Introduction xix Part I Introduction to Amazon Web Services 1 Chapter 1 Introduction to Cloud Computing and Amazon Web Services 3 What Is Cloud Computing? 4 Cloud Service Models 5 Cloud Deployment Models 7 The AWS Ecosystem 7 Sign Up for an AWS Free Tier Account 10 Step 1: Contact Information 10 Step 2: Payment Information 12 Step 3: Identity Verification 14 Step 4: Support Plan Selection 16 Step 5: Confirmation 17 Summary 17 Chapter 2 Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations 19 Regions and Availability Zones 20 Edge Locations 22 Accessing AWS 24 The AWS Management Console 25 Summary 31 Chapter 3 AWS Identity and Access Management 33 Key Concepts 34 Root Account 34 User 35 Group 37 Policy 38 Role 38 Common Tasks 39 Creating a User 42 Assigning Permissions to an Existing User 47 Creating a Group 49 Adding Users from a Group 50 Creating a Role 51 Securing the Root Account with MFA 54 Setting Up an IAM Password Rotation Policy 57 Summary 59 Chapter 4 Amazon EC2 61 Key Concepts 62 Instances and Instance Types 62 Amazon Machine Images 65 Security Groups 66 Pricing Models 67 Data Storage 68 Instance Life Cycle 68 Common Tasks 70 Creating an Instance 70 Managing Existing Instances 81 Accessing Amazon EC2 Instances Using the AWS CLI 88 Linux, Mac OSX, Unix Users 88 Windows Users 92 Summary 100 Chapter 5 Amazon S3 101 Key Concepts 102 Buckets 102 Object Key 102 Object Value 103 Version ID 103 Storage Class 103 Costs 104 Subresources 104 Object Metadata 105 Common Tasks 106 Creating a Bucket 106 Uploading an Object 110 Accessing an Object 114 Changing the Storage Class of an Object 118 Deleting an Object 118 Amazon S3 Bucket Versioning 119 Accessing Amazon S3 Using the AWS CLI 123 Summary 124 Chapter 6 Amazon DynamoDB 125 Key Concepts 126 Tables 126 Items 126 Attributes 127 Primary Keys 127 Secondary Indexes 127 Queries 128 Contents xi Scans 128 Read Consistency 128 Provisioned Throughput 129 Common Tasks 130 Creating a Table 130 Adding Items to a Table 134 Creating an Index 138 Performing a Scan 140 Performing a Query 142 Summary 143 Chapter 7 AWS Lambda 145 Common Use Cases for AWS Lambda 146 Key Concepts 147 Supported Languages 147 AWS Lambda Functions 147 Programming Model 148 Execution Environment 152 Common Tasks 153 Creating a Simple Node.js Lambda Function Using the AWS Management Console 154 Testing an AWS Lambda Function Using the AWS Management Console 160 Deleting an AWS Lambda Function Using the AWS Management Console 163 Summary 165 Bonus Chapter 1 Amazon Simple Notification Service 1 Key Concepts 2 Topic 2 Publisher 3 Subscriber 3 Common Tasks 4 Creating a Topic 5 Creating an E-Mail Subscription 6 Creating an Amazon SMS Subscription 9 Posting a Message to a Topic 10 Summary 13 Bonus Chapter 2 Amazon Mobile Analytics 1 Key Concepts 2 App 2 Supported Client Platforms 3 Session 3 Events 3 Amazon Cognito Identity Pool 4 Reports 4 Common Tasks 5 Adding an App to Amazon Mobile Analytics 5 Viewing Standard Reports 13 Summary 20 Bonus Chapter 3 AWS Device Farm 1 Key Concepts 2 Devices 3 Device Slots 3 Automated Test Types 3 Run 5 Job 5 Project 5 Report 5 Session 6 Common Tasks 6 Creating a Project 7 Creating a New Test Run with an iOS Application 8 Creating a New Test Run with an Android Application 21 Creating an Interactive Session 28 Summary 31 Bonus Chapter 4 Installing WordPress on Amazon EC2 1 Prerequisites 2 Creating an Amazon EC2 Instance 3 Installing WordPress on Your Amazon EC2 Instance 9 Installing Apache, PHP, and MySQL 11 Creating a MySQL User and Database for WordPress 17 Installing and Configuring WordPress 19 Summary 23 Part II AWS for iOS Developers 167 Chapter 8 Integrating the AWS SDK for iOS 169 Integrating the AWS SDK for iOS Using CocoaPods 170 Integrating the AWS SDK for iOS Using Carthage 175 Integrating the AWS SDK for iOS Using Dynamic Frameworks 182 Summary 185 Chapter 9 Implementing User Signup and Login Using Amazon Cognito User Pools 187 Introducing Amazon Cognito User Pools 188 Examining the AWSChat Xcode Project 189 Creating an Amazon Cognito User Pool 190 Pool Name 192 User Attributes 193 Password Security Policy 194 MFA and Account Verification 195 Message Customization 196 Cost Allocation Tags 197 Devices 198 Apps 198 Review and Create 201 Retrieving the App Client Secret 202 Updating the AWS Chat Application 204 Creating the User Pool Controller Class 204 Updating the Login View Controller 215 Updating the Signup View Controller 219 Updating the Home View Controller 231 Managing Users 231 Summary 232 Chapter 10 Implementing Login Using Facebook 233 Creating an App on Facebook 234 Adding the Facebook SDK to the Xcode Project 239 Creating an Amazon Cognito Identity Pool 246 Updating the Application User Interface 251 Summary 267 Chapter 11 Implementing Login Using Google 269 Adding the Google SDK to the Xcode Project 270 Updating the Identity Pool 277 Updating the AWSChat Application 280 Summary 292 Chapter 12 Accessing Amazon DynamoDB 293 Creating Amazon DynamoDB Tables 295 Creating the User Table 296 Creating the Friend Table 300 Creating the Chat Table 300 Creating the Message Table 301 Updating the IAM Policy Used by the Identity Pool 303 Creating an IAM Service Role 307 Populating the User Table with an AWS Lambda Function 310 Testing the AWS Lambda Function 320 Updating the AWSChat App 322 Creating Model Classes 323 Creating the ChatManager Class 328 Creating the DynamoDBController Class 329 Updating the CognitoIdentityPoolController Class and the Amazon Cognito Identity Pool 341 Updating the Home View Controller 349 Adding Friends 354 Summary 361 Chapter 13 Adding AWSChat Support with Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon S3 363 Updating the DynamoDBController Class 365 Configuring Amazon S3 370 Creating Buckets 370 Updating the Authenticated Identity Role 375 Creating the S3Controller Class 381 Updating the ChatManager Class 383 Updating the User Interface of the App 391 Summary 403 Chapter 14 Using AWS Lambda to Generate Thumbnails 405 Creating a Node.JS Lambda Function Deployment Package 407 Updating the AWS Lambda Execution Service Role 415 Creating an AWS Lambda Function Using the AWS Management Console 418 Testing the AWS Lambda Function 423 Updating the S3Controller Class 428 Updating the ChatManager Class 431 Updating the User Interface of the App 432 Summary 434 Bonus Chapter 5 Adding Support for Apple Push Notifications 1 High-Level Steps 3 Configuring the App on the Apple Developer Website 4 Registering an Application Identifier 5 Creating a Development Provisioning Profile 7 Creating an SSL Certificate 11 Extracting the Private Key from the Certificate 15 Converting the Certificate and Private Key to PEM Files 17 Creating a Platform Application on Amazon SNS 17 Updating the IAM Policy 20 Updating the AWSChat Application 24 Creating the SNSController Class 25 Updating the Application Delegate 27 Contents xv Updating the Home View Controller 29 Sending a Push Notification to the Device 30 Using an Amazon SNS Topic to Send Push Messages 32 Summary 35 Bonus Chapter 6 Integrating Amazon Mobile Analytics with the iOS App 1 Adding an App to Amazon Mobile Analytics 3 Updating the AWSChat Application 9 Creating the MobileAnalytics Class 9 Generating Analytics Events 11 Viewing Analytics Reports 12 Summary 13 Part III AWS for Android Developers 435 Chapter 15 Integrating the AWS SDK for Android with Android Studio 437 Integrating the AWS SDK for Android Using Gradle 438 Integrating the AWS SDK for Android by Importing JAR Files 442 Summary 443 Chapter 16 Implementing User Signup and Login Using Amazon Cognito User Pools 445 Introducing Amazon Cognito User Pools 446 Examining the AWSChat Android Studio Project 447 Creating an Amazon Cognito User Pool 448 Pool Name 451 User Attributes 451 Password Security Policy 453 MFA and Account Verification 454 Message Customization 455 Cost Allocation Tags 456 Devices 456 Apps 457 Review and Create 459 Retrieving t.