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Why Everyone is Using AWS – Cloud Hosting Explained Simply

AWS:
AWS stands for Amazon Web Services.It’s a cloud computing platform offered by Amazon.Cloud Computing means Using other people's powerful computers (servers) through the internet — instead of running everything on your own laptop or machine.

Real-time example for AWS:
Cloud computing is like luggage delivery service while you travel.Instead of carrying everything with you in your car or bus,
you send it through a parcel service and collect it .Similarly, instead of running everything in our own laptop,we use cloud platforms like AWS to store and run our apps — from anywhere, anytime.

Many other cloud service providers:

  • Azure(Microsoft Azure) owned by Microsoft.

  • Oracle Cloud by Oracle.

  • GCP(Google Cloud Platform) by Google.

But Why we use AWS?
AWS started in 2006 before Azure or Google Cloud. Many other countries have AWS.Aws has Data center in Many Countries.Is is used by top companies like Netflix and NASA. It is fast and Secure. We only pay what we use.

How to use AWS?
To use AWS, we first create a free account, then go to the AWS console. From there, we select the service we want — like S3 for hosting websites or EC2 for launching an app.With the free tier (up to 12 months using mail,phone,card number just pay 2rs for confirmation.its refundable), we can try small projects without paying.

Most IMPORTANT AWS Services for Beginners:
-EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud)->Host a Backend.
-S3 (Simple Storage Service)->Store images, files, videos, static websites.
-RDS (Relational Database Service)->database hosting
-Lambda ->Run code without server
-IAM(Identity and Access Management)->Control who can access
-Route 53->Domain management. Ex: www.yoursite.com points to your app.
-CloudWatch->Monitoring. Check logs, errors, and performance of your app.
-SES (Simple Email Service)->Send OTP, email verifications. Ex: Signup confirmation email.
-VPC (Virtual Private Cloud)->Create own private network inside AWS.
- Lightsail->Easy app hosting.

Thanks for reading!

Now you know what AWS is and how its services work together.


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