AWS services with examples

It's always hard for me to remember all the abbreviations for all the AWS services, so I tried to collect the most popular ines in this blogpost.

• Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud):
• Example: Imagine building a scalable web application. You can use EC2 to deploy virtual servers (instances) to run your application. You might use different instance types for web servers, application servers, and databases, scaling them based on demand.
• Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service):
• Example: Storing and serving user-uploaded files for a social media platform. S3 provides durable object storage. You might store user profile pictures, videos, and other media files and serve them directly to users.
• Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service):
• Example: Hosting a relational database like MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server for an e-commerce site. RDS manages the database operations, allowing you to focus on your application without worrying about infrastructure management.
• Amazon Lambda:
• Example: Building a serverless backend for a mobile app. Lambda enables running code without provisioning or managing servers. You might use it to handle user authentication, process data, or trigger actions based on events.
• Amazon DynamoDB:
• Example: Implementing a highly scalable NoSQL database for a gaming application. DynamoDB offers low-latency data access and can handle massive amounts of traffic, making it suitable for gaming leaderboards or storing player data.
• Amazon SQS (Simple Queue Service) and Amazon SNS (Simple Notification Service):
• Example: Building a decoupled system for an e-commerce platform. SQS allows asynchronous communication between different components of the system, while SNS can be used to send notifications about orders or updates to interested parties.
• Amazon CloudFront:
• Example: Accelerating content delivery for a global video streaming service. CloudFront is a content delivery network (CDN) that caches content in edge locations worldwide, reducing latency for users accessing the video content.
• Amazon Kinesis:
• Example: Processing and analyzing streaming data from IoT devices. Kinesis allows you to collect, process, and analyze real-time data streams at scale, making it ideal for IoT applications, log processing, or real-time analytics.
• Amazon ECS (Elastic Container Service) and Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service):
• Example: Orchestrating containerized applications. ECS and EKS help manage Docker containers at scale. You might use these services to deploy microservices for a distributed application architecture.
• Amazon VPC (Virtual Private Cloud):
• Example: Creating a private network within AWS. VPC enables you to launch AWS resources into a virtual network, providing control over the network configuration, including IP address ranges, subnets, and routing.