Chapter 8
Additional Core AWS Services
In This Chapter
Introducing other AWS services
Integrating additional core services into your application
Dealing with AWS lock-in
AWS has its core services — S3, EC2, Amazon Glacier, and Amazon EBS, for example — but that’s not the end of the story. Amazon operates according to the principle “Variety is the spice of life,” so it offers quite a range of services in addition to the big players. This chapter takes you on a mini-tour of the rest of the AWS services. The idea is to help you understand the breadth of products that Amazon provides and give you the confidence of at least being acquainted with every product in the most comprehensive cloud service offering in the industry.
As part of this tour, I address one key concern about AWS that many people have: lock-in, or the extent to which your use of various AWS services can prevent you from choosing to place your AWS applications in another cloud environment. I evaluate how serious the issue is and then offer strategies for dealing with any potential issues that may arise.
Finally, I pull back to offer some Big Picture advice about which AWS services you should use as part of your application. ...
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