Chapter 4. Setting up your cloud

This chapter covers

  • Security model and identity management in AWS
  • Logging, alerting, and custom metrics
  • Monitoring and estimating AWS costs

Most of the architecture described in this book is built on top of AWS. This means you need a clear understanding of AWS from the perspectives of security, logging, alerting, and costs. It doesn’t matter whether you use Lambda alone or have a large mix of services. Being able to configure security correctly, knowing where to look for logs, and controlling cost are important. This chapter is designed so that you can understand these concerns and learn where to look for important information in AWS.

AWS security is a complex subject, but this chapter gives you an overview ...

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