AWS Administration: Tips and Tricks

Get quick tips to take advantage of the powerful built-in tools for administering Amazon Web Services (AWS), including EC2, Elastic Beanstalk, and AWS RDS.

Introduction

• Making the most of AWS admin tools

1. Creating and Managing Monitors

• Monitor AWS charges using CloudWatch
• Monitor EC2 instances with instance status checks
• Monitor EC2 instances with system status checks

2. Managing Systems

• Scan for Windows updates on EC2 instances
• Secure an AWS account
• Remotely run commands on an EC2 instance with AWS Systems Manager
• Create IAM roles for use with AWS Patch Manager

3. Managing Web Apps

• Create and launch an application with AWS Elastic Beanstalk
• Update an application on AWS Elastic Beanstalk
• Create a static website in AWS

4. Managing Your IaaS Resources

• Create an AWS EC2 auto-scaling group
• Create an AWS virtual private cloud
• Determining the cost of an AWS EC2 instance
• Create an AWS Lightsail virtual machine
• Create an AWS EC2 instance

5. AWS Storage

• Create a Network File System (NFS) in AWS
• Manage files in AWS S3
• Automate file transition to tiered storage with AWS S3 lifecycle rules

6. Working with Databases

• Create a MySQL database in AWS RDS
• Back up and restore AWS RDS databases with snapshots
• Create and query an Amazon Aurora AWS RDS database