AWS Cloud Terms

Resource

a resource is an entity that you can work with. Put another way, it is an instance of an AWS object.

Resource Group

Allow us to manage multiple resources together as a group, so we don't have to move from one AWS service to another for each task.

  • If you manage large numbers of related resources, such as EC2 instances that make up an application layer, you likely need to perform bulk actions on these resources at one time
    • ex. applying updates/patches, upgrading applications, opening/closing ports to network traffic, collecting logs from machine etc.

All resources in a resource group are in the same AWS Region.

ARN (Amazon Resource Name)

Uniquely identify an AWS resource. Therefore, it is identifiable across all of AWS.

  • shows region and account number.

Format:

arn:partition:service:region:account-id:resource-type:resource-id

Example:

arn:aws:s3:::my_corporate_bucket/Development/*
arn:aws:ec2:us-east-1:4575734578134:instance/i-054dsfg34gdsfg38

Children
  1. IAM (Identity and Access Management)
  2. Identity Federation

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