Getting Started with Amazon Web Services

Building Highly Available & Scalable Web Applications on AWS
by Leo Zhadanovsky, Principle Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services

In this seminar, we describe how to build highly-available, scalable web applications using AWS services, such as EC2, S3, Elasticache, ELB, and Autoscaling. We discuss best practices on how to build, monitor and maintain such an application. We also have an overview of AWS Educate and how it can help Harvard students.

[stevequinones]

Outstanding presentation. The pace was good, not overly technical, simple to follow, great delivery by the presenter! Thank you!

[atticusli]

Thank you for posting this!

To people who are complaining that data server jobs being replaced by the cloud:

When there is a new form of technology that makes life easier and more efficient for humanity, it isn't the time to complain about lost jobs.

New jobs are created by new technology. It's the nature of things. Adapt or be obsolete.

In our current age, we don't complain that the creation of electrical lighting has taken away the jobs of people who created oil lamps.

We want electrical lighting because it's easier and safer to use than oil lamps.

[danielinflams]

Very good. That was on point! Thanks a lot

[glensoans]

Very informative easy paced session. Great work.

[gillwindall]

Useful - especially from about 16 mins in where he starts talking through an example

[Bill]

This content is simply superb. I recently enjoyed a book on this topic that was equally inspiring. "AWS Unleashed: Mastering Amazon Web Services for Software Engineers" by Harrison Quill

[rgzilch]

Great presentation. I was able to understand to the bottom of aws.

[tresnasoaduonmulatuanapitu]

AWS educate, i think you should put more video like this on youtube so that people can learn free and at anytime. anyway good presentation!

[VideoAnsh]

This is one of the best presentations ever. Brilliant.

[princekynadejohnette]

That was very informative and very well put together. Thank you for the information in relation to learning more about AWS and education programs to help me get better at it.

[gabrielkind]

This isn't a "Getting Started" it's an advertisement >:P

[myspc]

I need some clarification on the point you made on scalability. From what I understand is that a user can set a min and max usage thresholds on the aws and add more servers if it needs be but not exceeding the max threshold. So, how’s the billing works in this case? Is the user being charged on max threshold he sets or the additional resources he adds during peak time. If it’s the latter he might as well use the full threshold all the time instead of raising and dropping it as per use if it doesn’t affect the billing

[vivekmalhotra]

For data at rest, i think you need to correct the slide to modify to AES-256 from AES-265 encryption..

[FIRSTskybits]

AWS is great for large enterprise solutions. I can't get those jobs no matter how much I studied, so am looking for more knowledge on smaller business or entrepreneur web services for project work in those areas.

[human]

How man jobs have you wiped out in the data center?

[ZareefAhmed]

One of the best video I have seen on AWS., but I think more topics like Beanstalk and IoT may have been included in details. Anyway it was good one

[digvijayjambhale]

this is kind of advertising video done by amazon instead of explaining

[jensdriller]

Or you could use google cloud platform and not have to use the UI/UX nightmare that is AWS

[Staoufik]

Hello,
i am a beginner in aws and i am looking to implement an aws architecture for the following example:

Two types of servers make up the target architecture:

Front End Servers: These are primarily web servers. These servers are accessible

from the internet.

Back-end servers: These are database servers. These servers are not

accessible from the internet, but for security purposes, they must be able to
connect to the Internet to recover WSUS patches.
The company also provides a number of product documents to its customers.
in PDF format.
During the needs analysis, we wishes that

The target architecture must support the loss of an AWS Data Center (Availability zone).

The front area must have at least 2 web servers. Depending on the load, the number of

servers must increase or decrease automatically.

Whatever the number of servers in the frontal area, the load must be distributed between

the different servers in the area.

When the customers of the company want to download the product sheets (PDF), they have to

be directed to the peripheral location that provides the lowest latency.

Only the following flows must be allowed:

o Front end users: HTTPS
o Front End Servers  Back-end Servers: 1433

For the IP address plan, CIDR 10.10.1.0/22 ​​must be used.

[blee]

This guy is not a real tech guy. horrible explanation when he has to break it down and display process.