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# AWS Architecting & Ecosystem
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- [AWS Architecting \& Ecosystem](#aws-architecting--ecosystem)
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- [Well Architected Framework General Guiding Principles](#well-architected-framework-general-guiding-principles)
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- [AWS Cloud Best Practices - Design Principles](#aws-cloud-best-practices---design-principles)
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- [Well Architected Framework 6 Pillars](#well-architected-framework-6-pillars)
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- [1. Operational Excellence](#1-operational-excellence)
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- [2. Security](#2-security)
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- [3. Reliability](#3-reliability)
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- [4. Performance Efficiency](#4-performance-efficiency)
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- [5. Cost Optimization](#5-cost-optimization)
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- [6. Sustainability](#6-sustainability)
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- [AWS Well-Architected Tool](#aws-well-architected-tool)
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- [AWS Right Sizing](#aws-right-sizing)
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- [AWS Ecosystem - Free Resources](#aws-ecosystem---free-resources)
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- [AWS Ecosystem - AWS Support](#aws-ecosystem---aws-support)
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- [AWS Marketplace](#aws-marketplace)
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## Well Architected Framework General Guiding Principles
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- Stop guessing capacity needs.
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- Test systems at production scale.
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- Automate to facilitate architectural experimentation.
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- Allow for evolutionary architectures based on changing requirements.
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- Drive architectures using data.
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- Improve through game days by simulating applications for flash sale days.
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## AWS Cloud Best Practices - Design Principles
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- **Scalability**: Scale both vertically and horizontally.
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- **Disposable Resources**: Servers should be disposable and easily configured.
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- **Automation**: Utilize serverless, infrastructure as a service, and auto-scaling.
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- **Loose Coupling**: Break monolithic applications into smaller, loosely coupled components to prevent cascading failures.
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- **Services, Not Servers**: Use managed services, databases, and serverless options instead of just EC2.
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## Well Architected Framework 6 Pillars
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### 1. Operational Excellence
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- Ability to run and monitor systems for business value and improve supporting processes.
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- **Design Principles**:
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- Perform operations as code (Infrastructure as code).
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- Automate the creation of annotated documentation.
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- Make frequent, small, reversible changes.
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- Refine operations procedures frequently and ensure team familiarity.
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- Anticipate failure.
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- Learn from all operational failures.
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### 2. Security
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- Ability to protect information, systems, and assets while delivering business value through risk assessments and mitigation strategies.
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- **Design Principles**:
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- Implement a strong identity foundation (centralized privilege management, principle of least privilege, IAM).
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- Enable traceability (integrate logs and metrics with systems).
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- Apply security at all layers (edge network, VPC, load balancer, instances, OS, application).
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- Automate security best practices.
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- Protect data in transit and at rest (encryption, tokenization, access control).
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- Keep people away from data (reduce or eliminate direct access).
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- Prepare for security events (run incident response simulations, use automation).
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### 3. Reliability
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- Ability to recover from disruptions, dynamically acquire resources, and mitigate misconfigurations or transient network issues.
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- **Design Principles**:
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- Test recovery procedures using automation.
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- Automatically recover from failures.
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- Scale horizontally to increase availability.
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- Stop guessing capacity (use Auto Scaling).
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- Manage change with automation.
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### 4. Performance Efficiency
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- Efficiently use computing resources to meet system requirements and maintain efficiency as demands change.
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- **Design Principles**:
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- Democratize advanced technologies (use services).
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- Go global in minutes (deploy in multiple regions).
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- Use serverless architectures.
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- Experiment frequently.
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- Be aware of all AWS services (mechanical sympathy).
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### 5. Cost Optimization
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- Deliver business value at the lowest price point.
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- **Design Principles**:
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- Adopt a consumption model (pay for what you use).
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- Measure overall efficiency (use CloudWatch).
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- Stop spending on data center operations (focus on projects).
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- Analyze and attribute expenditure (use tags to measure ROI).
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- Use managed services to reduce costs.
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### 6. Sustainability
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- Minimize environmental impacts of running cloud workloads.
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- **Design Principles**:
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- Understand your impact (establish performance indicators).
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- Set sustainability goals for each workload.
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- Maximize utilization (right size workloads).
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- Anticipate and adopt new efficient technologies.
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- Use managed services to automate sustainability best practices.
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- Reduce downstream impact (minimize energy/resources for services).
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## AWS Well-Architected Tool
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- Free tool to review architectures against the 6 pillars and adopt best practices.
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- **How it works**:
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- Select your workload and answer questions.
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- Review answers against the 6 pillars.
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- Obtain advice: videos, documentation, reports, and dashboards.
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## AWS Right Sizing
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- Match instance types and sizes to workload performance and capacity requirements at the lowest cost.
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- Right sizing involves starting small and scaling up easily, continuously adjusting after cloud onboarding, and using tools like CloudWatch, Cost Explorer, and Trusted Advisor.
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## AWS Ecosystem - Free Resources
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- **AWS Blogs**: [AWS Blogs](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/)
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- **AWS Forums**: [AWS Forums](https://forums.aws.amazon.com/index.jspa)
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- **AWS Whitepapers & Guides**: [AWS Whitepapers & Guides](https://aws.amazon.com/whitepapers)
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- **AWS Quick Starts**: [AWS Quick Starts](https://aws.amazon.com/quickstart/)
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- Automated, gold-standard deployments in the AWS Cloud.
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- Examples: WordPress on AWS, leveraging CloudFormation.
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- **AWS Solutions**: [AWS Solutions](https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/)
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- Vetted technology solutions for the AWS Cloud.
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- Example - AWS Landing Zone (secure, multi-account environment).
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### AWS Ecosystem - AWS Support
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| DEVELOPER | BUSINESS | ENTERPRISE |
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| ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| Business hours email access to Cloud Support Associates | 24x7 phone, email, and chat access to Cloud Support Engineers | Access to a Technical Account Manager (TAM) |
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| General guidance: < 24 business hours | Production system impaired: < 4 hours | Concierge Support Team (for billing and account best practices) |
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| System impaired: < 12 business hours | Production system down: < 1 hour | Business-critical system down: < 15 minutes |
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## AWS Marketplace
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- Digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors.
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- Examples:
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- Custom AMIs, CloudFormation templates, SaaS, containers.
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- Purchases go into your AWS bill.
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- You can sell your own solutions on the AWS Marketplace.
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