AWS Services Quick Reference

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50+ AWS services summarized: compute, storage, database, networking, security, and ML. One page per service with use cases.

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aws-services-reference/ ├── LICENSE ├── README.md └── config.example.yaml

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AWS Services Quick Reference

50+ AWS services summarized in one place. Compute, storage, database, networking, security, ML/AI, analytics, integration, management, and developer tools — each with use cases, key limits, pricing model, and a CLI example.

Who This Is For

Cloud engineers evaluating or comparing AWS services for new projects
Solutions architects preparing for design reviews or certifications
DevOps/SRE teams needing a fast lookup during incident response or capacity planning
Backend developers choosing the right managed service instead of rolling their own

What's Inside

Reference Files (by category)

File	Services Covered	Count
`reference/01-compute.md`	EC2, Lambda, ECS, EKS, Fargate, Lightsail, Batch, Elastic Beanstalk	8
`reference/02-storage.md`	S3, EBS, EFS, FSx, Storage Gateway, S3 Glacier	6
`reference/03-database.md`	RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora, ElastiCache, Redshift, DocumentDB, Neptune, Timestream, Keyspaces	9
`reference/04-networking.md`	VPC, Route 53, CloudFront, ELB/ALB/NLB, API Gateway, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, Global Accelerator	8
`reference/05-security.md`	IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, WAF, Shield, GuardDuty, Security Hub, ACM, Cognito, Inspector	10
`reference/06-ml-ai.md`	SageMaker, Rekognition, Comprehend, Textract, Bedrock, Polly, Transcribe	7
`reference/07-analytics.md`	Athena, EMR, Kinesis, Glue, QuickSight, Lake Formation, OpenSearch	7
`reference/08-integration.md`	SQS, SNS, EventBridge, Step Functions, AppSync, MQ	6
`reference/09-management.md`	CloudWatch, CloudTrail, CloudFormation, Systems Manager, Config, Organizations, Control Tower	7
`reference/10-developer-tools.md`	CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline, X-Ray, CDK	6
Total		74 services

Examples

File	Description
`examples/cli-commands.sh`	Copy-pasteable CLI commands for the 20 most common operations
`examples/common-architectures.md`	Five reference architectures with service selection rationale

Printable View

File	Description
`cheatsheet.html`	Self-contained HTML page — open in browser, print to PDF

How to Use

1. Quick lookup: Open the category file matching the service you need.

2. Service comparison: Each entry follows the same format — scan the "When to Use / When NOT to Use" section to compare alternatives.

3. Print reference: Open cheatsheet.html in any browser and print (Ctrl+P / Cmd+P) for a desk reference.

4. CLI cheatsheet: Keep examples/cli-commands.sh open in a terminal tab during work sessions.

Entry Format

Every service entry follows the same structure:


## Service Name
**What it is**: One-sentence description.
**Core Concepts**: Key terms and building blocks.
**When to Use**: Ideal scenarios.
**When NOT to Use**: Anti-patterns and wrong-tool-for-the-job scenarios.
**Key Limits**: Quotas and constraints that bite you in production.

*... continues with setup instructions, usage examples, and more.*

📄 Code Sample .sh preview

examples/cli-commands.sh #!/usr/bin/env bash # ============================================================ # AWS CLI Quick Reference — 20 Most Common Operations # ============================================================ # Usage: Source this file or copy individual commands. # Replace placeholder values (YOUR_*, my-*, example) with your own. # Requires: AWS CLI v2 configured with appropriate permissions. # ============================================================ # ------------------------------------------------------- # 1. Check your identity (whoami for AWS) # ------------------------------------------------------- aws sts get-caller-identity # ------------------------------------------------------- # 2. List S3 buckets and their sizes # ------------------------------------------------------- aws s3 ls aws s3 ls s3://my-bucket/ --recursive --summarize --human-readable # ------------------------------------------------------- # 3. Upload / download files to S3 # ------------------------------------------------------- # Upload a single file aws s3 cp ./local-file.txt s3://my-bucket/path/ # Download a file aws s3 cp s3://my-bucket/path/file.txt ./local-file.txt # Sync a directory (only uploads changed files) aws s3 sync ./local-dir/ s3://my-bucket/prefix/ --delete # ------------------------------------------------------- # 4. List EC2 instances with key details # ------------------------------------------------------- aws ec2 describe-instances \ --query 'Reservations[].Instances[].{ID:InstanceId,Type:InstanceType,State:State.Name,Name:Tags[?Key==`Name`]|[0].Value,IP:PrivateIpAddress}' \ --output table # ------------------------------------------------------- # 5. Start / stop / terminate EC2 instances # ------------------------------------------------------- aws ec2 start-instances --instance-ids i-0123456789abcdef0 aws ec2 stop-instances --instance-ids i-0123456789abcdef0 aws ec2 terminate-instances --instance-ids i-0123456789abcdef0 # ------------------------------------------------------- # 6. View CloudWatch logs (recent entries) # ------------------------------------------------------- # List log groups # ... 132 more lines ...

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