aws cheat sheets guide

AWS Server Migration Service (SMS)

2024-04-29T06:42:58+00:00

Please note that AWS has discontinued the AWS Server Migration Service (AWS SMS). AWS now recommends the AWS Application Migration Service as the primary migration service. Check out this AWS Application Migration Service Cheat Sheet. AWS Server Migration Service Cheat Sheet An agentless service for migrating thousands of on-premises workloads to AWS. This is the enhanced replacement of Amazon EC2 VM Import service. SMS orchestrates server migrations by: automating incremental replication of live server volumes to the AWS cloud allowing customers to schedule replications track the replication progress of a group of servers via Management Console Each server volume replicated [...]

AWS Server Migration Service (SMS)2024-04-29T06:42:58+00:00

AWS Database Migration Service

2024-01-18T07:22:28+00:00

Bookmarks AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT) Basic Schema Copy Pricing AWS Database Migration Service Cheat Sheet AWS Database Migration Service supports homogeneous migrations such as Oracle to Oracle, as well as heterogeneous migrations between different database platforms, such as Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server to Amazon Aurora. You can use Database Migration Service for one-time data migration into RDS and EC2-based databases. You can also continuously replicate your data with high availability (enable multi-AZ) and consolidate databases into a petabyte-scale data warehouse by streaming data to Amazon Redshift and Amazon S3. Continuous replication can [...]

AWS Database Migration Service2024-01-18T07:22:28+00:00

Amazon Rekognition

2023-02-27T07:08:36+00:00

Amazon Rekognition Cheat Sheet A service that makes it easy to add powerful visual analysis to your applications. There are two services under Amazon Rekognition: Rekognition Image lets you easily build powerful applications to search, verify, and organize millions of images. Rekognition Video lets you extract motion-based context from stored or live stream videos and helps you analyze them. Rekognition Image An image recognition service that detects objects, scenes, and faces; extracts text, and many more. It also allows you to search and compare faces. The service uses deep neural network models to detect and label thousands of objects and [...]

Amazon Rekognition2023-02-27T07:08:36+00:00

Amazon Mechanical Turk

2023-02-28T02:38:37+00:00

Amazon Mechanical Turk Cheat Sheet A forum where Requesters post work as Human Intelligence Tasks (HITs). Workers complete HITs in exchange for a reward. Essentially crowdsourcing. You write, test, and publish your HIT using the Mechanical Turk developer sandbox, Amazon Mechanical Turk APIs, and AWS SDKs. Benefits Optimize efficiency since MTurk is well-suited to take on simple and repetitive tasks in your workflows which need to be handled manually. Increase flexibility since MTurk lets you gain access to a global, on-demand, 24x7 workforce without the difficulty associated with dynamically scaling. Reduce cost by hiring and managing a temporary workforce. MTurk [...]

Amazon Mechanical Turk2023-02-28T02:38:37+00:00

Redis (cluster mode enabled vs disabled) vs Memcached

2023-04-10T05:29:45+00:00

  Redis (cluster mode enabled) Redis (cluster mode disabled) Memcached Data Types string, sets, sorted sets, lists, hashes, bitmaps, hyperloglog, geospatial indexes string, sets, sorted sets, lists, hashes, bitmaps, hyperloglog, geospatial indexes string, objects (like databases) Data Partitioning (distribute your data among multiple nodes) Supported Unsupported Supported Modifiable cluster Only versions 3.2.10 and later  Yes Yes Online resharding Only versions 3.2.10 and later  No No Encryption 3.2.6, 4.0.10 and later 3.2.6, 4.0.10 and later Unsupported Sub-millisecond latency Yes Yes Yes FedRAMP, PCI DSS and HIPAA compliant 3.2.6, 4.0.10 and later 3.2.6, 4.0.10 and later No Multi-threaded (make use of multiple [...]

Redis (cluster mode enabled vs disabled) vs Memcached2023-04-10T05:29:45+00:00

Latency Routing vs Geoproximity Routing vs Geolocation Routing

2023-04-10T03:27:57+00:00

  Latency Routing Geoproximity Routing Geolocation Routing Definition Lets Route 53 serve user requests from the AWS Region that provides the lowest latency. It does not, however, guarantee that users in the same geographic region will be served from the same location. Latency-based routing is based on latency measurements performed over a period of time, and the measurements reflect changes in network connectivity and routing. Lets Amazon Route 53 route traffic to your resources based on the geographic location of your users and your resources.  You can also optionally choose to route more traffic or less to a given resource [...]

Latency Routing vs Geoproximity Routing vs Geolocation Routing2023-04-10T03:27:57+00:00

EC2 Instance Health Check vs ELB Health Check vs Auto Scaling and Custom Health Check

2024-02-13T06:24:11+00:00

EC2 instance health check Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) health check Auto Scaling and Custom health checks Amazon EC2 performs automated checks on every running EC2 instance to identify hardware and software issues. Status checks are performed every minute and each returns a pass or a fail status.  If all checks pass, the overall status of the instance is OK.  If one or more checks fail, the overall status is impaired. Status checks are built into EC2, so they cannot be disabled or deleted. You can create or delete alarms that are triggered based on the result of the status checks. [...]

EC2 Instance Health Check vs ELB Health Check vs Auto Scaling and Custom Health Check2024-02-13T06:24:11+00:00

SNI Custom SSL vs Dedicated IP Custom SSL

2023-04-12T00:51:16+00:00

Server Name Indication (SNI) Custom SSL Dedicated IP Custom SSL Relies on the SNI extension of the TLS protocol, which allows multiple domains to serve SSL traffic over the same IP address. Offers the same level of security when using Dedicated IP Custom SSL. If you configure CloudFront to serve HTTPS requests using SNI, CloudFront associates your alternate domain name with an IP address for each edge location. The IP address to your domain name is determined during the SSL/TLS handshake negotiation, and isn't dedicated to your distribution. Some older browsers do not support SNI and will not be able [...]

SNI Custom SSL vs Dedicated IP Custom SSL2023-04-12T00:51:16+00:00

Service Control Policies (SCP) vs IAM Policies

2023-04-12T00:38:41+00:00

Service Control Policies (SCP) IAM Policies SCPs are mainly used along with AWS Organizations organizational units (OUs). SCPs do not replace IAM Policies such that they do not provide actual permissions. To perform an action, you would still need to grant appropriate IAM Policy permissions. Even if a Principal is allowed to perform a certain action (granted through IAM Policies), an attached SCP will override that capability if it enforces a Deny on that action. SCP takes precedence over IAM Policies. SCPs can be applied to the root of an organization or to individual accounts in an OU. When you [...]

Service Control Policies (SCP) vs IAM Policies2023-04-12T00:38:41+00:00

Elastic Beanstalk vs CloudFormation vs OpsWorks vs CodeDeploy

2023-04-08T05:52:39+00:00

AWS Elastic Beanstalk AWS CloudFormation AWS Elastic Beanstalk makes it even easier for developers to quickly deploy and manage applications in the AWS Cloud. Developers simply upload their application, and Elastic Beanstalk automatically handles the deployment details of capacity provisioning, load balancing, auto-scaling, and application health monitoring. This platform-as-a-service solution is typically for those who want to deploy and manage their applications within minutes in the AWS Cloud without worrying about the underlying infrastructure.  AWS Elastic Beanstalk supports the following languages and development stacks: Apache Tomcat for Java applications Apache HTTP Server for PHP applications Apache HTTP Server for Python [...]

Elastic Beanstalk vs CloudFormation vs OpsWorks vs CodeDeploy2023-04-08T05:52:39+00:00

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