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<p>Introduction xix</p> <p><b>Part I Introduction to Amazon Web Services 1</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 1 Introduction to Cloud Computing and Amazon Web Services 3</b></p> <p>What Is Cloud Computing? 4</p> <p>Cloud Service Models 5</p> <p>Cloud Deployment Models 7</p> <p>The AWS Ecosystem 7</p> <p>Sign Up for an AWS Free Tier Account 10</p> <p>Step 1: Contact Information 10</p> <p>Step 2: Payment Information 12</p> <p>Step 3: Identity Verification 14</p> <p>Step 4: Support Plan Selection 16</p> <p>Step 5: Confirmation 17</p> <p>Summary 17</p> <p><b>Chapter 2 Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations 19</b></p> <p>Regions and Availability Zones 20</p> <p>Edge Locations 22</p> <p>Accessing AWS 24</p> <p>The AWS Management Console 25</p> <p>Summary 31</p> <p><b>Chapter 3 AWS Identity and Access Management 33</b></p> <p>Key Concepts 34</p> <p>Root Account 34</p> <p>User 35</p> <p>Group 37</p> <p>Policy 38</p> <p>Role 38</p> <p>Common Tasks 39</p> <p>Creating a User 42</p> <p>Assigning Permissions to an Existing User 47</p> <p>Creating a Group 49</p> <p>Adding Users from a Group 50</p> <p>Creating a Role 51</p> <p>Securing the Root Account with MFA 54</p> <p>Setting Up an IAM Password Rotation Policy 57</p> <p>Summary 59</p> <p><b>Chapter 4 Amazon EC2 61</b></p> <p>Key Concepts 62</p> <p>Instances and Instance Types 62</p> <p>Amazon Machine Images 65</p> <p>Security Groups 66</p> <p>Pricing Models 67</p> <p>Data Storage 68</p> <p>Instance Life Cycle 68</p> <p>Common Tasks 70</p> <p>Creating an Instance 70</p> <p>Managing Existing Instances 81</p> <p>Accessing Amazon EC2 Instances Using the AWS CLI 88</p> <p>Linux, Mac OSX, Unix Users 88</p> <p>Windows Users 92</p> <p>Summary 100</p> <p><b>Chapter 5 Amazon S3 101</b></p> <p>Key Concepts 102</p> <p>Buckets 102</p> <p>Object Key 102</p> <p>Object Value 103</p> <p>Version ID 103</p> <p>Storage Class 103</p> <p>Costs 104</p> <p>Subresources 104</p> <p>Object Metadata 105</p> <p>Common Tasks 106</p> <p>Creating a Bucket 106</p> <p>Uploading an Object 110</p> <p>Accessing an Object 114</p> <p>Changing the Storage Class of an Object 118</p> <p>Deleting an Object 118</p> <p>Amazon S3 Bucket Versioning 119</p> <p>Accessing Amazon S3 Using the AWS CLI 123</p> <p>Summary 124</p> <p><b>Chapter 6 Amazon DynamoDB 125</b></p> <p>Key Concepts 126</p> <p>Tables 126</p> <p>Items 126</p> <p>Attributes 127</p> <p>Primary Keys 127</p> <p>Secondary Indexes 127</p> <p>Queries 128</p> <p>Contents xi</p> <p>Scans 128</p> <p>Read Consistency 128</p> <p>Provisioned Throughput 129</p> <p>Common Tasks 130</p> <p>Creating a Table 130</p> <p>Adding Items to a Table 134</p> <p>Creating an Index 138</p> <p>Performing a Scan 140</p> <p>Performing a Query 142</p> <p>Summary 143</p> <p><b>Chapter 7 AWS Lambda 145</b></p> <p>Common Use Cases for AWS Lambda 146</p> <p>Key Concepts 147</p> <p>Supported Languages 147</p> <p>AWS Lambda Functions 147</p> <p>Programming Model 148</p> <p>Execution Environment 152</p> <p>Common Tasks 153</p> <p>Creating a Simple Node.js Lambda Function</p> <p>Using the AWS Management Console 154</p> <p>Testing an AWS Lambda Function Using the AWS</p> <p>Management Console 160</p> <p>Deleting an AWS Lambda Function Using the</p> <p>AWS Management Console 163</p> <p>Summary 165</p> <p>Bonus Chapter 1 Amazon Simple Notification Service 1</p> <p>Key Concepts 2</p> <p>Topic 2</p> <p>Publisher 3</p> <p>Subscriber 3</p> <p>Common Tasks 4</p> <p>Creating a Topic 5</p> <p>Creating an E-Mail Subscription 6</p> <p>Creating an Amazon SMS Subscription 9</p> <p>Posting a Message to a Topic 10</p> <p>Summary 13</p> <p>Bonus Chapter 2 Amazon Mobile Analytics 1</p> <p>Key Concepts 2</p> <p>App 2</p> <p>Supported Client Platforms 3</p> <p>Session 3</p> <p>Events 3</p> <p>Amazon Cognito Identity Pool 4</p> <p>Reports 4</p> <p>Common Tasks 5</p> <p>Adding an App to Amazon Mobile Analytics 5</p> <p>Viewing Standard Reports 13</p> <p>Summary 20</p> <p>Bonus Chapter 3 AWS Device Farm 1</p> <p>Key Concepts 2</p> <p>Devices 3</p> <p>Device Slots 3</p> <p>Automated Test Types 3</p> <p>Run 5</p> <p>Job 5</p> <p>Project 5</p> <p>Report 5</p> <p>Session 6</p> <p>Common Tasks 6</p> <p>Creating a Project 7</p> <p>Creating a New Test Run with an iOS Application 8</p> <p>Creating a New Test Run with an Android Application 21</p> <p>Creating an Interactive Session 28</p> <p>Summary 31</p> <p>Bonus Chapter 4 Installing WordPress on Amazon EC2 1</p> <p>Prerequisites 2</p> <p>Creating an Amazon EC2 Instance 3</p> <p>Installing WordPress on Your Amazon EC2 Instance 9</p> <p>Installing Apache, PHP, and MySQL 11</p> <p>Creating a MySQL User and Database for WordPress 17</p> <p>Installing and Configuring WordPress 19</p> <p>Summary 23</p> <p><b>Part II AWS for iOS Developers 167</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 8 Integrating the AWS SDK for iOS 169</b></p> <p>Integrating the AWS SDK for iOS Using CocoaPods 170</p> <p>Integrating the AWS SDK for iOS Using Carthage 175</p> <p>Integrating the AWS SDK for iOS Using Dynamic Frameworks 182</p> <p>Summary 185</p> <p><b>Chapter 9 Implementing User Signup and Login Using</b></p> <p>Amazon Cognito User Pools 187</p> <p>Introducing Amazon Cognito User Pools 188</p> <p>Examining the AWSChat Xcode Project 189</p> <p>Creating an Amazon Cognito User Pool 190</p> <p>Pool Name 192</p> <p>User Attributes 193</p> <p>Password Security Policy 194</p> <p>MFA and Account Verification 195</p> <p>Message Customization 196</p> <p>Cost Allocation Tags 197</p> <p>Devices 198</p> <p>Apps 198</p> <p>Review and Create 201</p> <p>Retrieving the App Client Secret 202</p> <p>Updating the AWS Chat Application 204</p> <p>Creating the User Pool Controller Class 204</p> <p>Updating the Login View Controller 215</p> <p>Updating the Signup View Controller 219</p> <p>Updating the Home View Controller 231</p> <p>Managing Users 231</p> <p>Summary 232</p> <p><b>Chapter 10 Implementing Login Using Facebook 233</b></p> <p>Creating an App on Facebook 234</p> <p>Adding the Facebook SDK to the</p> <p>Xcode Project 239</p> <p>Creating an Amazon Cognito</p> <p>Identity Pool 246</p> <p>Updating the Application User Interface 251</p> <p>Summary 267</p> <p><b>Chapter 11 Implementing Login Using Google 269</b></p> <p>Adding the Google SDK to the</p> <p>Xcode Project 270</p> <p>Updating the Identity Pool 277</p> <p>Updating the AWSChat Application 280</p> <p>Summary 292</p> <p><b>Chapter 12 Accessing Amazon DynamoDB 293</b></p> <p>Creating Amazon DynamoDB Tables 295</p> <p>Creating the User Table 296</p> <p>Creating the Friend Table 300</p> <p>Creating the Chat Table 300</p> <p>Creating the Message Table 301</p> <p>Updating the IAM Policy Used by the Identity Pool 303</p> <p>Creating an IAM Service Role 307</p> <p>Populating the User Table with an AWS Lambda Function 310</p> <p>Testing the AWS Lambda Function 320</p> <p>Updating the AWSChat App 322</p> <p>Creating Model Classes 323</p> <p>Creating the ChatManager Class 328</p> <p>Creating the DynamoDBController Class 329</p> <p>Updating the CognitoIdentityPoolController Class and the</p> <p>Amazon Cognito Identity Pool 341</p> <p>Updating the Home View Controller 349</p> <p>Adding Friends 354</p> <p>Summary 361</p> <p><b>Chapter 13 Adding AWSChat Support with Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon S3 363</b></p> <p>Updating the DynamoDBController Class 365</p> <p>Configuring Amazon S3 370</p> <p>Creating Buckets 370</p> <p>Updating the Authenticated Identity Role 375</p> <p>Creating the S3Controller Class 381</p> <p>Updating the ChatManager Class 383</p> <p>Updating the User Interface of the App 391</p> <p>Summary 403</p> <p><b>Chapter 14 Using AWS Lambda to Generate Thumbnails 405</b></p> <p>Creating a Node.JS Lambda Function Deployment Package 407</p> <p>Updating the AWS Lambda Execution Service Role 415</p> <p>Creating an AWS Lambda Function Using the AWS</p> <p>Management Console 418</p> <p>Testing the AWS Lambda Function 423</p> <p>Updating the S3Controller Class 428</p> <p>Updating the ChatManager Class 431</p> <p>Updating the User Interface of the App 432</p> <p>Summary 434</p> <p>Bonus Chapter 5 Adding Support for Apple Push Notifications 1</p> <p>High-Level Steps 3</p> <p>Configuring the App on the Apple Developer Website 4</p> <p>Registering an Application Identifier 5</p> <p>Creating a Development Provisioning Profile 7</p> <p>Creating an SSL Certificate 11</p> <p>Extracting the Private Key from the Certificate 15</p> <p>Converting the Certificate and Private Key to PEM Files 17</p> <p>Creating a Platform Application on Amazon SNS 17</p> <p>Updating the IAM Policy 20</p> <p>Updating the AWSChat Application 24</p> <p>Creating the SNSController Class 25</p> <p>Updating the Application Delegate 27</p> <p>Contents xv</p> <p>Updating the Home View Controller 29</p> <p>Sending a Push Notification to the Device 30</p> <p>Using an Amazon SNS Topic to Send</p> <p>Push Messages 32</p> <p>Summary 35</p> <p>Bonus Chapter 6 Integrating Amazon Mobile Analytics with the iOS App 1</p> <p>Adding an App to Amazon Mobile Analytics 3</p> <p>Updating the AWSChat Application 9</p> <p>Creating the MobileAnalytics Class 9</p> <p>Generating Analytics Events 11</p> <p>Viewing Analytics Reports 12</p> <p>Summary 13</p> <p><b>Part III AWS for Android Developers 435</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 15 Integrating the AWS SDK for Android with Android Studio 437</b></p> <p>Integrating the AWS SDK for Android Using Gradle 438</p> <p>Integrating the AWS SDK for Android by Importing JAR Files 442</p> <p>Summary 443</p> <p><b>Chapter 16 Implementing User Signup and Login Using Amazon Cognito User Pools 445</b></p> <p>Introducing Amazon Cognito User Pools 446</p> <p>Examining the AWSChat Android Studio Project 447</p> <p>Creating an Amazon Cognito User Pool 448</p> <p>Pool Name 451</p> <p>User Attributes 451</p> <p>Password Security Policy 453</p> <p>MFA and Account Verification 454</p> <p>Message Customization 455</p> <p>Cost Allocation Tags 456</p> <p>Devices 456</p> <p>Apps 457</p> <p>Review and Create 459</p> <p>Retrieving the App Client Secret 460</p> <p>Updating the AWS Chat Application 462</p> <p>Creating the User Pool Controller Class 463</p> <p>Updating the Login Activity 479</p> <p>Updating the Signup Activity 483</p> <p>Managing Users 495</p> <p>Summary 496</p> <p><b>Chapter 17 Implementing Login Using Facebook 497</b></p> <p>Creating an App on Facebook 499</p> <p>Adding the Facebook SDK to the Android Studio Project 504</p> <p>Creating an Amazon Cognito Identity Pool 507</p> <p>Retrieving the Identity Pool ID 512</p> <p>Creating the Identity Pool Controller Class 514</p> <p>Updating the Application User Interface 521</p> <p>Summary 534</p> <p><b>Chapter 18 Implementing Login Using Google 535</b></p> <p>Installing the Google Play Services SDK 537</p> <p>Creating an App on the Google Developer Console 537</p> <p>Updating the Android Studio Project 543</p> <p>Updating the Identity Pool 545</p> <p>Using a Google+ Authentication Provider 548</p> <p>Using an OpenID Connect Authentication Provider 549</p> <p>Updating the Identity Pool Controller Class 554</p> <p>Updating the Application User Interface 560</p> <p>Summary 575</p> <p><b>Chapter 19 Accessing Amazon DynamoDB 577</b></p> <p>Creating Amazon DynamoDB Tables 579</p> <p>Creating the User Table 580</p> <p>Creating the Friend Table 585</p> <p>Creating the Chat Table 585</p> <p>Creating the Message Table 586</p> <p>Updating the IAM Policy Used by the Identity Pool 587</p> <p>Creating an IAM Service Role 592</p> <p>Populating the User Table with an AWS Lambda Function 596</p> <p>Testing the AWS Lambda Function 606</p> <p>Updating the AWSChat App 608</p> <p>Model Classes 609</p> <p>The ChatManager Class 615</p> <p>The DynamoDBController Class 616</p> <p>Linking the User Pool to the Identity Pool 632</p> <p>The Updated Home Activity 644</p> <p>The AddFriendActivity Class 650</p> <p>Summary 656</p> <p><b>Chapter 20 Adding AWSChat Support with Amazon</b></p> <p>DynamoDB and Amazon S3 657</p> <p>Updating Project Settings 659</p> <p>Updating the DynamoDBManager Class 659</p> <p>Configuring Amazon S3 666</p> <p>Creating Buckets 666</p> <p>Updating the Authenticated Identity Role 671</p> <p>Creating the S3Controller Class 676</p> <p>Updating the ChatManager Class 679</p> <p>Updating the User Interface of the App 687</p> <p>Summary 710</p> <p><b>Chapter 21 Using AWS Lambda to Generate Thumbnails 711</b></p> <p>Creating a Node.js Lambda Function Deployment Package 713</p> <p>Updating the AWS Lambda Execution Service Role 721</p> <p>Creating an AWS Lambda Function Using the</p> <p>AWS Management Console 724</p> <p>Testing the AWS Lambda Function 730</p> <p>Updating the S3Controller Class 735</p> <p>Updating the ChatManager Class 737</p> <p>Updating the User Interface of the App 738</p> <p>Summary 746</p> <p>Bonus Chapter 7 Adding Support for GCM Notifications 1</p> <p>High-Level Steps 3</p> <p>Retrieving the Server API Key 4</p> <p>Creating a Platform Application on Amazon SNS 5</p> <p>Updating the IAM Policy 8</p> <p>Creating a New Role Policy 8</p> <p>Updating an Existing Role Policy 12</p> <p>Updating the AWSChat Application 14</p> <p>Installing the Google Play Services SDK 14</p> <p>Updating Project Settings 15</p> <p>Creating the SNSController Class 20</p> <p>Creating the SNSControllerGenericHandler Interface 24</p> <p>Creating the Service Classes 24</p> <p>Updating the Login Activity 27</p> <p>Updating the Home Activity 29</p> <p>Sending a Push Notification to the Device 29</p> <p>Using an Amazon SNS Topic to Send Push Messages 32</p> <p>Summary 35</p> <p>Bonus Chapter 8 Integrating Amazon Mobile Analytics with the Android App 1</p> <p>Adding an App to Amazon Mobile Analytics 3</p> <p>Updating the AWSChat Application 10</p> <p>Creating the MobileAnalytics Class 10</p> <p>Generating Analytics Events 13</p> <p>Viewing Analytics Reports 15</p> <p>Summary 16</p> <p>Index 747</p>

<p><b>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</b> <p><b>Abhishek Mishra</b> has been active in the IT industry for over 19 years and has extensive experience with a wide range of programming languages, enterprise systems and platforms. He holds a master's degree in Computer Science from the University of London and currently provides consultancy services to Barclays Bank PLC in London as a Solutions Architect. He is the author of iOS Code Testing, iPhone and iPad App – 24 Hour Trainer, Swift iOS – 24 Hour Trainer, and the technical reviewer of Professional iOS Programming. <p><b>ABOUT AMAZON WEB SERVICES</b> <p>Amazon Web Services offers a broad array of global cloud-based products, including tools for computing, storage, databases, analytics, and networking; mobile and developer tools; management tools; lot, security, and enterprise applications. AWS is used by large enterprises and hot startups alike to power a wide variety of workloads, including web and mobile applications, game development, data processing and warehousing, storage, archiving, and many more. Learn more at https://aws.amazon.com.

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