by Arslan ud Din Shafiq | Amazon Web Services
You’ve just learned about Amazon S3 and its power as a scalable object storage service. The theory is great, but the best way to understand S3 is to get hands-on. The very first step in using S3 is to create a “bucket”—a container that will hold all...
by Arslan ud Din Shafiq | Amazon Web Services
In the world of cloud computing, there are two foundational pillars: Compute Power Storage. We’ve already explored compute with AWS EC2, but where do you store the vast amounts of data your applications generate? The answer is one of Amazon’s oldest,...
by Arslan ud Din Shafiq | Amazon Web Services
Understanding EC2 Instance Types: A Simple Guide When you launched your first EC2 instance, you likely selected the t2.micro type because it was part of the AWS Free Tier. But what does “t2.micro” actually mean? And how do you choose from the hundreds of...
by Arslan ud Din Shafiq | Amazon Web Services
How to Connect to Your AWS EC2 Instance Using SSH Congratulations! You’ve successfully launched your first virtual server using Amazon EC2. You have a running instance in the cloud, but now you might be asking: “How do I actually access and control it?”...
by Arslan ud Din Shafiq | Amazon Web Services, AWS Compute
You’ve learned what cloud computing is and you understand the theory behind AWS EC2. Now, it’s time to put that knowledge into practice and launch your very first virtual server in the cloud. This guide will walk you through every single step of launching...
by Arslan ud Din Shafiq | Amazon Web Services, AWS Compute
In our previous guide, we established that Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides the building blocks for creating applications in the cloud. Now, it’s time to explore the most fundamental building block of them all: compute power. Every application, from a simple...
