INTRODUCTION OF AWS - II

Discover the essential AWS services that form the backbone of modern web architecture.

Series: AWS 101 (3 articles)

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INTRODUCTION OF AWS - I
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INTRODUCTION OF AWS - II This article
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INTRODUCTION OF AWS - III

Alex A. Junior

Builder @BraveonAI

Published Oct 25, 2026

Last modified Oct 25, 2026

In our previous article, we talked about the brief introduction of AWS, the journey from 2006 till now.
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Now, we will talk about the services that are commonly provided by Amazon Web Services.
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Services that are commonly used and provided by Amazon Web Services
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Various services available on AWS cannot be overemphasized; they are security, tools development, migration, custom engagement, storage, and many more.
Below are some of the services that are commonly used by Amazon Web
Services:
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1. Amazon EC2 : EC2 can be resettable due to the user's necessity, as long
as a secured computing capacity is available in the cloud. For example, in
situations whereby web traffic changes, this facility can increase its atmosphere,
behind the scenes, to three occurrences when necessary and then contract to a
single resource when weight reduces.
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2. Amazon Elastic Beanstalk : It consists of several programming
languages; such service enables scale and organizes web apps. Just upload the required code, and the Elastic Beanstalk would automatically handle the setting from the capacity provision to load balancing and auto-scaling to app health checking.
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3. Amazon Lightsail: Easy to present and manage, Amazon Lightsail is
essentially a confidential server and contains all required to launch a project
without delay on a computer-generated machine, such as tools for transferring
data, SSD-based storage, static IP, and DNS management.
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4. Amazon Lambda : It enables organizations for code running with no use for server management and provisioning. It automatically scales little requests for a day to so many for a second. Organizations pay for the time used for computing and no charges while code isn't running.
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Amazon Web Services Storage Services
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With the quantity of data organizations collect, storing the data seems to be high in demand. AWS, therefore, helps bring numerous solutions listed below:
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● Amazon S3: With S3, data can be stored and retrieved from anywhere,
including IoT sensors, mobile apps, websites, and others. There's flexibility in data management, security, and durability for internet storage.
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● Amazon Glacier: It's a service for cloud storage meant for storing data
for future use, including long-term backups, highly secure options, and low-cost options.
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● Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS): EBS offers block store volumes for
cases of EC2. It is a dependable storage volume attached to whichever running
instance in a similar accessibility zone.
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● Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) : EFS can be used with the Amazon
Web Services Cloud resources and services. It's scalable and straightforward; it's flexible storing of files for on-premise resources. Containing an intuitive interface allows users to build and file configuring systems without troubling the app growth and automatic shrinking when files are being added or even removed.
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Amazon Web Services Databases
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Some of these databases are:
● Amazon RDS : Easing the process of setting up, operating, and scaling a
relational database in the cloud, Amazon RDS provides cost-efficient and
resizable capacity while automating time-consuming administrative tasks such ass atabase hardware setup, repairing, and backups. The enhanced service is for memory performance and output/input processes.
Amazon RDS gives you the freedom to use your relational database of choice. RDS enables you to scale across a global footprint of data with enterprise high availability and disasater recovery no matter the size, it automates many previous cumbersome task, automatic failover, backups at point in time are restored, disaster recover, access management, encryption, secure networking, monitoring and performance optimization. All these and more can be enabled with a few clicks or API codes.
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● Amazon Redshift is a data warehousing service allowing users to examine data with SQL and other intelligence business instruments. It can be used in running multifaceted queries compared to terabytes of organized data and obtain results in seconds.
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Services of AWS
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Since its existence, AWS has developed into a vital technological cloud
computing. Below are some essential services offered by AWS:
1. Amazon S3
It is a tool used for backing up the internet and less costly for storage options in the category of object-storage. The central part of this option is that data stored can be retrieved from virtually anywhere they are needed.
2. AWS Data Transfer Products
As the term suggests, they are collecting data, transferring data products, and migration that aids the collection of data seamlessly. They can also allow the monitoring and analysis of data in actual time.
3. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud)
It provides a resizable and secured capacity for computing, depending on your requirements. The service, therefore, is designed to enable web-scale cloud computing more reachable.
4. Amazon SNS (Simple Notification Services)
It is a tool for delivering notification messages to a significant number of
subscribers via SMS or email. Alarms can be sent, including service notifications and other messages proposed to call attention to important
information.
5. Amazon KMS (Key Management System)
It is a security instrument using 256-bit encryption for data. Also safeguarding it from cybercrime/attacks and hackers.
6. Amazon Lambda
It's for code running depending on a particular event and manages reliant resources. You do not need either provisioning servers or operating, and how much is paid depending on the length of time, it takes in executing your code.
It's cost-effective, unlike services that their charges are according to hourly rates.
7. Route 53
It is a DNS service in the cloud that doesn't need you to keep a separate DNS account. The aim is to provide a cost-effective and reliable method to route users for businesses to internet apps.
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These are the services offered by Amazon Web Services(AWS).
In my next article, I will share the advantages and why you should use AWS.
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Stay tuned!