A beginner's guide to AWS best practices

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The topic of AWS Best Practices is huge and would be impossible to distil down to just a few points, so this post covers a few of the obvious choices and how you can find out more information. By Matthew Wilson.

The article then pinpoints few areas for your attention:

  • Security
    • Understand the Shared Responsibility Model
    • Secure your Root Account
    • Principle of least privilege (POLP)
    • Handling secrets
    • Encryption
  • Cost
  • Serverless first
  • Master the basics
  • Automate everything
  • Well Architected Framework

There is also a Well Architected Tool that can help you assess your application against these pillars. It’s important to note that this is not a “checklist” and you should not aim for a “perfect score”. Instead it should be used as a guide to help you identify areas of improvement. Interesting read!

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