Preface

Amazon EC2 is a web service offered by AWS to rent servers on a pay-as-you-go basis. EC2 allows businesses to quickly deploy, scale, and manage applications in the AWS cloud. EC2 not only streamlines IT operations by eliminating the need for purchasing physical hardware and reducing the time and effort required for infrastructure management but also stands as a prime candidate for migrating legacy applications to the AWS cloud.

In this book, you will embark on a comprehensive journey through Amazon EC2. You will start with the basics, learning what EC2 is, its benefits, and how it can help you build secure and scalable applications. By starting with the fundamentals and progressing to more advanced topics, you will gain a thorough understanding ...

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