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Amazon EC2 Cookbook

by Sekhar Reddy

November 2015

Intermediate to advanced

194 pages

4h 16m

English

Packt Publishing

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What this book covers

Getting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See also
Downloading the example codeErrataPiracyQuestions
Introduction
How to do it…
How to do it…Getting access key ID and secret access keyInstalling AWS CLI using pip in LinuxInstalling AWS CLI using pip in Windows/Mac
Getting started…How to do it…Launching the EC2 instance in EC2-ClassicLaunching the EC2 instance in VPCSee also
How to do it…See also
How to do it…Creating a network interfaceAttaching the network interface to an instanceAssociating the EIP to the ENISee also
How to do it…Creating an EBS volumeAttaching the volume
How to do it…Creating tags for one or more AWS resources
How to do it…Creating a security group for EC2-ClassicCreating a security group for EC2-VPCAdding an inbound ruleAdding an outbound ruleAdding the security group to an instance
How to do it…Creating a key pair
How to do it…Creating a placement groupPlacing instances in the placement group
How to do it…Creating an Internet-facing ELB with listenersConfiguring health checks on ELBAdding instances to the ELB
How to do it…
How to do it…Creating an AMI from EC2 instanceMaking the AMI public
Introduction
How to do it…How it works…
How to do it…How it works…
How to do it…How it works…
How to do it…How it works…
Introduction
How to do it…How it works…There's more…
How to do it…How it works…
How to do it…How it works…
How to do it…How it works…
Introduction
How to do it…How it works…
How to do it…How it works…
How to do it…How it works…There's more…
How to do it…How it works…
How to do it…How it works…There's more…
Introduction
How to do it…How it works…
How to do it…How it works…There's more…
How to do it…Enabling the monitoring of your estimated chargesHow it works…
How to do it…How it works…
How to do it…How it works…There's more…
Introduction
How to do it…How it works…There's more…
How to do it…How it works…There's more…
How to do it…Working with ElasticCacheHow it works…There's more…
How to do it…How it works…
Introduction
How to do it…How it works…There's more…
How to do it…How it works…There's more…
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How to do it…How it works…There's more…
Introduction
How to do it…Installing DockerCreating a DockerfileBuilding an image from the DockerfileCreating Docker containerChecking the container statusHow it works…There's more…
How to do it…Installing the knife-ec2 pluginConfiguring Chef Provisioner node with knife-ec2 pluginConfiguring Chef Provisioner nodeCreating cookbooks and recipesStarting Chef client from the provisioning nodeHow it works…There's more…
How to do it…Installing Puppet AWS module in Puppet masterLaunching an EC2 instance with Puppet agentHow it works…There's more…

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Monitoring costs using CloudWatch

AWS CloudWatch can help you track and manage your cloud costs. This is especially useful where your AWS resource usage varies significantly and you need to log in to the AWS portal several times a day to track the usage. You can set appropriate alarms when the charges exceed a certain predefined threshold. To enable billing alerts for your AWS account, you have to log in as the account owner and edit the configuration settings. Hence, you can send notifications based on these metrics as e-mails and/or route them to other applications for further processing.

The estimated charges are calculated and sent several times a day to CloudWatch. These metrics include estimated total charges and charges by service. In addition, ...