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SYMBOL

* (wildcard character)

A

Acceptable Use Policy
access control lists.
    See ACLs.
ACID (atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability), 2^nd
ACLs (access control lists), 2^nd
agent forwarding
AKI (Amazon Kernel Image)
ALARM state
alarms, CloudWatch
AllocatedStorage attribute
Amazon API Gateway
Amazon Kernel Image.
    See AKI.
Amazon Resource Name.
    See ARN.
Amazon Web Services.
    See AWS.
AMI (Amazon Machine Image), 2^nd
Ansible
Apache Bench
APIs (application programming interfaces)
apt package manager
archiving objects
ARN (Amazon Resource Name)
AssociatePublicIpAddresss property
atomic operations
atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability.
    See ACID.
AttachVolume parameter, 2^nd
attributes, DynamoDB table
Aurora
authentication roles
authorization policies
auto-scaling
  groups for, 2^nd
  overview
  triggering
    based on CloudWatch metrics
    based on schedule
    overview
availability zones
  data center outages and
  defined
  recovering failed server to another
  redundancy using
AWSTemplateFormatVersion value
Azure

B

backup
  automated snapshots
  copying database to other region
  manual snapshots
  restoring database
bastion host
benchmarking
BlockDeviceMappings
bucket policies
BucketNotEmpty error
burstable performance

C

cache, invalidating
calculator for monthly costs
Cassandra
CDN (content delivery network), 2^nd, 3^rd
ChangeInCapacity option
check-update command
Chef, 2^nd
CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing)
CloudFront
CNAME records, 2^nd
command-line interface.
    See CLI.
compute services
configuration templates, 2^nd
consistency, data
ConsistentRead option
content delivery network.
    See CDN.
cookbooks, Chef
Cooldown property
cost
  advantages of AWS
  billing example
  DynamoDB service
  Free Tier
  MySQL databases
  optimizing for virtual servers
    overview
    reserved virtual servers
    spot instances
  overview
  pay-per-use pricing model
  WordPress blogs example
CPU load
CREATE_COMPLETE state, 2^nd, 3^rd
CREATE_IN_PROGRESS state
create-table command
cross-zone load balancing
CRUD (create, remove, update, delete)

D

data archiving
data centers
  hardware used
  locations of, 2^nd
  outages
    auto-scaling
    availability zones
    IP addresses and
    network-attached storage and
    recovering failed server to another availability zone
  starting virtual server in different
data security standard.
    See DSS.
databases
  defined
  network access control
  WordPress blogs example
DBInstanceClass attribute
DBInstanceIdentifier attribute
DBName attribute, 2^nd
dd utility
DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks
dead-letter queue.
    See DLQ.
default region setting
deleteItem operation
dependencies
describe command, 2^nd
describe-instances command
describe-table command
descriptive approach
DesiredCapacity property, 2^nd
DevOps (development operations) movement
df command
dig command
disaster recovery
Distributed Denial of Service attacks.
    See DDoS attacks.
DLQ (dead-letter queue)
DNS (Domain Name System), 2^nd
domain names, linking to bucket
DSL (domain-specific language)
DSS (data security standard)

E

EbsOptimized property
EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) service
  defined, 2^nd
  failures possible for
  recovering instances of.
    See also virtual servers.
EFS (Elastic File System)
Elastic Beanstalk.
    See AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
Elastic Block Store.
    See EBS.
Elastic Compute Cloud service.
    See EC2 service.
Elastic File System.
    See EFS.
Elastic IP addresses
Elastic Network Interface.
    See ENI.
elasticity
ELB (Elastic Load Balancing) service, 2^nd, 3^rd
Endpoint attribute
Engine attribute, 2^nd
ENI (Elastic Network Interface)
enterprise services
environment
EnvironmentType option
Erlang programming language
Etherpad
  creating application
  creating environment
  describing status of installation
  in Management Console
  uploading Zip archive
eventual consistency, 2^nd, 3^rd
ExactCapacity option

F

fault-tolerance
  AWS use cases
  code considerations
  defined
  high availability vs.
  overview
  redundant EC2 instances
    decoupling required for
    overview
    removing single point of failure
  web application
    creating process
    idempotent state machine
    idempotent state transitions
    Imagery application overview
    looking up process
    uploading files
    worker for consuming SQS messages
  web application deployment
    DynamoDB
    Elastic Beanstalk for worker
    IAM roles
    overview
    S3
    SQS
fdisk utility, 2^nd
FilterExpression
firewalls, 2^nd
Fn::Base64/Fn::Join functions
force option
Free Tier
fsfreeze command

G

generations
getItem operation, 2^nd
GiB (gibibyte)
globally unique identifiers
GlusterFS
Google Cloud Platform
guests

H

HA (high availability)
  for databases
  defined, 2^nd
  disaster-recovery requirements
  fault tolerance vs.
  recovering from data center outages
    auto-scaling
    availability zones
    IP addresses and
    network-attached storage and
    recovering failed server to another availability zone
  recovering from server failure with CloudWatch
    creating alarm
    Jenkins CI server with recovery
    overview
  redundant EC2 instances for
    decoupling required for
    overview
    removing single point of failure
  web application deployment
hardware
Hardware Virtual Machine.
    See HVM.
hash and range keys, 2^nd
hash keys, 2^nd
health checks
HealthCheckGracePeriod property
HealthCheckType property, 2^nd
help keyword
high availability.
    See HA.
host servers
httpd-tools package
HVM (Hardware Virtual Machine)
Hyper DB

I

IaaS (infrastracture as a service), 2^nd
IAM (Identity and Access Management) service, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th
IamInstanceProfile property
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
idempotent
  defined, 2^nd
  retry
  state machine
  state transitions
Identity and Access Management service.
    See IAM service.
IGW (internet gateway)
ImageId property, 2^nd
Imagery application example
infrastracture as a service.
    See IaaS.
inline policy
input/output operations per second.
    See IOPS.
instance family groups
instances, defined
InstanceType property, 2^nd, 3^rd
INSUFFICIENT_DATA state
Internet Control Message Protocol.
    See ICMP.
internet gateway.
    See IGW.
Internet Relay Chat.
    See IRC.
IOPS (input/output operations per second)
IP (Internet Protocol)
IP addresses
  allocating for virtual server
  data center outages and
  public vs. private
IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
ircd-ircu package

J

Java EE applications
JIML (JSON Infrastructure Markup Language)
JMESPath
jump boxes

K

key pair for SSH
  creating
  selecting for virtual server
key-value stores, 2^nd
KeyConditionExpression
KeyName property
keys, object, 2^nd

L

Lambda service
large size, 2^nd
launch configurations
LaunchConfigurationName property
layers.
    See also multilayer applications.
"let it crash" concept
lifecyle rules
linkchecker tool
listObjects() function
load monitoring
load tests
LoadBalancerNames property

M

managed policy
MasterUsername attribute, 2^nd
MasterUserPassword attribute
MaxSize property, 2^nd
metadata
MFA (multifactor authentication)
micro size
MinSize property, 2^nd
mkfs command
MongoDB
monitoring
multifactor authentication.
    See MFA.

N

Name tag
NAT (Network Address Translation), 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th
Neo4j
network access control
Network File System version 4.
    See NFSv4.
Network File System.
    See NFS.
NFSv4 (Network File System version 4)
Node Control Center for AWS.
    See nodecc.
Node.js
  installing, 2^nd
  multilayer applications using
    adding app to Node.js layer
    creating Node.js layer
nslookup command

O

OK state
on-demand instances
OpenStack
optimistic locking
OS (operating system), 2^nd

P

PaaS (platform as a service)
PCI (payment card industry)
PercentChangeInCapacity option
pessimistic locking
pip tool
platform as a service.
    See PaaS.
policies, authorization
primary keys, DynamoDB
private IP addresses
public bastion host subnet
public IP addresses, 2^nd
putItem operation
putObject() function
PuTTY, 2^nd
Python packages

Q

--query option
queue, decoupling server pools by

R

RAID0
rb command
RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol)
ReadCapacityUnits
recovery point objective.
    See RPO.
recovery time objective.
    See RTO.
regions, 2^nd
Relational Database Service.
    See RDS.
reliability
Remote Desktop Protocol.
    See RDP.
reserved instances
resource groups
REST API
restoring database
retries
Riak KV
roles, authentication
root user
RPO (recovery point objective)
rsync command
RTO (recovery time objective)

S

SaaS (software as a service)
scaling
  advantages of AWS
  based on CPU load
  decoupling dynamic server pool
    by load balancer
    overview
    by queue
  DynamoDB service
  general discussion
  managing dynamic server pool
  policies, 2^nd
  triggering auto-scaling
    based on CloudWatch metrics
    based on schedule
    overview
scan operation
SDKs (software development kits)
  overview
  platform and language support
  using nodecc
    creating servers
    listing server details
    overview
    terminating servers
secondary indexes
security policy
SecurityGroupClient property
SecurityGroupCommon property
SecurityGroups property
SecurityGroupServer property
Set-ExecutionPolicy command
Simple Queue Service.
    See SQS.
single point of failure.
    See SPOF.
snapshots, database
  automated
  copying automated as manual
  manual
software as a service.
    See SaaS.
software development kits.
    See SDKs.
SPOF (single point of failure), 2^nd, 3^rd
spot instances
SpotPrice property
SSH traffic
  allowing
  allowing from IP address
  allowing from security group
stacks, 2^nd
standards compliance
stateless servers, 2^nd
StatusCheckFailed_System metric
stopping vs. terminating servers
streams, DynamoDB
striping
strongly consistent reads, 2^nd
subnets
sync command
system status checks

T

tags
terminating vs. stopping servers
TerminationPolicies property
Terraform
TiB (tebibyte)
time to live.
    See TTL.
Troposphere
TTL (time to live)

U

universally unique identifier.
    See UUID.
update command, 2^nd
UPDATE_COMPLETE state
UPDATE_IN_PROGRESS state
update-to command
updateItem operation, 2^nd
updates, security
  checking for
  installing on running servers
  installing on server startup
URL2PNG application
user data, 2^nd
users, creating
UUID (universally unique identifier)

V

versioning
  for applications
  for S3 buckets
virtual appliances
virtual machines.
    See VMs.
Virtual Private Cloud.
    See VPC.
Virtual Private Network.
    See VPN.
virtual servers
  allocating fixed public IP address for
  changing size of
  connecting to
    from Linux
    login message when connecting
    from Mac OS X
    overview
    from Windows
  cost optimization
    overview
    reserved virtual servers
    spot instances
  creating additional network interface for
  creating using CLI script
  determining readiness using health checks
  installing software on
  launching
    choosing size of
    naming
    overview
    selecting key pair for SSH
    selecting OS
  listing instances using CLI
  monitoring
  overview
  running script on server startup
    application update process
    overview
    using user data
  security updates for
    checking for
    installing on running servers
    installing on server startup
  shutting down
  starting in another data center.
    See also EC2 service.
VisibilityTimeout
VMs (virtual machines)
VolumeId value
VPCZoneIdentifier property, 2^nd
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
  installing VPN with script
  overview
  using CloudFormation to start virtual server with user data

W

WebServerSecurityGroup
webshot module
wildcard character ( * )
WriteCapacityUnits

X

Xen

Y

yum package manager, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th