Getting started with Amazon Web Services (AWS)

What is Amazon Web Service (AWS)?

It is a cloud service provider that enables on demand services which can be accessed through the internet. It has more than 200+ services. Amazon Web Services was officially re-launched on March 14, 2006

The following are the features of AWS:

• Flexibility
• Cost-effective
• Scalable and elastic
• Secure
• Experienced

AWS Global Infrastructure

• AWS is a cloud computing platform which is globally available.Global infrastructure is a region around the world in which AWS is based.AWS is available in 24 regions, and 76 availability zones and it provides services in 245 countries approximately.
• Availability Zones- An availability zone is that zone in which in a region, there are more than one data center.
• Regions- A region is a collection of data centers, which are completely isolated from other regions.A region consists of more than two availability zones connected to each other through links.

AWS Free Tier

How to SignUp to the AWS platform

• Firstly visit the website https://aws.amazon.com.
• The following screen appears after opening the website, then click on the Complete Sign Up to create an account and fill the required details.
• On clicking on the "create an aws account" button, the following screen appears that requires some fields to be filled by the user.

• Now, fill your contact information.

• After providing the contact information, fill your payment information.

• After providing your payment information, confirm your identity by entering your phone number and security check code, and then click on the "Contact me" button.

• AWS will contact you to verify whether the provided contact number is correct or not.When a number is verified, then the following message appears on the screen.

This was all about AWS free Tier Account.

In the next article we will discuss the core services of AWS.

Happy Learning!!