AWS SandBox Playground

What is AWS?

• AWS (Amazon Web Services) is a leading cloud computing platform.
• Provides various services like databases, servers, and email to support apps and websites.
• Think of it as your custom-made datacenter in the cloud, where Amazon handles the hardware.

AWS Playground Highlights

• Hands-On Learning: Access AWS resources without creating an AWS account.
• Safe Environment: Experiment with no risk of breaking anything. Mess up? Just restart the playground.
• Quick Start: Simple guide to get you up and running.

Supported Regions

• us-east-1
• us-west-2

Core Services Available

• EC2 Instances: 
  • Virtual servers, easy to scale up or down.
  • Use t1, t2, t3 instances with up to 30GB storage.
  • Limits:
    • Max 5 instances. Exceeding the limit will terminate excess instances.
    • Stopped instances limited to 3. Exceeding will raise warnings or block access.
• S3 (Object Storage): 
  • Store and retrieve files easily.
  • Ensure bucket names are unique.
• RDS (Relational Database Service): 
  • Supports MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Amazon Aurora.
  • Start with the Free tier for ease.
• EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service): 
  • Create Kubernetes clusters quickly.
  • Predefined instance types for nodes.
  • Limits: 
    • Max 3 nodes per cluster. Exceeding will delete the cluster.
    • Limited Fargate profiles and instance types.
• ECS (Elastic Container Service): 
  • Manage containerized applications.
  • Predefined instance types for container instances.
  • Limits: 
    • Max 3 container instances per cluster. Exceeding will delete the cluster.
    • Restricted to specific EC2 instance types.
• Lambda: 
  • Run code without managing servers.
  • Limits: 
    • Memory size max 256 MB, timeout max 10 seconds. Exceeding will update or delete functions.
    • Invocations exceeding 300 times per hour will delete the function.
• DynamoDB: 
  • Fast, scalable NoSQL database.
  • Limits: 
    • Provisioned throughput set to 1 read and 1 write capacity unit.
    • Billing mode set to "PAY_PER_REQUEST".
• CodePipeline: 
  • Automate build, test, and deploy phases.
  • Limits: 
    • Compute type restricted to t3.micro. Exceeding will update configurations.
• CodeBuild: 
  • Fully managed build service.
  • Limits:
    • Compute types restricted to BUILD_GENERAL1_SMALL and BUILD_GENERAL2_SMALL.

Additional Services

• Amazon CloudWatch: Monitoring and logging capabilities.
• AWS CloudTrail: Auditing and logging for tracking user activities.

Important Notes on Restrictions

• Exceeding limits on any service may result in session termination or blocking of lab access.
• Ensure you stay within the defined limits to avoid interruptions.

Start exploring AWS with our Playground and gain practical experience effortlessly!