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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