)
2. Instance Type • Processing power (CPU)
3. Network settings • Disk space and disk type (Storage)
4. IAM role
• Network performance
5. User data
6. Storage options • Instance type categories –
7. Tags • General purpose
8. Security group • Compute optimized
9. Key pair
• Memory optimized
• Storage optimized
• Accelerated computing
• Instance types offer family, generation, and size
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EC2 instance type naming and sizes

Example instance
sizes
Instance
Instance type naming Name
vCPU Memory (GB) Storage

t3.nano 2 0.5 EBS-Only

• Example: t3.large
t3.micro 2 1 EBS-Only
• T is the family name
• 3 is the generation number t3.small 2 2 EBS-Only

• Large is the size

t3.medium 2 4 EBS-Only

t3.large 2 8 EBS-Only

t3.xlarge 4 16 EBS-Only

t3.2xlarge 8 32 EBS-Only

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Select instance type: Based on use case

General Compute Memory Accelerated Storage

Purpose Optimized Optimized Computing Optimized

a1, m4, m5, r4, r5, f1, g3, g4,

Instance Types c4, c5 d2, h1, i3
t2, t3 x1, z1 p2, p3

High In-memory Machine Distributed file

Use Case Broad
performance databases learning systems

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Instance types: Networking features
• The network bandwidth (Gbps) varies by instance type.
• See Amazon EC2 Instance Types to compare.
• To maximize networking and bandwidth performance of your instance type:
• If you have interdependent instances, launch them into a cluster placement group.
• Enable enhanced networking.
• Enhanced networking types are supported on most instance types.
• See the Networking and Storage Features documentation for details.
• Enhanced networking types –
• Elastic Network Adapter (ENA): Supports network speeds of up to 100 Gbps.
• Intel 82599 Virtual Function interface: Supports network speeds of up to 10 Gbps.

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3. Specify network settings
• Where should the instance be deployed?
Choices made by using the • Identify the VPC and optionally the subnet
Launch Instance Wizard:
• Should a public IP address be automatically assigned?
1. AMI • To make it internet-accessible
2. Instance Type
3. Network settings
AWS Cloud
4. IAM role
Region
5. User data
Availability Zone 1 Availability Zone 2
6. Storage options
VPC
7. Tags
Public subnet
8. Security group Example:
9. Key pair specify to
deploy the Instance
instance here
Private subnet

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4. Attach IAM role (optional)
• Will software on the EC2 instance need to interact with other
Choices made by using AWS services?
the • If yes, attach an appropriate IAM Role.
Launch Instance Wizard:
• An AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) role that is
1. AMI attached to an EC2 instance is kept in an instance profile.
2. Instance Type
• You are not restricted to attaching a role only at instance launch.
3. Network settings
4. IAM role • You can also attach a role to an instance that already exists.
5. User data
6. Storage options
7. Tags
Example Application on
8. Security group : attached to instance can
9. Key pair access
Role that grants Amazon
S3 bucket
Simple Storage Service Instance
with objects
(Amazon S3) bucket
access permissions

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5. User data script (optional)

Choices made by using the User data

Launch Instance Wizard: #!/bin/bash
yum update –y
1. AMI
2. Instance Type yum install -y wget
3. Network settings AMI Running
4. IAM role EC2 instance
5. User data • Optionally specify a user data script at instance launch
6. Storage options
7. Tags
• Use user data scripts to customize the runtime environment of
8. Security group your instance
9. Key pair • Script runs the first time the instance starts
• Can be used strategically
• For example, reduce the number of custom AMIs that you build and
maintain

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6. Specify storage
• Configure the root volume
Choices made by using
the • Where the guest operating system is installed
Launch Instance Wizard:
• Attach additional storage volumes (optional)
1. AMI • AMI might already include more than one volume
2. Instance Type
3. Network settings • For each volume, specify:
4. IAM role
• The size of the disk (in GB)
5. User data
6. Storage options • The volume type
7. Tags • Different types of solid state drives (SSDs) and hard
8. Security group disk drives (HDDs) are available
9. Key pair
• If the volume will be deleted when the instance is
terminated
• If encryption should be used

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Amazon EC2 storage options
• Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) –
• Durable, block-level storage volumes.
• You can stop the instance and start it again, and the data will still be there.
• Amazon EC2 Instance Store –
• Ephemeral storage is provided on disks that are attached to the host computer where the EC2
instance is running.
• If the instance stops, data stored here is deleted.
• Other options for storage (not for the root volume) –
• Mount an Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) file system.
• Connect to Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3).

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Example storage options
• Instance 1 characteristics –
Amazon Elastic Host computer
• It has an Amazon EBS root
Block Store
volume type for the operating
(Amazon EBS) Instance
system. Store
Attached as Attached as
• What will happen if the instance is
Root Storage
stopped and then started again? volume
20-GB volume volume Ephemeral
Instance 1
volume 1
Attached as
• Instance 2 characteristics – Storage
volume Attached as
• It has an Instance Store root 500-GB volume Root
volume type for the operating volume Ephemeral
Instance 2
system. volume 2

• What will happen if the instance

stops (because of user error or a
system malfunction)?

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7. Add tags
• A tag is a label that you can assign to an AWS resource.
Choices made by using the
• Consists of a key and an optional value.
Launch Instance Wizard:
• Tagging is how you can attach metadata to an EC2
1. AMI
2. Instance Type instance.
3. Network settings
• Potential benefits of tagging—Filtering, automation, cost
4. IAM role
5. User data allocation, and access control.
6. Storage options
7. Tags
8. Security group Example:
9. Key pair

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8. Security group settings
• A security group is a set of firewall rules that control
Choices made by using the traffic to the instance.
Launch Instance Wizard:
• It exists outside of the instance's guest OS.
1. AMI • Create rules that specify the source and which ports
2. Instance Type
that network communications can use.
3. Network settings
4. IAM role • Specify the port number and the protocol, such as
5. User data Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), User Datagram Protocol
6. Storage options (UDP), or Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP).
7. Tags
8. Security group
• Specify the source (for example, an IP address or another
9. Key pair
security group) that is allowed to use the rule.
Example rule:

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9. Identify or create the key pair
• At instance launch, you specify an existing key
Choices made by using pair or create a new key pair.
the
Launch Instance Wizard: • A key pair consists of –
mykey.pem
1. AMI
• A public key that AWS stores.
2. Instance Type • A private key file that you store.
3. Network settings
4. IAM role • It enables secure connections to the instance.
5. User data
6. Storage options
• For Windows AMIs –
7. Tags • Use the private key to obtain the administrator
8. Security group password that you need to log in to your instance.
9. Key pair
• For Linux AMIs –
• Use the private key to use SSH to securely connect
to your instance.
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Amazon EC2 console view of a running EC2 instance

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Another option: Launch an EC2 instance with the AWS Command
Line Interface
• EC2 instances can also be created
programmatically.
AWS Command Line
Interface (AWS CLI)

• This example shows how simple the

Example
command can be.
command:
aws ec2 run-instances \
• This command assumes that the key pair and --image-id ami-1a2b3c4d \
security group already exist.
--count 1 \
--instance-type c3.large \
• More options could be specified. See the AWS --key-name MyKeyPair \
CLI Command Reference for details. --security-groups MySecurityGroup \
--region us-east-1

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Amazon EC2 instance lifecycle

Only instances backed by Amazon EBS

Launch Start
pending

AMI

Reboot Stop
rebooting running stopping stopped
Stop-Hibern
ate
Terminate

shutting-dow
n

Terminate
terminated

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Instance hibernation option

• Benefits
• It saves the contents from the instance memory (RAM).
• On instance restart, RAM contents are reloaded, previously running processes are resumed.
• You can save on cost in a hibernated state versus a running state (costs are similar to a stopped instance).
• Prerequisites
• Only certain Linux AMIs (such as Amazon Linux 2) and only certain instance families support it.
• Instance must have an encrypted Amazon EBS root volume and a maximum of150 GB RAM.
• Hibernation must be enabled at instance launch.

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Consider using an Elastic IP address
• Rebooting an instance will not • If you require a persistent public IP
change any IP addresses or DNS address –
hostnames. • Associate an Elastic IP address with the
instance.

• When an instance is stopped and

then started again – • Elastic IP address characteristics –
• The public IPv4 address and external DNS • Can be associated with instances in the
hostname will change. Region as needed.

• The private IPv4 address and internal DNS • Remains allocated to your account until you
hostname do not change. choose to release it.

Elastic IP
Address

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EC2 instance metadata
• Instance metadata is data about your instance.
• While you are connected to the instance, you can view it –
• In a browser: http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/
• In a terminal window: curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/
• Example retrievable values –
• Public IP address, private IP address, public hostname, instance ID, security groups, Region,
Availability Zone.
• Any user data specified at instance launch can also be accessed at:
http://169.254.169.254/latest/user-data/
• It can be used to configure or manage a running instance.
• For example, author a configuration script that reads the metadata and uses it to configure
applications or OS settings.

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Amazon CloudWatch for monitoring
• Use Amazon CloudWatch to monitor EC2
instances
• Provides near-real-time metrics Amazon CloudWatch Instance with CloudWatch

• Provides charts in the Amazon EC2 console Monitoring

tab that you can view
• Maintains 15 months of historical data

• Basic monitoring
• Default, no additional cost
• Metric data sent to CloudWatch every 5 minutes

• Detailed monitoring
• Fixed monthly rate for seven pre-selected metrics
• Metric data delivered every 1 minute

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 • Amazon EC2 enables you to run Windows and Linux virtual
Section 2 key machines in the cloud.
takeaways • You launch EC2 instances from an AMI template into a VPC
in your account.
• You can choose from many instance types. Each instance
type offers different combinations of CPU, RAM, storage, and
networking capabilities.
• You can configure security groups to control access to
instances (specify allowed ports and source).
• User data enables you to specify a script to run the first time
that an instance launches.
• Only instances that are backed by Amazon EBS can be
stopped.
• You can use Amazon CloudWatch to capture and review
metrics on EC2 instances.

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Section 4: Container services
Module 6: Compute

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Container basics
•Containers are a method of
operating system virtualization. Your Container

•Benefits – Your application

• Repeatable.
Dependencies
• Self-contained environments.
• Software runs the same in different Configurations
environments.
• Developer's laptop, test, production. Hooks into OS

• Faster to launch and stop or terminate

than virtual machines
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What is Docker?
• Docker is a software platform
that enables you to build, test,
Container
and deploy applications quickly.
• You run containers on Docker.
Containers have everything the
• Containers are created from a software needs to run:
template called an image.
• A container has everything a System
Libraries Code Runtime
software application needs to run. tools

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Containers versus virtual machines
Three virtual machines on three EC2 instances
Exampl
e Three containers on one EC2 VM 1 VM 2 VM 3
Container
instance App 1 App 2 App 3
Container Container Container
instance 1 instance 2 instance 3 Bins/Libs Bins/Libs Bins/Libs

Docker App 1 App 2 App 3 EC2 EC2

EC2
engine instance instance
Bins/Libs Bins/Libs Bins/Libs instance
guest guest
guest OS
OS OS
EC2 instance guest OS

Hypervisor
Part of
Host operating system AWS Global
Infrastructure
Physical server

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Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
• Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) –
• A highly scalable, fast, container management service

• Key benefits –
Amazon Elastic
• Orchestrates the running of Docker containers Container Service
• Maintains and scales the fleet of nodes that run your containers
• Removes the complexity of standing up the infrastructure

• Integrated with features that are familiar to Amazon EC2 service users –
• Elastic Load Balancing
• Amazon EC2 security groups
• Amazon EBS volumes
• IAM roles

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Amazon ECS orchestrates containers

EC2 instance
Requests to run containers
x3 x2

Container A
EC2 instance

Container B
Amazon Elastic Container
Service (Amazon ECS)

ECS cluster
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Amazon ECS cluster options
• Key question: Do you want to manage the Amazon ECS cluster that runs the containers?

• If yes, create an Amazon ECS cluster backed by Amazon EC2 (provides more granular control
over infrastructure)
• If no, create an Amazon ECS cluster backed by AWS Fargate (easier to maintain, focus on your
applications)
Containers
Amazon ECS Container Container Container Amazon ECS
cluster backed instance 1 instance 2 instance 3 cluster backed by
by Amazon EC2 Fargate
App 1 App 2 App 3
You manage
Bins/Libs Bins/Libs Bins/Libs
You manage
Docker engines (one per OS in the cluster)
AWS manages
VM guest operating systems in the Amazon ECS cluster

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What is Kubernetes?
• Kubernetes is open source software for container orchestration.
• Deploy and manage containerized applications at scale.
• The same toolset can be used on premises and in the cloud.
• Complements Docker.
• Docker enables you to run multiple containers on a single OS host.
• Kubernetes orchestrates multiple Docker hosts (nodes).
• Automates –
• Container provisioning.
• Networking.
• Load distribution.
• Scaling.
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Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
• Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
• Enables you to run Kubernetes on AWS
• Certified Kubernetes conformant (supports easy migration)
• Supports Linux and Windows containers Amazon Elastic
Kubernetes Service
• Compatible with Kubernetes community tools and supports
popular Kubernetes add-ons

• Use Amazon EKS to –

• Manage clusters of Amazon EC2 compute instances
• Run containers that are orchestrated by Kubernetes on those
instances
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Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR)
Amazon ECR is a fully managed Docker container registry
that makes it easy for developers to store, manage, and
deploy Docker container images.
Amazon ECS integration

Docker support

Team collaboration

Amazon Elastic
Container Registry Access control

Third-party integrations
Image Registry

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 • Containers can hold everything that an application needs to
Section 4 key run.
takeaways • Docker is a software platform that packages software into
containers.
• A single application can span multiple containers.
• Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
orchestrates the running of Docker containers.
• Kubernetes is open source software for container
orchestration.
• Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) enables
you to run Kubernetes on AWS
• Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR) enables
you to store, manage, and deploy your Docker containers.

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Section 5: Introduction to AWS
Lambda
Module 6: Compute

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AWS Lambda: Run code without servers

AWS Lambda is a serverless compute

service.
The code you
run
Upload your is a Lambda
code function

AWS HTTP
servi endpoint Your code Pay only for the
ces Mobile s
runs only when compute time
apps
Run your code on a schedule
it is that
or in response to events
triggered you use

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Benefits of Lambda

It supports multiple programming languages

Completely automated administration
Built-in fault tolerance
AWS It supports the orchestration of multiple functions
Lambda
Pay-per-use pricing

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AWS Lambda event sources

Event sources Configure other AWS services as event sources to

invoke your function as shown here.

Amazon S3 Alternatively, invoke a Lambda function from the

Lambda console, AWS SDK, or AWS CLI.
Amazon DynamoDB

Amazon Simple Notification

Service (Amazon SNS)
Lambda Running of your code
Amazon Simple Queue function (only when triggered)
Service (Amazon SQS)
AWS Lambda
Amazon API Gateway
Logging,
monitoring, and
Application Load Balancer metrics
Amazon
Many more… CloudWatch

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AWS Lambda function configuration

Lambda function configuration

Function code

Running of your code (only

AWS when it is triggered)
Lambda
Dependencies AWS Lambda
function
(code libraries, etc.)
Logging, monitoring,
and metrics

Amazon
Execution role CloudWatch

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Schedule-based Lambda function example:
Start and stop EC2 instances
Stop instances
example

Stop
IAM role

Time-based
1 CloudWatch 2 Lambda function 3 EC2 instances
event triggered stopped

Start instances
example
Start
IAM role

Time-based
4 5 Lambda function 6 EC2 instances
CloudWatch
triggered started
event

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Event-based Lambda function example:
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AWS Lambda quotas
Soft limits per Region:
• Concurrent executions = 1,000
• Function and layer storage = 75 GB

Hard limits for individual functions:

• Maximum function memory allocation = 10,240 MB
• Function timeout = 15 minutes
• Deployment package size = 250 MB unzipped, including layers
• Container image code package size = 10 GB

Additional limits also exist. Details are in the AWS Lambda quotas documentation at
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/gettingstarted-limits.html.

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 • Serverless computing enables you to build and run
Section 5 key applications and services without provisioning or managing
takeaways servers.

• AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service that

provides built-in fault tolerance and automatic scaling.

• An event source is an AWS service or developer-created

application that triggers a Lambda function to run.

• The maximum memory allocation for a single Lambda

function is 10,240 MB.

• The maximum run time for a Lambda function is 15 minutes.

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Activity: Create an To complete this activity:
AWS Lambda
Stopinator Function • Go to the hands-on lab environment and launch the
AWS Lambda activity.

• Follow the instructions that are provided in the

hands-on lab environment.

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Activity debrief:
key takeaways

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Section 6: Introduction to AWS Elastic
Beanstalk
Module 6: Compute

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AWS Elastic Beanstalk
• An easy way to get web applications up and running

• A managed service that automatically handles –

• Infrastructure provisioning and configuration
• Deployment
• Load balancing
• Automatic scaling
AWS Elastic • Health monitoring
Beanstalk • Analysis and debugging
• Logging

• No additional charge for Elastic Beanstalk

• Pay only for the underlying resources that are used

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AWS Elastic Beanstalk deployments
• It supports web applications
written for common platforms
• Java, .NET, PHP, Node.js, Python,
Ruby, Go, and Docker You Your
manag code
e HTTP
server
• You upload your code Application
server
• Elastic Beanstalk automatically AWS Language
manage interpreter
handles the deployment s Operating
system
• Deploys on servers such as Apache, Hos
t
NGINX, Passenger, Puma, and
Microsoft Internet Information
Services (IIS)

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Benefits of Elastic Beanstalk

Fast and simple to Developer Difficult to Complete resource

start using productivity outgrow control

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 Activity: AWS To complete this activity:
Elastic Beanstalk
• Go to the hands-on lab environment and launch the
AWS Elastic Beanstalk activity.

• Follow the instructions that are provided in the

hands-on lab environment.

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Activity debrief:
Key takeaways

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Section 6 key • AWS Elastic Beanstalk enhances developer
productivity.
takeaways • Simplifies the process of deploying your application.
• Reduces management complexity.

• Elastic Beanstalk supports Java, .NET, PHP,

Node.js, Python, Ruby, Go, and Docker

• There is no charge for Elastic Beanstalk. Pay only

for the AWS resources that you use.

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Module wrap-up
Module 6: Compute

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Module summary
In summary, in this module, you learned how to:
• Provide an overview of different AWS compute services in the cloud
• Demonstrate why to use Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
• Identify the functionality in the Amazon EC2 console
• Perform basic functions in Amazon EC2 to build a virtual computing environment
• Identify Amazon EC2 cost optimization elements
• Demonstrate when to use AWS Elastic Beanstalk
• Demonstrate when to use AWS Lambda
• Identify how to run containerized applications in a cluster of managed servers

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Complete the knowledge check

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 Sample exam question
Which AWS service helps developers quickly deploy resources which can make use of different
programming languages, such as .NET and Java?

Choice Response

A AWS CloudFormation

B AWS SQS

C AWS Elastic Beanstalk

D Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)

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Sample exam question answer
Which AWS service helps developers quickly deploy resources which can make use of different
programming languages, such as .NET and Java?

The correct answer is C.

The keywords in the question are developers quickly deploy resources and different programming
languages.

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Additional resources
• Amazon EC2 Documentation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/
• Amazon EC2 Pricing: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/
• Amazon ECS Workshop: https://ecsworkshop.com/
• Running Containers on AWS: https://containersonaws.com/
• Amazon EKS Workshop: https://www.eksworkshop.com/
• AWS Lambda Documentation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/
• AWS Elastic Beanstalk Documentation:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elastic-beanstalk/
• Cost Optimization Playbook:
https://d1.awsstatic.com/pricing/AWS_CO_Playbook_Final.pdf

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