2.4. Core AWS Services: Networking & Content Delivery
Networking and content delivery services are fundamental to connecting your applications and delivering content efficiently to users worldwide. They define how your cloud resources communicate and how traffic flows securely.
💡 First Principle: The First Principle of AWS networking and content delivery is to provide a highly secure, scalable, and globally distributed network foundation, enabling seamless communication and efficient content delivery to any user, anywhere. This allows businesses to connect and deliver applications reliably.
This section provides a high-level overview of essential AWS networking services: Amazon VPC, Amazon Route 53, Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), and Amazon CloudFront.
Scenario: You need to establish a private network for your servers, connect your website to a custom domain name, distribute incoming traffic to multiple servers, and deliver website content quickly to global users.
Reflection Question: How do diverse AWS networking and content delivery services fundamentally enable businesses to establish a secure and scalable network foundation for their applications, ensuring seamless communication and efficient content delivery to users worldwide?