AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a comprehensive cloud platform providing scalable compute, serverless architectures, managed databases, and enterprise AI infrastructure.

When to Use

• Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure: Global compute (EC2, ECS, EKS), storage (S3), and database (Aurora, DynamoDB) solutions.
• Serverless & Event-Driven Applications: AWS Lambda, EventBridge, SQS, SNS, and API Gateway for zero-idle cost scaling.
• High-Security Multi-Account Architectures: AWS Organizations, IAM Identity Center, Control Tower, and KMS.
• Edge Computing & Global Content Delivery: CloudFront CDN, Route 53 DNS, and AWS WAF.

Quick Start

# Verify credentials and caller identity
aws sts get-caller-identity

# List S3 buckets
aws s3 ls