Beginning PostgreSQL on the Cloud: Simplifying Database as a Service on Cloud Platforms

© Baji Shaik, Avinash Vallarapu 2018

Baji Shaik and Avinash VallarapuBeginning PostgreSQL on the Cloudhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3447-1_3

3. Amazon Cloud

Baji Shaik¹  and Avinash Vallarapu¹

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Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

 

This chapter covers Amazon Web Services (AWS) and how to get started with it. We talk about availability zones and getting started with AWS and answer queries that most of the people raise before they choose AWS. We cover only a few services related to PostgreSQL, like ec2 machines and RDS instances. We describe the step-by-step process of creating each service, which will give you a better idea about which option you should choose for your environment.

Amazon Cloud or Amazon Web Services

As discussed in Chapter 1, AWS ...