Using Linux With AWS

The book I read to research this post was AWS Computing Basics With Linux which is a very good book which was a free download from kindle. Linux is open source and is available in many versions, most of which are free. It has a couple of drawbacks however which are it isn't as user friendly as Windows & also there aren't that many people who are highly trained in Linux. The latter can result in a huge repair bill if something goes wrong on a Linux server. Amazon simplify things by letting you use their web services. Only certain versions of Linux are compatible with AWS. If you're running a website you may need Apache which is a webserver. If you are using a database MySQL is the standard one to work with Linux. If you are designing a website the most popular open source options are Woodpress, Joomla & Drupal. Before buying any software to supplement your network on AWS it's worth checking what services AWS offer. This book is only intended as an introduction & although it tells you how to set everything up I think you need to supplement your information finding from other sources. There is quite a big store of free ebooks on AWS which are free to download from kindle.