AWS Cookbook

Foreword

As part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) team since the beginning, I have been able to watch it grow in scale, richness, and complexity from a unique vantage point. Even after writing thousands of blog posts and millions of words, I learn something new and useful about AWS just about every day.

With well over two hundred services in production and more launching regularly, AWS could easily leave you feeling overwhelmed. In addition to tens of thousands of pages of official AWS documentation, bloggers, AWS Heroes, AWS Partners, and others have created innumerable pieces of content—including blog posts, videos, webinars, overviews, and code samples.

While there’s no substitute for having a full and complete understanding of a particular AWS service, the reality is that you often simply need to solve a “point” problem. Even after you understand a service, remembering how to use it to solve that problem can be a challenge—at least it is for me.

And that is where this cookbook comes in. Because of its broad selection of topics and carefully chosen recipes, I am confident that you will be able to quickly find one that addresses your immediate need and to put it into practice in short order. You can solve your problem, refresh your knowledge of that aspect of AWS, and move forward to create value for your customers!

My favorite aspect of this book is that it does not hand-wave past any of the details. Each recipe assumes that you start fresh and then helps you to cook up a perfectly ...