AWS Automation and Optimization

Introduction

• AWS automation optimization

1. Automation

• Introduction to automation
• Automate deployment with Auto Scaling
• Configure Auto Scaling
• Automate configuration with Systems Manager
• Automate workflows with EventBridge
• Automate deployment with Lambda

2. Optimize Cost

• Optimize EC2 costs with Spot Instances
• Optimize EC2 costs with Savings Plans and Reserved Instances
• Finding the right storage product
• Use S3 lifecycle policies to control costs
• Optimizing data transfer costs

3. Optimize Performance and Availability

• Choosing the right EC2 instance type
• Use serverless technologies
• Improve content delivery with CloudFront
• Use in-memory caching for databases
• Improve availability with Elastic Load Balancing
• Configure Elastic Load Balancing
• Backup everything

4. Optimize Security

• Optimize identity management with IAM
• Configuring temporary access with STS
• Configuring attribute-based access control and permissions boundary
• Data protection
• Infrastructure protection
• Improve security posture with Security Hub and GuardDuty

5. Additional Optimization Tools

• Optimize account management with AWS Organizations
• Monitor with CloudWatch
• Use Trusted Advisor recommendations

Conclusion

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