Preface xi
Infrastructure in the Cloud 1
Amazon Web Services for Infrastructure 2
Thinking Like Amazon 6
Reality Check 8
Interfaces: REST and Query Versus SOAP 11
Interacting with Amazon Web Services 15
REST-Based APIs 15
User Authentication 27
Performing AWS Requests 31
S3: Simple Storage Service 51
S3 Overview 51
Interacting with S3 56
Buckets 61
Objects 72
Alternative Hostnames 109
Access Control Lists 111
Server Access Logging (Beta) 122
Signed URIs 130
Distributing Objects with BitTorrent 132
S3 Applications 135
Share Large Files 135
Online Backup with AWS::S3 137
S3 Filesystem with ElasticDrive 143
Mediated Access to S3 with JetS3t 148
EC2: Elastic Compute Cloud (Beta) 161
EC2 Overview 162
Interacting with EC2 166
Keypairs 167
Network Security by IP 173
Finding Amazon Machine Images 175
Controlling Instances 179
Log In to an Instance 187
Security Groups 189
Managing and Sharing AMIs 200
Console Output and Instance Reboot 208
Using EC2 Instances and Images 213
EC2 Instances in Detail 213
Data Management in EC2 220
Modifying an AMI 223
Registering an AMI 229
Create an AMI from Scratch 229
EC2 Applications 239
Dynamic DNS 239
On-Demand VPN Server with OpenVPN 243
Web Photo Album with Gallery 2 251
SQS: Simple Queue Service 259
SQS Overview 260
Interacting with SQS 268
Queues 269
Messages 274
Queue Attributes 284
Queue Access Control 288
SQS Applications 295
Messaging Simulator 295
Distributed Application Services with BOTO 311
Automated Management of EC2 Instance Pools with Lifeguard 335
FPS: Flexible Payments Service (Beta) 351
FPS Overview 352
Interacting with FPS 360
Managing Your Tokens 367
Acquiring Third-Party Tokens 381
Pay Now Widgets 403
FPS Transactions and Accounts 409
Performing FPS Transactions 409
Account Management and Information 440
FPS Advanced Topics 449
Gatekeeper Language Guide 449
Micropayments with FPS 463
Building a Marketplace Application 487
Subscribing to FPS Event Notifications 492
SimpleDB (Beta) 497
SimpleDB Overview 497
Interacting with SimpleDB 502
Domains 504
Items and Attributes 511
Representing Data in SimpleDB 522
Performing Queries 528
Stock Price Database: A Mini SimpleDB Application 534
AWS Resources 545
AWS API Error Codes 555
Index 571