Building Scalable Cloud Architecture on AWS
Core Principles
- Design for Failure - Assume everything will fail
- Decouple Components - Microservices architecture
- Implement Elasticity - Auto-scaling
- Think Parallel - Distribute workload
Essential AWS Services
Compute
- EC2 - Virtual servers
- ECS/EKS - Container orchestration
- Lambda - Serverless functions
Storage
- S3 - Object storage
- EBS - Block storage
- EFS - File storage
Database
- RDS - Relational databases
- DynamoDB - NoSQL
- ElastiCache - In-memory cache
Networking
- VPC - Virtual private cloud
- CloudFront - CDN
- Route 53 - DNS
Best Practices
- Use multiple Availability Zones
- Implement CI/CD pipeline
- Monitor with CloudWatch
- Set up proper IAM policies
- Regular backups and disaster recovery plan