account
The AWS account that is associated with a particular AWS login ID and password.
alarm
An alarm tracks a single metric over a specified time period, and alerts user if the value of the metric crosses a threshold value over a predetermined number of time periods.
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon CloudWatch is a web service that enables you to monitor and manage various metrics, and configure alarm actions that are based on data from the metrics.
Amazon EC2
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides resizable compute the capacity of the cloud. EC2 makes web-scale computing easier for developers.
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An Amazon Machine Image (AMI) is a special type of preconfigured operating system and virtual application software which is used to create a virtual machine within the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). AMI serves as the basic unit of deployment for services delivered using EC2.
Amazon Simple Storage Service
The Amazon Simple Storage Service is storage for the Internet. You can use it to store and retrieve any amount of data at any time, from anywhere on the Web. Also known as Amazon S3.
Amazon SNS
Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) is a web service that enables applications, end-users, and devices to send and receive notifications from the cloud.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides an infrastructure using a web services platform in the cloud to companies with a different capacity.
Availability Zone
An Availability Zone is a unique location in a Region that is insulated from failures in other Zones. They provide an inexpensive, low-latency network connectivity to other Availability Zones in the same region.
bucket
A bucket is a container for objects that are stored in Amazon S3. Every object is contained in a bucket.
Cartridge
A cartridge provides additional functionality to CA Automation Suite for Clouds implementation. A cartridge is a packaged set of content that is used with one of the base models to deliver a fully configured cloud IT service offering.
Cloud Formation
AWS Cloud Formation is a group of one or more AMI representing a solution IE Lamp Stack, and so on.
Elastic Block Store (EBS)
An Elastic Block Store (EBS) provides block level storage volumes for use with Amazon EC2 instances.
Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is a web service that enables you to launch and manage Linux/UNIX and Windows server instances in Amazon data centers.
Elastic IP
An Elastic IP is a static IP address that is allocated in Amazon EC2 or Amazon Virtual Private Cloud and then attached to the instances. This IP is referred to as elastic as you can easily allocate, attach, detach, and free the addresses as needed.
Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) is a web service that improves an availability of application by distributing incoming traffic between two or more EC2 instances.
Instance
EC2 instance differentiates an instance of an AMI from other AWS instance types. EC2 generally refers to it as an instance.
Key
A key is a credential that identifies an AWS account or user to AWS (such as the AWS Secret Access Key).
Key Pair
A key pair is a set of security credentials that is used to authenticate your identity electronically. A key pair consists of a private key and a public key.
Load Balancer
A load balancer is a combination of a DNS name and a set of ports, which together provide a destination for all requests that are intended for the application. A load balancer can distribute traffic to multiple application instances across every Availability Zone within a Region. Load balancers can span multiple Availability Zones within an EC2 Region, but they cannot span multiple Regions.
Region
A region is a named set of AWS resources in the same geographical area. A region comprises at least two Availability Zones.
Snapshot
Amazon Elastic Block Store creates snapshots or backups of your volumes and stores them in Amazon. You can use these snapshots as the starting point to create an Amazon EBS volume or to protect your data for the long-term durability.
Stack
A Stack is a set of EC2 Instances created from a Cloud Formation.
usage report
An AWS usage report gives details of your usage of a particular AWS service.
user
A user is a person or application under an account that makes requests to AWS service. Each user has a unique name within the AWS account, and a set of security credentials that are not shared with other users. These credentials are separate from the AWS account security credentials. Each user is associated with only one AWS account.
Virtual Business Service (VBS)
Virtual Business Service (VBS) is a Stack that is created by provisioning a Cloud Formation, extended to hold an ASC metadata.
Virtual Business Template (VBT)
Virtual Business Template (VBT) is a Cloud Formation JSON file that is extended to hold ASC metadata including name, description, access, and parameters.
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