AW S A c a d e m y C l o u d F o u n d a t i o n s

Module 6: Compute

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Module overview

Topics Activities
• Compute services overview • Amazon EC2 versus Managed Service
• Amazon EC2 • Hands-on with AWS Lambda
• Amazon EC2 cost optimization • Hands-on with AWS Elastic Beanstalk
• Container services
• Introduction to AWS Lambda Demo
• Introduction to AWS Elastic Beanstalk • Recorded demonstration of Amazon EC2

Lab
• Introduction to Amazon EC2

Knowledge check
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Module objectives

After completing this module, you should be able to:

• Provide an overview of different AWS compute services in the cloud
• Demonstrate why to use Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
• Identify the functionality in the EC2 console
• Perform basic functions in Amazon EC2 to build a virtual computing environment
• Identify Amazon EC2 cost optimization elements
• Demonstrate when to use AWS Elastic Beanstalk
• Demonstrate when to use AWS Lambda
• Identify how to run containerized applications in a cluster of managed servers

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Module 6: Compute

Section 1: Compute services overview

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AWS compute services
Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers many compute services. This module will discuss the highlighted services.

Amazon EC2 Amazon EC2 Amazon Elastic Amazon Elastic VMware Cloud
Auto Scaling Container Registry Container Service on AWS
(Amazon ECR) (Amazon ECS)

AWS Elastic AWS Lambda Amazon Elastic Amazon Lightsail AWS Batch
Beanstalk Kubernetes Service
(Amazon EKS)

AWS Fargate AWS Outposts AWS Serverless

Application Repository
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 Categorizing compute services
Services Key Concepts Characteristics Ease of Use
• Amazon EC2 • Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) • Provision virtual machines that you A familiar concept to many IT
• Instance-based can manage as you choose professionals.
• Virtual machines
• AWS Lambda • Serverless computing • Write and deploy code that executes A relatively new concept for
• Function-based on a schedule or that can be many IT staff members, but easy
• Low-cost triggered by events to use after you learn how.
• Use when possible (architect for the
cloud)
• Amazon ECS • Container-based computing • Spin up and execute jobs more AWS Fargate reduces
• Amazon EKS • Instance-based quickly administrative overhead, but you
• AWS Fargate can use options that give you
• Amazon ECR more control.

• AWS Elastic • Platform as a service (PaaS) • Focus on your code (building your Fast and easy to get started.
Beanstalk • For web applications application)
• Can easily tie into other services—
databases, Domain Name System
(DNS), etc.

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Choosing the optimal compute service

• The optimal compute service or services that you use will depend on your
use case
• Some aspects to consider –
• What is your application design?
• What are your usage patterns?
• Which configuration settings will you want to manage?
• Selecting the wrong compute solution for an architecture can lead to lower
performance efficiency
• A good starting place—Understand the available compute options

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Module 6: Compute

Section 2: Amazon EC2

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Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)

Example uses of
Amazon EC2 instances

 Application server
 Web server
 Database server
 Game server
 Mail server
 Media server
 Catalog server Amazon EC2 instances
Photo by Taylor Vick on Unsplash  File server
 Computing server
On-premises servers
 Proxy server

Photo by panumas nikhomkhai from Pexels

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Amazon EC2 overview

• Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)

• Provides virtual machines—referred to as EC2 instances
—in the cloud.
• Gives you full control over the guest operating system
(Windows or Linux) on each instance.
• You can launch instances of any size into an
Availability Zone anywhere in the world.
Amazon • Launch instances from Amazon Machine Images
EC2 (AMIs).
• Launch instances with a few clicks or a line of code, and
they are ready in minutes.
• You can control traffic to and from instances.
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Launching an Amazon EC2 instance

This section of the module walks

through nine key decisions to
make when you create an EC2
instance by using the AWS
Management Console Launch
Instance Wizard.

 Along the way, essential

Amazon EC2 concepts will be
explored.

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1. Select an AMI

Choices made using the Launch

instance
Launch Instance Wizard:
AMI Instance

1. AMI • Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

2. Instance Type • Is a template that is used to create an EC2 instance (which is a virtual
3. Network settings machine, or VM, that runs in the AWS Cloud)
4. IAM role • Contains a Windows or Linux operating system
5. User data • Often also has some software pre-installed
6. Storage options
7. Tags • AMI choices:
8. Security group • Quick Start – Linux and Windows AMIs that are provided by AWS
9. Key pair • My AMIs – Any AMIs that you created
• AWS Marketplace – Pre-configured templates from third parties
• Community AMIs – AMIs shared by others; use at your own risk

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 Creating a new AMI: Example
AWS Cloud
AMI details
Region A
Connect to the instance
and manually modify it or
run a script that modifies
Quick Start
the instance (for example,
or other
Launch an upgrade installed Capture as
existing AMI
Starter instance software) a new AMI
AMI
1 2 3
Unmodified Modified New
Instance Instance AMI

(Optional) Import MyAMI

a virtual machine
Region B Copy the AMI to any other Regions
where you want to use it
New 4
AMI

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2. Select an instance type

Choices made using the • Consider your use case

Launch Instance Wizard: • How will the EC2 instance you create be used?
• The instance type that you choose determines –
1. AMI • Memory (RAM)
2. Instance Type • Processing power (CPU)
3. Network settings • Disk space and disk type (Storage)
4. IAM role • Network performance
5. User data
• Instance type categories –
6. Storage options
• General purpose
7. Tags
• Compute optimized
8. Security group
• Memory optimized
9. Key pair • Storage optimized
• Accelerated computing
• Instance types offer family, generation, and size

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EC2 instance type naming and sizes

Instance type details Example instance sizes

Instance
vCPU Memory (GB) Storage
Name
Instance type naming t3.nano 2 0.5 EBS-Only

• Example: t3.large t3.micro 2 1 EBS-Only

• T is the family name
• 3 is the generation number t3.small 2 2 EBS-Only
• Large is the size
t3.medium 2 4 EBS-Only

t3.large 2 8 EBS-Only

t3.xlarge 4 16 EBS-Only

t3.2xlarge 8 32 EBS-Only

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 Select instance type: Based on use case

Instance type details

General Compute Memory Accelerated Storage

Purpose Optimized Optimized Computing Optimized

a1, m4, m5, r4, r5, f1, g3, g4,

Instance Types c4, c5 d2, h1, i3
t2, t3 x1, z1 p2, p3

High In-memory Machine Distributed file

Use Case Broad
performance databases learning systems

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Instance types: Networking features

• The network bandwidth (Gbps) varies by instance type.

• See Amazon EC2 Instance Types to compare.
• To maximize networking and bandwidth performance of your instance type:
• If you have interdependent instances, launch them into a cluster placement group.
• Enable enhanced networking.
• Enhanced networking types are supported on most instance types.
• See the Networking and Storage Features documentation for details.
• Enhanced networking types –
• Elastic Network Adapter (ENA): Supports network speeds of up to 100 Gbps.
• Intel 82599 Virtual Function interface: Supports network speeds of up to 10 Gbps.

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3. Specify network settings

Choices made by using the • Where should the instance be deployed?

Launch Instance Wizard: • Identify the VPC and optionally the subnet
• Should a public IP address be automatically assigned?
1. AMI
• To make it internet-accessible
2. Instance Type
3. Network settings
AWS Cloud
4. IAM role
Region
5. User data
Availability Zone 1 Availability Zone 2
6. Storage options
VPC
7. Tags
Public subnet
8. Security group Example: specify
9. Key pair to deploy the
instance here Instance
Private subnet

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4. Attach IAM role (optional)

Choices made by using the • Will software on the EC2 instance need to interact with other AWS
Launch Instance Wizard: services?
• If yes, attach an appropriate IAM Role.
1. AMI
• An AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) role that is attached
2. Instance Type
to an EC2 instance is kept in an instance profile.
3. Network settings
4. IAM role • You are not restricted to attaching a role only at instance launch.
5. User data • You can also attach a role to an instance that already exists.
6. Storage options
7. Tags
8. Security group Example: Application on
9. Key pair attached to instance can
access
Role that grants Amazon
S3 bucket
Simple Storage Service Instance
with objects
(Amazon S3) bucket access
permissions
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5. User data script (optional)

Choices made by using the User data

Launch Instance Wizard:
#!/bin/bash
1. AMI yum update –y
2. Instance Type yum install -y wget
AMI Running
3. Network settings
4. IAM role
EC2 instance
5. User data
6. Storage options • Optionally specify a user data script at instance launch
7. Tags • Use user data scripts to customize the runtime environment of your
8. Security group instance
9. Key pair • Script executes the first time the instance starts
• Can be used strategically
• For example, reduce the number of custom AMIs that you build and
maintain

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6. Specify storage

Choices made by using the • Configure the root volume

Launch Instance Wizard: • Where the guest operating system is installed

1. AMI • Attach additional storage volumes (optional)

2. Instance Type • AMI might already include more than one volume
3. Network settings
• For each volume, specify:
4. IAM role
5. User data • The size of the disk (in GB)
6. Storage options • The volume type
7. Tags • Different types of solid state drives (SSDs) and hard disk
8. Security group drives (HDDs) are available
9. Key pair • If the volume will be deleted when the instance is
terminated
• If encryption should be used

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Amazon EC2 storage options

• Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) –

• Durable, block-level storage volumes.
• You can stop the instance and start it again, and the data will still be there.
• Amazon EC2 Instance Store –
• Storage is provided on disks that are attached to the host computer where
the EC2 instance is running.
• If the instance stops, data stored here is deleted.
• Other options for storage (not for the root volume) –
• Mount an Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) file system.
• Connect to Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3).

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Example storage options

• Instance 1 characteristics – Amazon Elastic Host computer

• It has an Amazon EBS root Block Store

volume type for the operating (Amazon EBS) Instance Store
system. Attached as Attached as
• What will happen if the instance is Root volume Storage volume
stopped and then started again? Ephemeral
20-GB volume Instance 1
volume 1
Attached as
• Instance 2 characteristics – Storage volume
• It has an Instance Store root Attached as
volume type for the operating 500-GB volume Root volume
system. Instance 2 Ephemeral
volume 2
• What will happen if the instance
stops (because of user error or a
system malfunction)?

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7. Add tags

Choices made by using the • A tag is a label that you can assign to an AWS
Launch Instance Wizard: resource.
• Consists of a key and an optional value.
1. AMI
2. Instance Type • Tagging is how you can attach metadata to an EC2
3. Network settings instance.
4. IAM role
5. User data • Potential benefits of tagging—Filtering,
6. Storage options automation, cost allocation, and access control.
7. Tags
8. Security group
Example:
9. Key pair

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8. Security group settings

Choices made by using the • A security group is a set of firewall rules that control
Launch Instance Wizard: traffic to the instance.
• It exists outside of the instance's guest OS.
1. AMI
2. Instance Type • Create rules that specify the source and which ports
3. Network settings that network communications can use.
4. IAM role • Specify the port number and the protocol, such as
5. User data Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), User Datagram
6. Storage options Protocol (UDP), or Internet Control Message Protocol
7. Tags (ICMP).
8. Security group • Specify the source (for example, an IP address or another
9. Key pair security group) that is allowed to use the rule.

Example rule:

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9. Identify or create the key pair

Choices made by using the • At instance launch, you specify an existing key
Launch Instance Wizard: pair or create a new key pair.
1. AMI • A key pair consists of – mykey.pem
2. Instance Type • A public key that AWS stores.
3. Network settings • A private key file that you store.
4. IAM role
5. User data
• It enables secure connections to the instance.
6. Storage options • For Windows AMIs –
7. Tags • Use the private key to obtain the administrator
8. Security group password that you need to log in to your instance.
9. Key pair
• For Linux AMIs –
• Use the private key to use SSH to securely connect to
your instance.

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Amazon EC2 console view of a running EC2
instance

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Another option: Launch an EC2 instance with
the AWS Command Line Interface
• EC2 instances can also be created
programmatically.
AWS Command Line
Interface (AWS CLI)

• This example shows how simple the Example command:

command can be. aws ec2 run-instances \
• This command assumes that the key pair and --image-id ami-1a2b3c4d \
security group already exist.
--count 1 \
--instance-type c3.large \
• More options could be specified. See the
AWS CLI Command Reference for details.
--key-name MyKeyPair \
--security-groups MySecurityGroup \
--region us-east-1

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Amazon EC2 instance lifecycle

Only instances backed by Amazon EBS

Launch Start
pending

AMI

Reboot Stop
rebooting running stopping stopped
Stop-
Hibernate
Terminate

shutting-
down

Terminate
terminated

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Consider using an Elastic IP address

• Rebooting an instance will not change • If you require a persistent public IP

any IP addresses or DNS hostnames. address –
• Associate an Elastic IP address with the
instance.
• When an instance is stopped and then
started again – • Elastic IP address characteristics –
• The public IPv4 address and external DNS
hostname will change. • Can be associated with instances in the
Region as needed.
• The private IPv4 address and internal DNS
hostname do not change. • Remains allocated to your account until you
choose to release it.

Elastic IP
Address
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EC2 instance metadata

• Instance metadata is data about your instance.

• While you are connected to the instance, you can view it –
• In a browser: http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/
• In a terminal window: curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/
• Example retrievable values –
• Public IP address, private IP address, public hostname, instance ID, security groups, Region,
Availability Zone.
• Any user data specified at instance launch can also be accessed at:
http://169.254.169.254/latest/user-data/
• It can be used to configure or manage a running instance.
• For example, author a configuration script that reads the metadata and uses it to configure applications
or OS settings.

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Amazon CloudWatch for monitoring

• Use Amazon CloudWatch to monitor EC2 instances

• Provides near-real-time metrics Amazon CloudWatch Instance with CloudWatch
• Provides charts in the Amazon EC2 console Monitoring
tab that you can view
• Maintains 15 months of historical data

• Basic monitoring
• Default, no additional cost
• Metric data sent to CloudWatch every 5 minutes

• Detailed monitoring
• Fixed monthly rate for seven pre-selected metrics
• Metric data delivered every 1 minute

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 • Amazon EC2 enables you to run Windows and
Section 2 key Linux virtual machines in the cloud.

takeaways • You launch EC2 instances from an AMI template

into a VPC in your account.
• You can choose from many instance types. Each
instance type offers different combinations of CPU,
RAM, storage, and networking capabilities.
• You can configure security groups to control
access to instances (specify allowed ports and
source).
• User data enables you to specify a script to run the
first time that an instance launches.
• Only instances that are backed by Amazon EBS
can be stopped.
• You can use Amazon CloudWatch to capture and
review metrics on EC2 instances.
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 Recorded
Amazon EC2
demonstration

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Lab 3:
Introduction to
Amazon EC2

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 Lab 3 scenario

In this lab, you will launch and configure your first virtual machine that runs
on Amazon EC2.
AWS Cloud
Region
Availability Zone 1
Lab VPC
Public subnet

Web server
instance

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Lab 3: Tasks

• Task 1 – Launch Your Amazon EC2 Instance

• Task 2 – Monitor Your Instance

• Task 3 – Update Your Security Group and Access the Web Server

• Task 4 – Resize Your Instance: Instance Type and EBS Volume

• Task 5 – Explore EC2 Limits

• Task 6 – Test Termination Protection

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Lab 3: Final product
Amazon EC2
By the end of the lab, you will have:
1. Launched an instance that is configured as a
web server VPC
AMI
2. Viewed the instance system log
Security
3. Reconfigured a security group group
4. Modified the instance type and root volume t2.micro t2.small
size instance instance

Amazon Elastic
Block Store
(Amazon EBS)

8-GB root 10-GB root

volume volume

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 Begin Lab 1: Introduction to AWS IAM

~ 35 minutes

Begin Lab 3: Introduction to

Amazon EC2

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Lab debrief:
Key takeaways

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Activity: Amazon EC2

Photo by Pixabay from Pexels.

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Activity: Gather information
Amazon EC2 Amazon RDS

AWS Cloud
Availability Zone 1 Availability Zone 2
MS SQL Server MS SQL Server secondary
primary DB instance DB instance
Always-on
mirroring

Volume Volume Volume Volume

replica replica

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Activity: Check your understanding

1. Between Amazon EC2 or Amazon RDS, which provides a managed service? What does managed service
mean?
• ANSWER: Amazon RDS provides a managed service. Amazon RDS handles provisioning, installation and
patching, automated backups, restoring snapshots from points in time, high availability, and monitoring.
2. Name at least one advantage of deploying Microsoft SQL Server on Amazon EC2 instead of Amazon
RDS.
• ANSWER: Amazon EC2 offers complete control over every configuration, the OS, and the software stack.
3. What advantage does the Quick Start provide over a manual installation on Amazon EC2?
• ANSWER: The Quick Start is a reference architecture with proven best practices built into the design.
4. Which deployment option offers the best approach for all use cases?
• ANSWER: Neither. The correct deployment option depends on your specific needs.
5. Which approach costs more: using Amazon EC2 or using Amazon RDS?
• ANSWER: It depends. Managing the database deployment on Amazon EC2 requires more customer oversight
and time. If time is your priority, then Amazon RDS might be less expensive. If you have in-house expertise,
Amazon EC2 might be more cost-effective.
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Module 6: Compute

Section 3: Amazon EC2 cost optimization

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Amazon EC2 pricing models

On-Demand Instances Reserved Instances Spot Instances

• Pay by the hour • Full, partial, or no upfront payment for • Instances run as long as they are
instance you reserve. available and your bid is above the
• No long-term commitments. Spot Instance price.
• Discount on hourly charge for that
• Eligible for the AWS Free Tier. instance. • They can be interrupted by AWS with
a 2-minute notification.
• 1-year or 3-year term.
Dedicated Hosts • Interruption options include
terminated, stopped or hibernated.
• A physical server with EC2 instance
capacity fully dedicated to your use. Scheduled Reserved • Prices can be significantly less
Instances expensive compared to On-Demand
Instances
• Purchase a capacity reservation that is
Dedicated Instances always available on a recurring
• Good choice when you have flexibility
schedule you specify. in when your applications can run.
• Instances that run in a VPC on hardware
that is dedicated to a single customer. • 1-year term.

Per second billing available for On-Demand Instances, Reserved Instances, and
Spot Instances that run Amazon Linux or Ubuntu.
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Amazon EC2 pricing models: Benefits

On-Demand Instances Spot Instances Reserved Instances Dedicated Hosts

• Low cost and flexibility • Large scale, dynamic • Predictability ensures • Save money on licensing
workload compute capacity is costs
available when needed • Help meet compliance and
regulatory requirements

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Amazon EC2 pricing models: Use cases

Spiky Workloads Time-Insensitive Steady-State Workloads Highly Sensitive

Workloads Workloads

On-Demand Instances Spot Instances Reserved Instances Dedicated Hosts

• Short-term, spiky, or • Applications with flexible • Steady state or predictable • Bring your own license
unpredictable workloads start and end times usage workloads (BYOL)
• Application development or • Applications only feasible at • Applications that require • Compliance and regulatory
testing very low compute prices reserved capacity, including restrictions
• Users with urgent computing disaster recovery
needs for large amounts of • Users able to make upfront • Usage and licensing tracking
additional capacity payments to reduce total • Control instance placement
computing costs even further

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The four pillars of cost optimization
Cost Optimization

Increase Optimal Optimize

Right size
elasticity pricing storage
model choices

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 Pillar 1: Right size

Pillars: Provision instances to match the need

1. Right size 
 • CPU, memory, storage, and network throughput
• Select appropriate instance types for your use
2. Increase elasticity
3. Optimal pricing model
4. Optimize storage choices Use Amazon CloudWatch metrics
• How idle are instances? When?
• Downsize instances

Best practice: Right size, then reserve

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 Pillar 2: Increase elasticity

Stop or hibernate Amazon EBS-backed instances

Pillars: that are not actively in use
1. Right-Size • Example: non-production development or test instances
2. Increase Elasticity
3. Optimal pricing model


4. Optimize storage choices Use automatic scaling to match needs based on
usage
• Automated and time-based elasticity

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 Pillar 3: Optimal pricing model

Pillars: Leverage the right pricing model for your use case
1. Right-Size • Consider your usage patterns
2. Increase Elasticity
Optimize and combine purchase types
3. Optimal pricing model
4. Optimize storage choices


Examples:
• Use On-Demand Instance and Spot Instances for variable
workloads

• Use Reserved Instances for predictable workloads

Consider serverless solutions (AWS Lambda)

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 Pillar 4: Optimize storage choices

 Reduce costs while maintaining storage performance and

Pillars: availability
1. Right-Size  Resize EBS volumes
2. Increase Elasticity
3. Optimal pricing model  Change EBS volume types
4. Optimize storage choices 
  Can you meet performance requirements with less expensive storage?
 Example: Amazon EBS Throughput Optimized HDD (st1) storage
typically costs half as much as the default General Purpose SSD (gp2)
storage option.

 Delete EBS snapshots that are no longer needed

 Identify the most appropriate destination for specific types of data

 Does the application need the instance to reside on Amazon EBS?
 Amazon S3 storage options with lifecycle policies can reduce costs

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Measure, monitor, and improve

• Cost optimization is an ongoing process.

• Recommendations –
• Define and enforce cost allocation tagging.

• Define metrics, set targets, and review regularly.

• Encourage teams to architect for cost.

• Assign the responsibility of optimization to an individual or to a

team.

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 • Amazon EC2 pricing models include On-Demand
Section 3 key Instances, Reserved Instances, Spot Instances,
Dedicated Instances, and Dedicated Hosts.
takeaways
• Spot Instances can be interrupted with a 2-minute
notification. However, they can offer significant
cost savings over On-Demand Instances.

• The four pillars of cost optimization are:

• Right size
• Increase elasticity
• Optimal pricing model
• Optimize storage choices

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Module 6: Compute

Section 4: Container services

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Container basics

• Containers are a method of

Your Container
operating system virtualization.
Your application
• Benefits –
• Repeatable.
• Self-contained execution environments. Dependencies

• Software runs the same in different

environments. Configurations
• Developer's laptop, test, production.
• Faster to launch and stop or terminate than Hooks into OS
virtual machines

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What is Docker?

• Docker is a software platform that

enables you to build, test, and Container
deploy applications quickly.
• You run containers on Docker. Containers have everything the
• Containers are created from a software needs to run:
template called an image.
• A container has everything a System
Libraries Code Runtime
software application needs to run. tools

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Containers versus virtual machines
Three virtual machines on three EC2 instances
Example
VM 1 VM 2 VM 3
Three containers on one EC2 instance Container
App 1 App 2 App 3
Container Container Container
instance 1 Bins/Libs Bins/Libs Bins/Libs
instance 2 instance 3

Docker App 1 App 2 App 3

EC2 EC2 EC2
engine
Bins/Libs Bins/Libs Bins/Libs instance instance instance
guest OS guest OS guest OS
EC2 instance guest OS

Hypervisor
Part of
Host operating system AWS Global
Infrastructure
Physical server
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Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon
ECS)
• Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) –
• A highly scalable, fast, container management service

• Key benefits – Amazon Elastic

Container Service
• Orchestrates the execution of Docker containers
• Maintains and scales the fleet of nodes that run your containers
• Removes the complexity of standing up the infrastructure

• Integrated with features that are familiar to Amazon EC2 service users –
• Elastic Load Balancing
• Amazon EC2 security groups
• Amazon EBS volumes
• IAM roles
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Amazon ECS orchestrates containers

EC2 instance
Requests to run containers
x3 x2

Container A
EC2 instance

Container B
Amazon Elastic Container
Service (Amazon ECS)

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Amazon ECS cluster options
• Key question: Do you want to manage the Amazon ECS cluster that runs the containers?

• If yes, create an Amazon ECS cluster backed by Amazon EC2 (provides more granular control over
infrastructure)
• If no, create an Amazon ECS cluster backed by AWS Fargate (easier to maintain, focus on your
applications)
Containers
Amazon ECS Container instance Container instance Container instance Amazon ECS cluster
cluster backed by 1 2 3 backed by Fargate
Amazon EC2 App 1 App 2 App 3
You manage
Bins/Libs Bins/Libs Bins/Libs
You manage
Docker engines (one per OS in the cluster)
AWS manages
VM guest operating systems in the Amazon ECS cluster
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What is Kubernetes?

• Kubernetes is open source software for container orchestration.

• Deploy and manage containerized applications at scale.
• The same toolset can be used on premises and in the cloud.
• Complements Docker.
• Docker enables you to run multiple containers on a single OS host.
• Kubernetes orchestrates multiple Docker hosts (nodes).
• Automates –
• Container provisioning.
• Networking.
• Load distribution.
• Scaling.
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Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service
(Amazon EKS)
• Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
• Enables you to run Kubernetes on AWS
• Certified Kubernetes conformant (supports easy migration)
• Supports Linux and Windows containers Amazon Elastic
Kubernetes Service
• Compatible with Kubernetes community tools and supports
popular Kubernetes add-ons

• Use Amazon EKS to –

• Manage clusters of Amazon EC2 compute instances
• Run containers that are orchestrated by Kubernetes on those
instances

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Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon
ECR)
Amazon ECR is a fully managed Docker container registry
that makes it easy for developers to store, manage, and deploy
Docker container images. Amazon ECS integration

Docker support

Team collaboration

Amazon Elastic
Container Registry Access control

Third-party integrations
Image Registry

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 • Containers can hold everything that an application
Section 4 key needs to run.

takeaways • Docker is a software platform that packages software

into containers.
• A single application can span multiple containers.
• Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
orchestrates the execution of Docker containers.
• Kubernetes is open source software for container
orchestration.
• Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
enables you to run Kubernetes on AWS
• Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR)
enables you to store, manage, and deploy your
Docker containers.

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Section 5: Introduction to AWS Lambda

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AWS Lambda: Run code without servers
AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service.

The code you run

is a Lambda function
Upload your code

AWS HTTP
services endpoints Your code Pay only for the
Mobile apps
runs only when it is compute time that
Run your code on a schedule
triggered you use
or in response to events

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Benefits of Lambda

It supports multiple programming languages

Completely automated administration
Built-in fault tolerance
AWS It supports the orchestration of multiple functions
Lambda
Pay-per-use pricing

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 AWS Lambda event sources
Event sources Configure other AWS services as event sources to invoke
your function as shown here.

Amazon S3 Alternatively, invoke a Lambda function from the Lambda

console, AWS SDK, or AWS CLI.
Amazon DynamoDB

Amazon Simple Notification

Service (Amazon SNS)
Lambda Execution of your code
Amazon Simple Queue function (only when triggered)
Service (Amazon SQS)
AWS Lambda
Amazon API Gateway
Logging, monitoring,
and metrics
Application Load Balancer
Amazon
Many more… CloudWatch

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 AWS Lambda function configuration
Lambda function configuration

Function code

Execution of your code (only

AWS Lambda when it is triggered)
function
Dependencies AWS Lambda
(code libraries, etc.)
Logging, monitoring,
and metrics

Amazon
Execution role CloudWatch

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Schedule-based Lambda function example:
Start and stop EC2 instances
Stop instances example

Stop
IAM role

Time-based
1 CloudWatch 2 Lambda function 3 EC2 instances
event triggered stopped

Start instances example

Start
IAM role

Time-based
4 5 Lambda function 6 EC2 instances
CloudWatch
triggered started
event
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Event-based Lambda function example:
Create thumbnail images
AWS Cloud
1
2 3

User

Source Lambda 4
bucket
Execution
5
role
Access
policy
Target
bucket Lambda
function
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AWS Lambda limits

Soft limits per Region:

• Concurrent executions = 1,000
• Function and layer storage = 75 GB

Hard limits for individual functions:

• Maximum function memory allocation = 3,008 MB
• Function timeout = 15 minutes
• Deployment package size = 250 MB unzipped, including layers

Additional limits also exist. Details are in the AWS Lambda Limits documentation.
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 • Serverless computing enables you to build and run
Section 5 key applications and services without provisioning or
takeaways managing servers.

• AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service that

provides built-in fault tolerance and automatic
scaling.

• An event source is an AWS service or developer-

created application that triggers a Lambda function
to run.

• The maximum memory allocation for a single

Lambda function is 3,008 MB.

• The maximum execution time for a Lambda

function is 15 minutes.
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Activity: Create an AWS To complete this activity:
Lambda Stopinator
Function • Go to the hands-on lab environment and
launch the AWS Lambda activity.

• Follow the instructions that are provided in

the hands-on lab environment.

Photo by Pixabay from Pexels.

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Activity debrief:
key takeaways

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Module 6: Compute

Section 6: Introduction to AWS Elastic Beanstalk

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AWS Elastic Beanstalk

• An easy way to get web applications up and running

• A managed service that automatically handles –

• Infrastructure provisioning and configuration
• Deployment
• Load balancing
• Automatic scaling
AWS Elastic • Health monitoring
Beanstalk • Analysis and debugging
• Logging

• No additional charge for Elastic Beanstalk

• Pay only for the underlying resources that are used
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AWS Elastic Beanstalk deployments

• It supports web applications

written for common platforms
• Java, .NET, PHP, Node.js, Python,
You Your code
Ruby, Go, and Docker manage
HTTP server

• You upload your code Application server

AWS Language interpreter
• Elastic Beanstalk automatically manages
handles the deployment Operating system
• Deploys on servers such as Apache, Host
NGINX, Passenger, Puma, and
Microsoft Internet Information
Services (IIS)

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Benefits of Elastic Beanstalk

Fast and simple to Developer Difficult to Complete resource

start using productivity outgrow control

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 To complete this activity:
Activity: AWS
Elastic Beanstalk • Go to the hands-on lab environment and
launch the AWS Elastic Beanstalk activity.

• Follow the instructions that are provided in

the hands-on lab environment.

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Activity debrief:

Key takeaways

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 • AWS Elastic Beanstalk enhances
Section 6 key developer productivity.
takeaways • Simplifies the process of deploying your
application.
• Reduces management complexity.

• Elastic Beanstalk supports Java, .NET,

PHP, Node.js, Python, Ruby, Go, and
Docker

• There is no charge for Elastic Beanstalk.

Pay only for the AWS resources that you
use.

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Module 6: Compute

Module wrap-up

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Module summary

In summary, in this module, you learned how to:

• Provide an overview of different AWS compute services in the cloud
• Demonstrate why to use Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
• Identify the functionality in the Amazon EC2 console
• Perform basic functions in Amazon EC2 to build a virtual computing environment
• Identify Amazon EC2 cost optimization elements
• Demonstrate when to use AWS Elastic Beanstalk
• Demonstrate when to use AWS Lambda
• Identify how to run containerized applications in a cluster of managed servers

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Complete the knowledge check

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Sample exam question

Which AWS service helps developers quickly deploy resources which can
make use of different programming languages, such as .NET and Java?

A. AWS CloudFormation

B. AWS SQS

C. AWS Elastic Beanstalk

D. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)

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Additional resources

• Amazon EC2 Documentation

• Amazon EC2 Pricing
• Amazon ECS Workshop
• Running Containers on AWS
• Amazon EKS Workshop
• AWS Lambda Documentation
• AWS Elastic Beanstalk Documentation
• Cost Optimization Playbook

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