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Become an AWS pro with insights from a seasoned Amazon engineer. Get hands-on with essential AWS services like DynamoDB, S3, and EC2. No setup, no cleanup, no hassle.

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This is not your typical AWS reference course. You won’t find most of the knowledge that's shared here in the AWS docs. The goal here is to help you realize which AWS features you’d be foolish not to use — features that have passed the test of time by being at the backbone of most things on the Internet.

In this course, you'll learn a technique used to help make reliable technical choices without getting paralyzed in the face of so many options. You’ll start by going through the most fundamental services AWS offers such as DynamoDB, S3, EC2. Each section breaks down how it’s used, the pros and cons, why you should (or shouldn't) be using it, and more.

This course was written by a former Amazon engineer with 15 years of experience working on AWS.

The Good Parts of AWS: Cutting Through the Clutter

# Objective
- Get a simple web application running on a single EC2 instance.

# Steps

- Manually create basic AWS infrastructure to host our application.
- Manually install our application on an EC2 instance.

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# Hosting our application

If you don't already have an AWS account, [you will need to create one](https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup).

> ⚠️You should never use your AWS root account credentials other than to create an Administrator user for your account. AWS has [several best practices](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html) for managing accounts and credentials.
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> If you are creating a new AWS account or you don’t yet have an Administrator user, use the root account to [create an Administrator user](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/getting-started_create-admin-group.html) now, and then use only that user.

Creation of AWS infrastructure manually to host our application is performed in this lesson. We then will install our web application on an EC2 instance.

Starting from Scratch: Manual AWS Infrastructure

Before Getting Started

Part 1: The Good Parts

Part 2: The Bootstrap Guide

Host Our Application on EC2 Instance

Infrastructure as Code

Automatic Deployments: Create a CI/CD Pipeline

Load Balancing: Add an Application Load Balancer

Scaling: Add an Auto Scaling Group

Conclusion

Starting from Scratch: Manual AWS Infrastructure

Objective

Steps

Hosting our application