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Instance management
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In the preceding chapter, you explored the basics of creating and configuring EC2 instances. In this first episode of Chapter 6, you will begin to explore the ongoing management of EC2 instances.
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Connecting to instances lab
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In addition to managing the instance properties in AWS itself, you will need to know how to remotely connect to the instance guest operating system to manage it. This episode explains how to make these remote connections.
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Working with security groups
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You might wonder how you can control who has access to the EC2 instances you implement. One method is with the use of security groups and this episode introduces the concept.
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Working with security groups lab
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To assist you in understanding security groups, this episode will demonstrate their creation and use.
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Advanced EC2 management
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AWS has come out with more EC2 management options, including resource optimization in AWS Cost Management, Host Recovery for EC2 instances, and traffic monitoring.
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AWS batch
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Where can you turn to automatically run those slick scripts you’ve created for your AWS environment? Look no further than AWS Batch.
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Elastic container service (ECS)
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At times, you might want to run some code in AWS without having to launch, configure, upgrade, and manage entire EC2 instances. You may be able to do this with the Elastic Container Service and this episode explains how.
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Elastic beanstalk environment
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If you would like to have an expert AWS administrator available to you at any time, consider the Elastic beanstalk service. It’s not a real administrator, but it’s as close as it gets within AWS and it can launch and mage EC2 instances for you.
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Syllabus
Syllabus
Course description
This course shows how to manage EC2 instances and how to connect them. Then we move on to working with security groups, advanced management options, scripting, the Elastic Container Service and the helpful assistance of Elastic Beanstalk environment.
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