Summary and Quiz

Get a refresher of what you’ve learned in the Management and Governance section, and take a short quiz to validate your knowledge.

In this lesson, we’ll summarize what we’ve learned in this chapter and test our knowledge of the AWS management and governance services we learned with a short quiz.

Summary

Here’s a summary of the most important key takeaways from this chapter:

Auto Scaling

AWS Auto Scaling automatically adjusts compute resources to match the current demand for applications, ensuring they have the right capacity to handle traffic efficiently.

  • Auto Scaling Groups (ASG): Manages collections of resources and defines the desired number of instances.

  • Scaling policies: Target Tracking, Step Scaling, and Scheduled Scaling allow for customized scaling strategies.

AWS Control Tower

AWS Control Tower is an AWS tool designed for setting up and governing a multi-account AWS cloud infrastructure, aligning with AWS best practices. It’s particularly useful for large enterprises managing numerous applications and teams on AWS.

  • Landing Zones: Landing Zones are pre-configured, multi-account AWS environments based on AWS best practices, providing a standardized setup for AWS accounts and resources. They utilize AWS Organization service for account structuring, AWS CloudTrail for centralized logging, and AWS Single Sign-On for identity management. A Control Tower Landing ...