When I start playing Amazon AWS, one of thing struggling me is the service name introduced by Amazon. As the old-school system admin, I think this infographic may help someone like me to understand the aws services better.
Compute
EC2 π Virtual Private Server
EC2 Container Service π Docker Management
Lightsail π Similar to DigitalOcean
Elastic Beanstalk π Similar to Heroku
Lambda π Functions as a service
Batch π Run batch job on VPS
Storage
S3 π Similar to Dropbox
EFS π Network Attached Storage
Glacier π Long-term backup
Storage Gateway π Connecting Cloud Storage
Database
DynamoDB π Relational Databases Service
DynamoDB π NoSQL Database Service
ElastiCache π Memcached & Redis Service
Redshift π Data Warehousing
Networking & Content Delivery
VPC π Virtual Network
CloudFront π Content Delivery Network
Direct Connect π Connecting Cloud Network
Route 53 π Similar to GoDaddy
Migration
Application Discovery Service π Collect Application Info
DMS π Cross Database Migration
Server Migration π Migrate Server to Cloud
Snowball π Petabyte Data Transfer
Developer Tools
CodeCommit π Similar to GitHub
CodeBuild π Managed Build Service
CodeDeploy π Similar to Heroku
CodePipeline π Similar to CircleCI
X-Ray π Similar to New Relic
Management Tools
CloudWatch π Similar to New Nagios
CloudFormation π Infrastructure as Code
CloudTrail π Logging aws user activities
Config π Monitor AWS resource config
OpsWorks π Configurations as Code
Service Catalog π Preset AWS Service
Trusted Advisor π Give advise for your AWS
Managed Services π Managed AWS Services
Security, Identity & Compliance
IAM π Users, Keys & Certs
Inspector π Security Assessment
Certificate π Free Certificate
Directory Service π Managed Microsoft AD
WAF & Shield π Defence web exploits & DDoS
AWS Artifact π Compliance Reports
Analytics
Athena π Analyze PB of data in S3
EMR π Managed Hadoop Framework
CloudSearch π Similar to ElasticSearch
Elasticsearch Service π Managed ElasticSearch
Kinesis π Similar to Kafka
Data Pipeline π ETL from elsewhere in AWS
QuickSight π Business Analytics Service
Artificial Intelligence
Lex π Conversational Interfaces
Polly π Text to Speech
Rekognition π Image Recognition
Machine Learning π Predict from existing data
Internet Of Things
AWS Iot π Connect devices to AWS
Contact Center
Amazon Connect π Connect Center Service
Game Development
Amazon GameLift π Managed Game Servers
Mobile Services
Mobile Hub π Mobile Apps Platform
Cognito π Similar to Auth0
Device Farm π Testing app in real mobiles
Mobile Analytics π Similar to Flurry
Pinpoint π Targeted Push Notification
Application Services
Step Functions π Build app via visual workflow
SWF π Similar to Iron.io
API Gateway π Similar to 3Scale
Elastic Transcoderπ Video transcoding in AWS
Messaging
Simple Queue Service π Similar to Sidekiq
Simple Notification Service π Push Notification Service
SES π Similar to MailChimp
Business Productivity
WorkDocs π Similar to Google Docs
WorkMail π Google Apps for Domains
Amazon Chime π Similar to Skype
Desktop & App Streaming
Amazon WorkSpaces π Desktop as a Service
AppStream 2.0 π Similar to citrix
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