AWS Introduction

In this lecture we are learning AWS Introduction and creating AWS Free Tier Account:

1. AWS Free Tier Account
2. AWS Global Infrastructure
3. AWS Regions
4. AWS Availability Zones
5. EC2 Instance & Server
6. AWS Region Selection Criteria

AWS Free Tier Account: Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the cloud offering by Amazon to serve you Infrastructure as Cloud Service. You can create a Free AWS account and Login to AWS console to start creating AWS Cloud resources. Click the LINK to know the steps to create the AWS Free Tier Account. 

LINK: https://www.edueki.com/tutorial/cloud-technology/aws/amazon-web-services-for-beginners-aws-quick-start-guide/create-aws-account 

AWS Global Infrastructure: The AWS Global Cloud infrastructure is the backbone network of global AWS data centers and other platforms that Amazon uses to deliver application workloads and AWS services.
Below are the major components that you must know that belongs to AWS Global Infrastructure.

1.  AWS Regions
2.  AWS Availability Zones
    

Regions: AWS regions are geographical physical locations around the world where ever the amazon datacenters available. 

Availability Zones (AZ): Availability zones are group of one or more discrete data centres the provides applications and services in AWS regions. 

Each AZ contains redundant connectivity, power, and networking capabilities, and individual AZs are physically isolated from each other by a meaningful distance but connected through high bandwidth fiber cables. 

Follow the LINK to know updated list of Regions and Availability Zone list of Global Network of AWS infrastructure. 

LINK: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/ 

Below Diagram depicts the Region and Availability Zones Network setup.

EC2 Instance or EC2 Server:: Amazon EC2 is the service that offering by AWS to allow users to create virtual servers on AWS cloud platform. 

EC2 Instance or server: EC2 instance is the virtual machine that runs in AWS Availability Zones of the selected AWS Region and accessible by users over the network.  It provides scalable computing capacity in AWS cloud. It enables you to build and run application faster. 

How to Select Region: Selecting regions in AWS may offer different service quality in terms of latency, solutions portfolio, and cost, based on its geographic location and distance from customers’ sites. Below are the focused points to consider to select AWS Region

1. Latency
2. AWS Features
3. Data Regulatory Requirements (GDPR)
4. Pricing