Pillars of AWS Well Architecture Framework - (Short and Sweet) 🍬

What is the Pillars of Well Architecture Framework? 🏛️

Well Architecture Framework has six pillars 🏗️

• Operational Excellence 🏆
• Security 🔒
• Reliability 🌟
• Performance Efficiency 💻
• Cost Optimization 💰
• Sustainability 🌿

What does each one mean? 🤔

• Operational Excellence: Daily system operations, monitoring, and improvements. 🏃‍♂️🔍🔧
• Security: Protect information and the system. 🔐
• Reliability: Prevent and quickly recover from failures. 🚧🛠️
• Performance Efficiency: Using computing resources efficiently. 🚀
• Cost Optimization: Avoid unnecessary costs. 💲
• Sustainability: Minimize environmental impacts of cloud workloads. ♻️🌎

Why is it so important to know about them? 🤷‍♂️

It's the most important framework to build IT infrastructure and make sure that our infrastructure is safe, reliable, and cost-effective. 📊💼

What are the key elements of each one? 🔑

• Operational: Change automation, event response, and defining standards for daily operations. 🤖🚨📋
• Security: Security Data, Protect systems, Detect security events, and Identity management and controls. 🛡️🔍👤
• Reliability: Distributed system design, Recovery planning, and Handling changes. 🗺️🔌🔄
• Performance Efficiency: Monitor performance, Select the right resources, and maintain efficiency according to changes. 📈🔍🔧
• Cost Optimization: Analyze spending, Scale without overspending, Select the most appropriate resources, and control how money is spent. 💰📊💡
• Sustainability: Emphasize energy efficiency, minimize resource usage, and understand environmental impacts when architecting cloud workloads. ♻️🔌🌍