Step 2 − Select the choice from the list of categories and we get their sub-categories such as Computer and Database category is selected in the following screenshots.

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Step 3 − Select the service of your choice and the console of that service will open.

Customizing the Dashboard

Creating Services Shortcuts

Click the Edit menu on the navigation bar and a list of services appears. We can create their shortcuts by simply dragging them from the menu bar to the navigation bar.

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Adding Services Shortcuts

When we drag the service from the menu bar to the navigation bar, the shortcut will be created and added. We can also arrange them in any order. In the following screenshot we have created shortcut for S3, EMR and DynamoDB services.

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Deleting Services Shortcuts

To delete the shortcut, click the edit menu and drag the shortcut from the navigation bar to the service menu. The shortcut will be removed. In the following screenshot, we have removed the shortcut for EMR services.

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Selecting a Region

Many of the services are region specific and we need to select a region so that resources can be managed. Some of the services do not require a region to be selected like AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM).

To select a region, first we need to select a service. Click the Oregon menu (on the left side of the console) and then select a region

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Changing the Password

We can change password of our AWS account. To change the password, following are the steps.

Step 1 − Click the acc3 style=”color: #8600b3; font-weight: bold;”unt name on the left side of the navigation bar.

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Step 2 − Choose Security Credentials and a new page will open having various options. Select the password option to change the password and follow the instructions.

Step 3 − After signing-in, a page opens again having certain options to change the password and follow the instructions.

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When successful, we will receive a confirmation message.

Know Your Billing Information

Click the acc3 style=”color: #8600b3; font-weight: bold;”unt name in the navigation bar and select the ‘Billing & Cost Management’ option.

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Now a new page will open having all the information related to money section. Using this service, we can pay AWS bills, monitor our usage and budget estimation.

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The AWS Console mobile app, provided by Amazon Web Services, allows its users to view resources for select services and also supports a limited set of management functions for select resource types.

Following are the various services and supported functions that can be accessed using the mobile app.

EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud)

Browse, filter and search instances.
View configuration details.
Check status of CloudWatch metrics and alarms.
Perform operations over instances like start, stop, reboot, termination.
Manage security group rules.
Manage Elastic IP Addresses.
View block devices.

Elastic Load Balancing

Browse, filter and search load balancers.
View configuration details of attached instances.
Add and remove instances from load balancers.

Browse buckets and view their properties.
View properties of objects.

Route 53

Browse and view hosted zones.
Browse and view details of record sets.

RDS (Relational Database Service)

Browse, filter, search and reboot instances.
View configuration details, security and network settings.

Auto Scaling

View group details, policies, metrics and alarms.
Manage the number of instances as per the situation.

Elastic Beanstalk

View applications and events.
View environment configuration and swap environment CNAMEs.
Restart app servers.

DynamoDB

View tables and their details like metrics, index, alarms, etc.

CloudFormation

View stack status, tags, parameters, output, events, and resources.

OpsWorks

View configuration details of stack, layers, instances and applications.
View instances, its logs, and reboot them.

CloudWatch

View CloudWatch graphs of resources.
List CloudWatch alarms by status and time.
Action configurations for alarms.

Services Dashboard

Provides information of available services and their status.
All information related to the billing of the user.
Switch the users to see the resources in multiple accounts.

Features of AWS Mobile App

To have access to the AWS Mobile App, we must have an existing AWS account. Simply create an identity using the account credentials and select the region in the menu. This app allows us to stay signed in to multiple identities at the same time.

For security reasons, it is recommended to secure the device with a passcode and to use an IAM user’s credentials to log in to the app. In case the device is lost, then the IAM user can be deactivated to prevent unauthorized access.

Root accounts cannot be deactivated via mobile console. While using AWS Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), it is recommended to use either a hardware MFA device or a virtual MFA on a separate mobile device for account security reasons.

The latest version is 1.14. There is a feedback link in the App’s menu to share our experiences and for any queries.

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Default and Non-Default VPC
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AWS CloudWatch and it’s working
AWS Command Line Interface
Use Cases
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What is Storage Services
What is Elastic Block Storage (EBS)
Persistent Storage
EBC Features
EBS Benefits
EBS Types
EBS Pricing
EBS Life Cycle
EBS Snapshot
EBS General Purposed SSD
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EBS Cold HDD
EBS Comparison
EBS Previous Generation Volumes
EBS How Incremental Snapshots Work
EBS Deleting an Amazon EBS Snapshot
EBS Summary
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What is Amazon AWS S3
Simple Storage Services (S3) Advantages
S3 Buckets, Objects, Keys and Endpoints
S3 Data Consistency Model
S3 Transfer Acceleration
S3 Storage Types
S3 Versioning
S3 Life Cycle Management
S3 Data Protection
S3 Cross-Region Replication
S3 Hosting a Static Website
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Amazon Storage Services

Amazon Glacier Storage
Amazon Storage Gateway
Amazon Snowball (Data Import /Export)
Billing with Amazon CloudWatch
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Overview of Databases and Relational Database Service (RDS)
What is Amazon RDS
AWS RDS Components
AWS RDS: Interface
AWS RDS: Charges
AWS RDS Multi-AZ: Benefits
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NoSQL Database: Amazon DynamoDB
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DynamoDB Benefits
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Data Warehouse: Amazon Redshift
Overview of Amazon Redshift
Redshift Architecture
Amazon Redshift features
In Memory Cache: Amazon ElasticCache
Redis Vs MemCache
Amazon ElasticCache Cluster
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Features of Elastic Load Balancing
What is AWS ELB (Elastic Load Balancer)
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Network Load Balancer
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Amazon Route 53

What is Amazon Route 53
Domain Name Registration
Routing Internet Traffic to Resources
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Authentication (Who can use) and Authorization (Level of Access)
IAM Policies – JSON Structure
Users, Groups and their Roles
AWS IAM Features
User Sign-in to Account
Switch Role
Role to EC2 Instance
Password Policy
How to Access AWS
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
Permissions and Permission Types
Policies Structure
User Based Policies
Resource Based Policies
Resource Based Permission
Policies Types
Request Flow
Limitations
IAM HTTPS API
Logging IAM Events with AWS CloudTail
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Amazon CloudWatch

What is Amazon CloudWatch
Features and Benefits
CloudWatch Architecture
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AWS Auto Scaling

What is AWS Auto Scaling
Auto Scaling Components
Auto Scaling Group
Auto Scaling Launch Configuration
Auto Scaling Benefits
Auto Scaling Lifecycle
Auto Scaling Plans
Manual Scaling
Schedule Scaling
Dynamic Scaling
Auto Scaling Step Adjustment
Auto Scaling Termination Policy
Default Termination Policy
Health Check
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Amazon Application Services

Elastic BeanStalk
Simple Email Services (SES)
Simple Queue Service (SQS)
Simple Notification Services (SNS)
AWS Lambda
Introduction to Elastic OpWorks
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