Commonly used AWS services

--- title: Commonly used AWS services tags: aws, wip --- Commonly used AWS services == ### 1. Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Elastic Compute Cloud or EC2 for short, is a virtual server that helps you run numerous applications on the AWS cloud infrastructure. It allows subscribers to run applications in a computing environment that is practically capable of serving an unlimited set of virtual machines. ### 2. AWS Lambda AWS Lambda is an extremely powerful and cost-friendly medium that allows your business to enjoy power and scalability at all times. This compute service allows you to run codes without managing servers. ### 3. AWS S3 Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is an object storage service that offers industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance. This means customers of all sizes and industries can use it to store and protect any amount of data for a range of use cases, such as websites, mobile applications, backup and restore, archive, enterprise applications, IoT devices, and big data analytics. Amazon S3 provides easy-to-use management features so you can organize your data and configure finely-tuned access controls to meet your specific business, organizational, and compliance requirements. ### 4. AWS IAM AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) enables you to manage access to AWS services and resources securely. Using IAM, you can create and manage AWS users and groups, and use permissions to allow and deny their access to AWS resources.