AWS Services Overview.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers a vast and comprehensive suite of cloud computing services. These services cover various domains and cater to the needs of individuals, startups, enterprises, and government organizations. Below is an overview of some of the core AWS services. Please note that AWS might have introduced new services or updates since my last update.

  1. Compute Services:

    • Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud): Provides scalable virtual servers on which you can run applications.

    • AWS Lambda: Lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers, following a serverless architecture.

    • Amazon ECS (Elastic Container Service): Manages Docker containers on a cluster of EC2 instances.

    • AWS Elastic Beanstalk: Deploys and manages applications in a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) environment.

  2. Storage Services:

    • Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service): Scalable object storage for data storage and retrieval.

    • Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store): Provides persistent block-level storage volumes for use with EC2 instances.

    • Amazon Glacier: Low-cost storage service for long-term archiving and backup.

  3. Database Services:

    • Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service): Managed relational databases, such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and SQL Server.

    • Amazon DynamoDB: A managed NoSQL database for high-performance and scalable applications.

    • Amazon Aurora: A high-performance and fully managed relational database.

  4. Networking Services:

    • Amazon VPC (Virtual Private Cloud): Lets you create isolated network environments within the AWS cloud.

    • Amazon Route 53: A scalable domain name system (DNS) web service.

    • AWS Direct Connect: Establishes a dedicated network connection from your premises to AWS.

  5. Security and Identity Services:

    • AWS IAM (Identity and Access Management): Manages access to AWS services and resources securely.

    • AWS KMS (Key Management Service): Provides encryption key management.

    • AWS Certificate Manager: Manages SSL/TLS certificates for your AWS resources.

  6. Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence:

    • Amazon SageMaker: Enables developers to build, train, and deploy machine learning models at scale.

    • Amazon Rekognition: Provides image and video analysis using machine learning algorithms.

    • Amazon Polly: Converts text into lifelike speech.

    • Amazon Comprehend: Natural language processing service for extracting insights from text.

  7. Analytics and Big Data:

    • Amazon Redshift: A fully managed data warehouse service for analytics.

    • Amazon Kinesis: Collects, processes, and analyzes streaming data in real-time.

    • AWS Glue: Extracts, transforms, and loads (ETL) data for analysis.

  8. Internet of Things (IoT):

    • AWS IoT Core: Connects devices to the cloud and allows them to interact with other devices and applications.

    • AWS IoT Analytics: Analyzes IoT device data.

  9. Management and Monitoring:

    • AWS CloudWatch: Monitors AWS resources and applications.

    • AWS Config: Provides resource inventory, configuration history, and configuration change notifications.

    • AWS CloudFormation: Allows you to define and provision AWS infrastructure as code.

  10. DevOps and Application Management:

  • AWS CodeCommit, AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodeDeploy, and AWS CodePipeline: Tools for building, testing, and deploying applications.

This list is not exhaustive, as AWS continually adds new services and updates existing ones. Always refer to the official AWS website for the most up-to-date and comprehensive list of services.