Compute Services
The foundational service that provides resizable virtual servers in the cloud.
What is Amazon EC2?
Storing and retrieving files, backups, and data in the cloud.
What is Amazon S3 mainly used for?
A service for setting up, operating, and scaling relational databases in the cloud.
What is Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)?
A security service used to manage users, groups, and permissions.
What is AWS IAM?
A service that lets you create a private, isolated network within AWS.
What is Amazon VPC?
A simple cloud platform for quickly building websites and small applications with preconfigured resources.
What is Amazon Lightsail used for?
The AWS object storage service that provides scalability, data availability, security, and performance.
What is Simple Storage Service (S3)?
A fully managed NoSQL database service that provides fast and predictable performance.
What is Amazon DynamoDB?
A security method that requires more than one form of verification to log in.
What is multi-factor authentication (MFA)?
A physical geographic area where AWS has data centers.
What is an AWS Region?
A service that allows you to launch and manage virtual Linux servers in the AWS cloud.
What is Amazon EC2 for Linux Instances?
A block storage service that provides persistent storage volumes for EC2 instances.
What is Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?
A high-performance relational database built for the cloud and compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL.
What is Amazon Aurora?
A virtual firewall that controls inbound and outbound traffic for AWS resources.
What is a security group in AWS?
One or more isolated data centers within an AWS Region.
What is an Availability Zone?
A service that provides Windows-based virtual servers for running applications, databases, and workloads in AWS.
What is Amazon EC2 for Windows Instances?
Block or Volume Storage, which divides data into blocks for flexibility and performance.
What is the most used AWS storage type?
Running scalable relational databases without managing the underlying infrastructure.
What is a use case for Amazon RDS?
A service that uses hardware security modules to manage and protect cryptographic keys.
What is AWS Key Management Service (KMS)?
AWS's scalable DNS service used to route users to websites and applications.
What is Amazon Route 53?
A serverless computing service that runs code automatically without needing to manage servers.
What is AWS Lambda?
A backup of an EBS volume stored in Amazon S3 that can be used for recovery or duplication.
What is an EBS Snapshot?
Supporting applications that require low-latency access and automatic scaling.
What is a use case for DynamoDB?
A security service that monitors AWS accounts for suspicious activity and threats.
What is Amazon GuardDuty?
A content delivery network (CDN) service that delivers content through a global network of edge locations.
What is Amazon CloudFront?