Choosing an AWS compute service
Taking the first step
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Help determine which AWS compute service is the best fit for your
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Last updated
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June 24, 2024
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Introduction
AWS compute services are designed to meet the varied demands of modern applications, from small-scale projects to enterprise-grade solutions. These services provide scalable computing power that helps you to build, deploy, and manage applications.
To get the most from your investment in these services, it's important to choose the right services for the right task or use case, whether it involves processing simple web app requests or running complex, data-intensive algorithms.
You can, for example, use:
You can also use multiple types of compute solutions in a single
workload, as each one has its own advantages.
This guide will help you select the AWS compute services and tools
that are the best fit for your needs and your organization.
Understand
AWS compute services provide secure and resizable compute
capacity in the cloud. AWS offers a range of compute services to meet various application
requirements. These include Amazon EC2 for resizable virtual servers, AWS Lambda for serverless
computing, Amazon ECS and EKS for container orchestration, and AWS Fargate for serverless
containers.
Furthermore, AWS Batch facilitates batch computing.
AWS hybrid and edge services such as AWS Local Zones and AWS Outposts bring AWS infrastructure and services to metropolitan areas,
on-premises locations, and edge sites, addressing requirements for low latency, digital sovereignty, and local data processing.
Additionally, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling automatically adjusts capacity.
These services cater to different workload needs, from basic virtual machines (VMs) to fully managed serverless and container solutions.
Amazon EC2 services
Amazon EC2 offers a wide range of instance types tailored to
different workloads and applications. You can choose from a range of
configurations, including different combinations of CPU, memory,
storage, and networking capacity. EC2 provides a large variety of
compute capacity options optimized for various workloads: general
purpose, compute optimized, memory optimized, storage optimize,
accelerated computing, and high-performance computing.
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Amazon EC2: Amazon EC2 provides
on-demand, scalable computing capacity in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud.
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Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling: Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling helps you maintain application availability and lets you automatically add or
remove Amazon EC2 instances by using scaling policies that you define.
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EC2 Image Builder: EC2 Image Builder is a fully managed AWS
service that helps you to automate the creation, management, and
deployment of customized, secure, and up-to-date server images.
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Amazon Lightsail: Amazon Lightsail provides an easy way to build web applications providing instances, container services,
managed databases, content delivery network distributions, load balancers, SSD-based storage, and DNS management.
Container services
AWS container compute options are designed to help you deploy,
manage, and scale containerized applications efficiently. Amazon ECS, for example, allows you to run and manage Docker containers at
scale, handling cluster management and orchestration of containers.
Amazon EKS provides a fully managed
Kubernetes service, simplifying the deployment, management, and
scaling of containerized applications using Kubernetes.
You have the option of running containers on EC2 instances that you
manage, or you can run them on Fargate on AWS managed compute.
Additionally, AWS offers Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR), a fully managed Docker
container registry.
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Amazon ECS: Amazon ECS is a
fully managed container orchestration service that helps you
easily deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications.
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Amazon ECS Anywhere: Amazon ECS Anywhere provides support for
registering an external instance such as an
on-premises server or VM, to your Amazon ECS
cluster.
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Amazon EKS: Amazon EKS is a
managed service that helps you easily deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications using Kubernetes on AWS infrastructure. Amazon EKS removes the need to install, operate,
and maintain your own Kubernetes control plane on AWS.
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Amazon EKS Anywhere: Amazon EKS Anywhere is a container management
software built by AWS that makes it easier to run and manage
Kubernetes clusters on-premises and at the edge.
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Amazon ECR: Amazon ECR is an
AWS managed container image registry service that is secure,
scalable, and reliable.
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AWS Batch: AWS Batch is a fully managed batch computing service that plans, schedules, and runs your containerized batch
machine learning, simulation, and analytics workloads across the full range of AWS compute offerings, such as Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, Fargate, and Spot or On-Demand Instances.
Serverless compute
AWS offers serverless compute options, including AWS Lambda and AWS Fargate, which allow you to run your workloads without provisioning
or managing servers. As a result, developers can focus on writing
code by shifting as much management of the underlying infrastructure
resources to AWS.
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AWS Fargate: AWS Fargate is a technology that you can use with
Amazon ECS to
run containers without
having to manage servers or clusters of Amazon EC2 instances.
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AWS Lambda: Lambda runs your code on a high-availability compute
infrastructure and performs all of the administration of the
compute resources, including server and operating system
maintenance, capacity provisioning and automatic scaling, and
logging.
On-premises and edge compute
AWS provides hybrid and edge compute options
that allow you to extend AWS infrastructure and services to your
premises and the edge. These edge and hybrid compute options provide
flexibility and scalability for a wide range of use cases across
different network environments.
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AWS Local Zones: AWS Local Zones places compute, storage,
database, and other select AWS resources close to large
population and industry centers. You can use Local Zones to
provide your users with low-latency access to your applications.
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AWS Dedicated Local Zones: AWS Dedicated Local Zones are a type of AWS Infrastructure that is fully managed by AWS,
built for exclusive use by a customer or community, and placed in a customer-specified location or data center to
comply with regulatory requirements.
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AWS Outposts: AWS Outposts is a fully managed service that
extends AWS infrastructure, services, APIs, and tools to
customer premises.
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AWS Wavelength: AWS Wavelength helps developers to build
applications that deliver ultra-low latencies to mobile devices
and end users. Wavelength deploys standard AWS compute and
storage services to the edge of communications service
providers' (CSPs') 5G networks.
Cost optimization
AWS provides cost optimization services that allow you to reduce
your AWS costs by committing to a usage level and generating
recommendations to reduce the cost of your workloads.
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Savings Plans: Savings Plans is a flexible pricing model that can help you reduce your bill compared to On-Demand prices, in exchange for a one- or three-year hourly spend commitment.
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AWS Compute Optimizer: AWS Compute Optimizer provides artificial intelligence and machine learning-based analytics to help you right size your workloads, reduce costs, and improve the performance of your workloads.
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Amazon EC2 Spot Instances: Amazon EC2 Spot Instances let you take advantage of unused EC2 capacity at a
significant discount to On-Demand pricing, allowing you to lower your Amazon EC2 costs
significantly.
Elastic Load Balancing
Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) automatically distributes your incoming
traffic across multiple targets, such as EC2 instances, containers,
and IP addresses, in one or more Availability Zones.
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Application Load Balancer: An Application Load Balancer
functions at the application layer, the seventh layer of the
OSI model. After the load
balancer receives a request, it evaluates the listener rules in
priority order to determine which rule to apply, and then
selects a target from the target group for the rule action.
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Network Load Balancer: A Network Load Balancer functions at the
fourth layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model. It
can handle millions of requests per second. After the load
balancer receives a connection request, it selects a target from
the target group for the default rule.
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Gateway Load Balancers: Gateway Load Balancers help you to
deploy, scale, and manage virtual appliances, such as firewalls,
intrusion detection and prevention systems, and deep packet
inspection systems.
Consider
Here are some key factors to consider when choosing an AWS compute
service. Choosing the right AWS compute service involves balancing
these factors to match your specific workload needs, technical
requirements, and business objectives, to help you optimize for
performance, cost, and ease of management.
- Workload type and requirements
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Workload planning involves understanding the operational patterns
and technical demands of your applications. For instance, batch
processing jobs, which often involve running a series of tasks or
a program on a large volume of data, require robust
compute capacity, which can be scaled down upon job completion to
manage costs effectively.
Web applications, on the other hand, demand high availability and
consistent performance to serve end-user requests at any scale.
These workloads typically need a compute service that can
dynamically adjust to fluctuating traffic patterns, ensuring smooth
user experiences during demand surges and cost savings during
quieter periods.
Machine learning models introduce a different set of requirements,
with distinct phases for training and inference. Training is
computationally intensive and often requires specialized hardware
accelerators such as GPUs or custom chips for a limited duration but
at a high-performance level. Inference, however, might call for a
highly available environment that can quickly respond to prediction
requests, often benefitting from optimized compute services that
support auto-scaling and low-latency processing.
Choosing the right compute service entails matching these workload
characteristics with the specific capabilities of each service to
achieve operational efficiency, performance optimization, and cost
management.
- Performance needs
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Performance encompasses the compute power—CPU and GPU
capabilities—for processing, the memory for data caching and
operations, storage I/O for data throughput, and network bandwidth
for data transfer.
High-performance applications, such as those involving complex
calculations or data-intensive processing, might require robust and
fast CPUs or GPUs, found in compute-optimized or GPU-based EC2
instances. In contrast, memory-intensive applications, like those
running large databases or in-memory caches, necessitate
memory-optimized instances with a higher memory-to-CPU ratio.
Furthermore, applications with heavy input/output operations, such
as high-traffic web applications or big data processing systems,
need storage-optimized instances with high I/O throughput. Lastly,
network performance is crucial for distributed systems and
applications that require rapid data transfer across instances or
services.
Optimizing for performance means choosing services that not only
meet your current demands but can also scale with your application's
growth, ensuring consistent, high-quality user experiences without
overspending on resources.
- Scalability
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Scalability is a critical criterion in the selection of AWS compute
services, as it defines the ability of the system to handle growth
and manage increased demand. Effective scalability ensures that your
application can accommodate more users, handle more transactions,
and process larger datasets without degrading performance.
The scalability of a service can be vertical, allowing you to scale
up by adding more power to your existing infrastructure (like
increasing the CPU or memory of an instance), or horizontal,
helping you to scale out by adding more instances to handle the
load. Horizontal scalability is essential for dynamic workloads with fluctuating
demands.
Choosing a service that can automatically adjust its scale, like
AWS's Auto Scaling or serverless offerings, can provide the
flexibility to seamlessly manage workload spikes and lulls. This not
only maintains performance levels but also optimizes costs, as you
only pay for the resources you use. Scalability considerations help you make sure that your infrastructure is resilient, cost-effective, and
capable of supporting your application as it evolves.
- Management overhead
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Management overhead refers to the amount of effort and resources
required to manage and maintain your computing infrastructure. In
AWS, this can range from hands-on management of virtual servers to
AWS managed services.
For instance, managing EC2 instances involves responsibility for
setup, scaling, patching, and securing servers. This can be
resource-intensive, requiring a dedicated operations team. However,
for use cases where granular control over the compute environment is
necessary, the overhead is often justified.
On the other hand, AWS offers services that abstract away much of
the infrastructure management. Serverless computing options like AWS Lambda run code in response to events without the need to manage
servers, reducing the operational burden. Managed container services
help to optimize deployment and scaling of containers, providing a
middle ground between control and convenience.
Balancing management overhead involves assessing your organization's
operational capacity and expertise, the need for control versus
convenience, and the overall cost of ownership, including the hidden
costs of operational labor. Selecting a service that aligns with
your management capabilities ensures operational efficiency and
allows you to focus on innovation and building applications.
- Cost optimization
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Cost optimization is a key consideration when using AWS compute services, as it helps you make sure that you're obtaining the most economical solution for your specific needs without sacrificing performance and scalability.
Consider the following to save money on compute on AWS.
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Selecting the right instance
AWS has more than 750 instance types, with most of these instances built on the AWS Nitro System.
Each instance type provides a choice of processor, storage, networking, operating system, and size,
so you can choose the instance configuration that best fits your specific workload and budget.
AWS Graviton-based Instances
are designed to deliver the best price performance for your cloud workloads running in Amazon EC2.
EC2 instances powered by AWS Graviton processors deliver up to 40% better price performance than comparable non-Graviton-based instances.
Accelerated computing instances
such as AWS Trainium-based EC2 Trn1 instances and AWS Inferentia-based Inf2 instances are designed to deliver high performance at the lowest cost in EC2 for your machine learning training and deployment needs.
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Choosing the right purchase plans
You have several purchase models to choose from to maximize saving.
On-Demand Instances let you pay for compute capacity by the hour or second with no
long-term commitments. This frees you from the costs and complexities of planning,
purchasing, and maintaining hardware.
Savings Plans is a flexible pricing model that can help you reduce your bill by up
to 72% compared to On-Demand prices, in exchange for a one- or three-year hourly spend
commitment.
Amazon EC2 Spot Instances let you take advantage of unused EC2 capacity in the AWS Cloud and are available at a discount of up to 90% compared to On-Demand prices.
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Right size your workloads
With AWS, you scale up or down as demand fluctuates. The following tools help you to right size your workload.
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling helps you maintain application availability and helps you to automatically add or remove EC2 instances by using scaling policies that you define.
Compute Optimizer provides artificial intelligence and machine learning-based analytics to help you right size your workloads and reduce costs by up to 25%.
AWS Trusted Advisor can help you identify unused resources and opportunities to lower your costs.
- Latency and throughput
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Latency and throughput are crucial performance metrics that
influence the responsiveness and data handling capacity of your
applications. Low latency is essential for time-sensitive
applications, ensuring that user interactions or transactions are
processed rapidly. High
throughput is necessary for applications that need to process large
volumes of data quickly, such as video streaming services or big
data analysis platforms.
When selecting AWS compute services, consider the geographical
distribution of your user base and the location of AWS data centers.
Proximity to users can drastically reduce latency. Additionally,
services that offer edge computing capabilities can further minimize
latency by processing data closer to the source.
For throughput, you'll need to evaluate network bandwidth and the
I/O capacity of the compute service, ensuring that the service can
handle peak data loads efficiently. The right selection can prevent
bottlenecks, ensuring data is processed, analyzed, and transferred
without delays, thus maintaining optimal application performance.
- Compliance and security
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Compliance and security are critical factors when choosing AWS
compute services, as they ensure that the infrastructure adheres to
regulatory standards and protects data integrity. Compliance with
industry-specific frameworks, such as Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) for healthcare, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for
data protection in the EU, or AWS System and Organization Controls (SOC) for service organizations, is
non-negotiable for many businesses. AWS provides a suite of services
designed to meet these rigorous standards, offering features like
data encryption, identity and access management, and logging and
monitoring.
Security encompasses not just compliance but also the broader
protection of your infrastructure from unauthorized access and cyber
threats. The chosen service should offer robust security features,
including network security groups, firewalls, and options for
private connectivity. Additionally, AWS regularly attains
third-party validations for its security and compliance controls,
providing an assurance that its infrastructure can support the
necessary compliance and protect sensitive data, thereby maintaining
trust and integrity. Choosing a compute service that aligns with
these requirements is essential for risk management and maintaining
customer trust.
AWS Nitro System provides enhanced security that continuously monitors, protects, and verifies the instance hardware and firmware.
Virtualization resources are offloaded to dedicated hardware and software minimizing the attack surface.
Nitro System's security model is locked down and prohibits administrative access, eliminating the possibility of human error and tampering.
AWS Local Zones, AWS Dedicated Local Zones, AWS Outposts, and AWS Wavelength are all built on the same Nitro System that powers modern EC2 instances in the AWS Regions today.
- Integration
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Integration within AWS pertain to how compute services
work in concert with other AWS offerings and third-party
applications. It's crucial to select a compute service that
seamlessly connects with databases, analytics, machine learning, or
other services that form the backbone of your cloud architecture.
This approach should allow for a cohesive workflow, where data and
processes can move smoothly across services, facilitating automation
and reducing the need for manual intervention.
The chosen compute service should offer APIs, SDKs, and integration
points that align with your existing tools and practices, enabling
straightforward implementation into your development pipeline. AWS
breadth of services and its extensive partner network can enhance
application capabilities and accelerate innovation. Additionally,
the availability of pre-built integrations can save development time
and resources. Therefore, evaluating the compatibility of the
compute service with the broader use is essential for building
a scalable, agile, and efficient cloud environment.
- Reliability and availability
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Reliability and availability are paramount when selecting AWS
compute services, as they determine the resilience and uptime of
your applications. Reliability ensures that the service can
consistently perform its intended function correctly under specific
conditions, while availability measures the proportion of time the
service is operational and accessible.
In assessing these criteria, consider the service's track record for
stability and its ability to recover from failures. Look for
features such as redundancy, failover processes, and backup
capabilities that ensure continuous operation. AWS services often
come with Service Level Agreements (SLAs) that guarantee a certain
percentage of uptime.
Moreover, the ability to deploy across multiple Availability Zones
can mitigate the impact of outages, while the global spread of
AWS Regions can help ensure that your application remains available to
users worldwide even during regional disruptions. The choice of a
compute service with high reliability and availability minimizes
potential downtime, maintaining business continuity and safeguarding
user experience.
- Development and deployment
experience
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The development and deployment experience is important when choosing
AWS compute services, as it directly impacts the efficiency and
agility of your development team. Services that offer streamlined
workflows, comprehensive documentation, and robust tooling can
significantly reduce the time to market for new features and
applications.
Consider whether the service integrates well with your existing
CI/CD pipelines, supports your preferred development languages and
frameworks, and provides easy-to-use SDKs and APIs for seamless
application integration. Services that offer containerization and
serverless computing can simplify deployment and management,
allowing developers to focus more on writing code and less on
infrastructure concerns.
Moreover, the availability of detailed monitoring, logging, and
debugging tools within the AWS Cloud can enhance the development
experience, enabling quick identification and resolution of issues.
Choosing a compute service that aligns with your team's skills and
workflows can foster a more productive and innovative development
environment, ultimately driving business success.
Choose
Now that you know the criteria by which you're evaluating your compute options, you're
ready to choose which AWS compute services might be a good fit for your organizational
requirements.
The following table highlights which services are optimized for which circumstances.
Use
You should now have a clear understanding of each AWS compute service (and the
supporting AWS tools and services) and which one might be the best fit for your
organization and use case.
To explore how to use and learn more about each of the available AWS compute services,
we have provided a pathway to learn how each of the services work. The following section
provides links to in-depth documentation, hands-on tutorials, and resources to get you
started.
Amazon EC2
- Amazon EC2
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Tutorial: Get started with Amazon EC2
Linux instances
Use this tutorial to get started with Amazon EC2. You'll learn how to launch, connect to, and use
a Linux instance.
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Tutorial: Get started with Amazon EC2 Windows instances
Use this tutorial to get started with Amazon EC2. You'll learn how to launch, connect to, and use
a Windows instance.
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Amazon EC2 instance types
This guide will give you an overview of the various families of
EC2 instance types and discuss the appropriate application for
each family.
Explore
the guide
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Get Started with Amazon EC2 Graviton instances
This guide will help you get started with Amazon EC2 Graviton instances and provides steps-by-step instructions to migrate your workload to Graviton.
Explore
the guide
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- Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
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Get started with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
In this tutorial, you will setup an Auto Scaling group, terminate
your instance and verify the instance was removed from service and
replaced.
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Tutorial: Scale the size of your Auto
Scaling Group
In this tutorial, you will learn how to scale your Auto Scaling
group using either manual scaling, scheduled scaling, dynamic
scaling, or predictive scaling.
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Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling FAQs
Dive deep into the intricacies of EC2 Auto Scaling by reviewing
the FAQ.
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the FAQ
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- EC2 Image Builder
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Get started with EC2 Image Builder
This guide will help you set up your environment and create an
automated image pipeline for the first time.
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Building golden images using Amazon EC2
Image Builder workshop
This workshop will guide you through creating an EC2 Image Builder
pipeline and then developing your own custom components.
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the workshop
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Implementing up-to-date images with automated EC2 Image Builder
pipelines
This post demonstrates how to automatically keep your base or standard
images current, incorporating patches and any other changes using EC2 Image Builder
pipelines.
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- Amazon Lightsail
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Launch a Linux virtual machine with Amazon Lightsail
In this tutorial, you create an Amazon Linux instance in Amazon Lightsail in seconds. After the instance is up and running,
you connect to it via SSH within the Lightsail console using the browser-based SSH terminal.
Use the tutorial
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Container services
- AWS Batch
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Getting started with AWS Batch – Amazon EC2
In this tutorial, you will set up an AWS Batch compute environment
using Amazon EC2 orchestration.
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Getting started with AWS Batch -
Fargate
In this tutorial, you will set up an AWS Batch compute environment
using AWS Fargate.
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Getting started with AWS Batch -
Amazon EKS
In this tutorial, you will set up an AWS Batch compute environment
using Amazon EKS.
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AWS Batch Deep Dive workshop
This workshop provides a deep dive into the basic concepts and use
of AWS Batch.
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the workshop
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- Amazon Elastic Container Service
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Getting started with Amazon ECS
We provide an introduction to the tools available to access Amazon ECS and introductory step-by-step procedures to run containers.
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Tutorials for Amazon ECS
Explore more than a dozen tutorials on how to perform common tasks
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started with the tutorials
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What's new and what's next with Amazon ECS
Learn what's new since the launch of Amazon ECS Anywhere, new
features of AWS Fargate, and a look ahead at the exciting
enhancements to Amazon ECS.
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Amazon ECS deployment
This guide offers an overview of Amazon ECS deployment options on
AWS and shows how it can be used to manage a simple containerized
application.
Explore the guide
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Amazon ECS workshop
This workshop is designed to educate those that might not be
familiar with AWS Fargate, Amazon ECS, and Docker
container workflow.
Explore the workshop
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Deploy Docker containers on Amazon ECS
Learn how to run a Docker-enabled sample application on an Amazon ECS cluster behind a load balancer, test the application, and
delete your resources to avoid charges.
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- Amazon ECS Anywhere
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Amazon ECS Anywhere FAQs
Answers to frequently-asked questions about Amazon ECS Anywhere.
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Registering an external instance with Amazon ECS Anywhere
Amazon ECS Anywhere provides support for registering an external instance such as an on-premises server or
VM, to your Amazon ECS cluster. Here’s how to use that support.
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Getting Started with Amazon ECS Anywhere
Amazon ECS Anywhere provides consistent tooling and APIs for all container-based applications and the same Amazon ECS experience for cluster management,
workload scheduling, and monitoring both in the cloud and on customer-managed infrastructure.
This blog details how and why you might want to use it.
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- Amazon EKS
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Getting started with Amazon EKS
Learn more about Amazon EKS, a managed service that you can use to run Kubernetes on AWS without needing to install, operate, and maintain your own Kubernetes control plane or nodes.
Explore the guide
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Amazon EKS deployment
Explore Amazon EKS deployment options on AWS and learn how it can be used to manage a general containerized application.
Explore the guide
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Amazon EKS cluster deployment
Use this guide to create an Amazon EKS cluster.
Explore the guide
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Deploy a Kubernetes application
Learn how to deploy a containerized application onto a Kubernetes cluster managed by Amazon EKS.
Expolre the guide
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Amazon EKS workshop
Explore practical exercises to learn about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service.
Visit the workshop
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- Amazon EKS Anywhere
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Getting started with Amazon EKS Anywhere
This guide helps you get started with Amazon EKS Anywhere, container management software built by AWS that makes it easier to run and manage
Kubernetes clusters on-premises and at the edge.
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Amazon EKS Anywhere FAQs
Get answers to your frequently asked questions about Amazon EKS.
Read the FAQs
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Running Hybrid Container workloads with Amazon EKS Anywhere
This whitepaper provides cloud engineers and architects best practices for operating Amazon EKS Anywhere on customer-managed infrastructure.
Read the whitepaper
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- Amazon ECR
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Getting started with Amazon ECR
This guide explains how to use Amazon ECR, an AWS managed container image registry service that is secure, scalable, and reliable.
Explore the guide
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Amazon ECR FAQs
Answers to frequently-asked questions about Amazon ECR.
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Serverless
- AWS Fargate
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AWS Fargate for Amazon ECS
Understand the basics of AWS Fargate, a technology that you can use with
Amazon ECS to run containers without having to manage servers or clusters of Amazon EC2 instances.
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Learn how to create an Amazon ECS Linux task for the Fargate launch type
Get started with Amazon ECS on Fargate by using the Fargate launch type for your tasks in the Regions where Amazon ECS supports AWS Fargate.
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Creating a cluster with a Fargate Linux task using the AWS CLI
Learn how to set up a cluster, register a task definition, run a Linux task, and perform other common scenarios in Amazon ECS with the AWS CLI.
Get started with the tutorial
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- AWS Lambda
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What is AWS Lambda?
Learn more about AWS Lambda, a compute service that lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers.
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Guide to AWS Lambda Pricing
Explore and understand AWS Lambda pricing. You are charged based on the number of requests for your functions and the duration it takes for your code to start.
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Using AWS Lambda with other services
Explore common use cases and learn how invocation works. Navigate a table that covers the services that work with Lambda and how it can be invoked from that service.
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On-premises and hybrid
- AWS Outposts
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Get started with AWS Outposts
This guide will demonstrate how to order AWS Outposts and launch an Amazon EC2
instance on your on-premises network.
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guide
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Planning an AWS Outposts implementation
In this free AWS Skill Builder course, you learn about implementation planning for AWS Outposts, including security responsibilities, facilities requirements, networking requirements, and where to deploy your code.
Start the course
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AWS Outposts Rack FAQs
Dive deep into AWS Outposts Rack by reviewing the FAQ.
Explore the FAQ
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AWS Outposts Server FAQs
Dive deep into AWS Outposts Servers by reviewing the FAQ.
Explore the FAQ
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- AWS Local Zones
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Get started with AWS Local Zones
This guide will walk you through the steps to enable a Local Zone through the Amazon EC2 console and create resources in the Local Zone subnet.
Explore the guide
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Connectivity options for Local Zones
This guide discusses the various ways to connect users and applications to resources running in a Local Zone.
Use the workshop
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Deploying Network Functions in AWS Local Zones for Edge Compute & Telco use cases
This workshop will teach you about AWS Local Zones and the benefits of distributed network functions and applications.
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Deploying your first 5G enabled application with AWS Wavelength
In this blog, you will walk you through deploying one of the most common Wavelength use cases: machine learning inference.
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Cost and savings optimization
- AWS Savings Plans
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Get started with AWS Savings Plans
This guide will walk you through enabling your settings and permissions in Cost Explorer before using the AWS Billing and AWS Cost Management Console to view, analyze, and manage your Savings Plans.
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Blog post: Getting Started with AWS Savings Plans
This post covers how you can use the AWS Cost Management product suite to purchase, manage, and monitor Savings Plans.
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Savings Plans FAQ
Dive deep in to the details of AWS Savings Plans FAQ by reviewing the FAQ.
Explore the FAQ
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AWS cost management decision guide
Get what you need to decide how best to optimize AWS costs.
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- Amazon EC2 Spot Instances
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Best practices for Amazon EC2 Spot Instances
This guide will cover the best practices to have the best
experience using Amazon EC2 Spot Instances.
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the guide
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Work with Spot Instances
This guide will cover the details on use and work with Spot
Instances.
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the guide
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Amazon EC2 Spot Instances
workshop
This set of workshops are designed to get you familiar with Amazon EC2
Spot Instances and how to use them in different scenarios,
highlighting best practices to follow when using Spot Instances.
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- Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
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Get started with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
In this tutorial, you will setup an Auto Scaling group, terminate
your instance and verify that the instance was removed from service and
replaced.
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Tutorial: Increase or decrease compute capacity of your application with scaling
In this tutorial, you will learn how to scale your Auto Scaling
group using either manual scaling, scheduled scaling, dynamic
scaling, or predictive scaling.
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Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling FAQs
Dive deep into the intricacies of EC2 Auto Scaling by reviewing
the FAQ.
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- AWS Compute Optimizer
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Get started with AWS Compute Optimizer
This guide will walk you through opting into opt into AWS Compute Optimizer.
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AWS Compute Optimizer workshop
The goal of this lab is to use AWS Compute Optimizer to gain insights into rightsizing recommendations to optimize your migrated environment on AWS.
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AWS Compute Optimizer FAQs
Dive deep in to the details of AWS Compute Optimizer FAQ by reviewing the FAQ.
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Elastic Load Balancing
- Elastic Load Balancing
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Get started with Application Load Balancers
This tutorial provides a hands-on introduction to Application Load Balancers through the AWS Management Console, a web-based interface.
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Getting started with Network Load Balancers
This tutorial provides a hands-on introduction to Network Load Balancers through the AWS Management Console, a web-based interface.
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Getting started with Gateway Load Balancers
In this tutorial, you’ll implement an inspection system using a Gateway Load Balancer and a Gateway Load Balancer endpoint.
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Architecture diagrams
Explore reference architecture diagrams for compute on AWS.
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Whitepapers
Explore whitepapers to help you get started and learn best practices for compute
services and use cases.
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AWS Solutions
Explore vetted solutions and architectural guidance for common use cases for
compute.
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