Cloud Application Architectures

by Reese, George

• ISBN13: 9780596156367
• ISBN10: 0596156367
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-17
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

Much is said about the advantages and risks of cloud computing, but how do you actually create a web application for this environment or migrate existing applications to it? With this book, you'll learn the programming and system administration skills necessary to build and support applications in the cloud, using transactional apps for customer orders and payments as a practical example. If you're involved in planning IT infrastructure as a network or system architect, system administrator, or developer, this book will help you adapt your skills to work with the highly scalable, highly redundant infrastructure services offered by Amazon and other providers. With Cloud Application Architectures , you will:Understand the differences between traditional deployment and cloud computing in areas such as reliability, security, and the ability to predict load and capacity Determine whether moving existing applications to the cloud makes technical and business sense Build a transactional web application and set up virtual servers to support it Learn how the cloud helps you better prepare for disaster recovery See how cloud computing changes your perspective on application scalingCloud Application Architectures provides best practices that apply to every available cloud service. Learn how to make the transition to the cloud and prepare your web applications to succeed.

Author Biography

George Reese is the founder of two Minneapolis-based companies, enStratus Networks LLC (maker of high-end cloud infrastructure management tools) and Valtira LLC (maker of the Valtira Online Marketing Platform). Over the past 15 years, George has authored a number of technology books, including MySQL Pocket Reference, Database Programming with JDBC and Java, Java Database Best Practices, and the upcoming Web Architecture and Programming in the Cloud.

Throughout the Internet era, George has spent his career building enterprise tools for developers and delivering solutions to the marketing domain. He was an influential force in the evolution of online gaming through the creation of a number of Open Source MUD libraries and he created the first JDBC driver in 1996-the Open Source mSQL-JDBC. Most recently, George has been involved in the development of systems to support the deployment of transactional web applications in the cloud.

George holds a BA in Philosophy from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management in Evanston, Illinois. He currently lives in Minnesota with his wife Monique and his daughters Kyra and Lindsey.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Cloud Computing	p. 1
The Cloud	p. 2
Cloud Application Architectures	p. 7
The Value of Cloud Computing	p. 10
Cloud Infrastructure Models	p. 17
An Overview of Amazon Web Services	p. 19
Amazon Cloud Computing	p. 25
Amazon S3	p. 25
Amazon EC2	p. 29
Before the Move into the Cloud	p. 47
Know Your Software Licenses	p. 47
The Shift to a Cloud Cost Model	p. 49
Service Levels for Cloud Applications	p. 54
Security	p. 63
Disaster Recovery	p. 65
Ready for the Cloud	p. 67
Web Application Design	p. 67
Machine Image Design	p. 75
Privacy Design	p. 80
Database Management	p. 87
Security	p. 99
Data Security	p. 99
Network Security	p. 106
Host Security	p. 113
Compromise Response	p. 118
Disaster Recovery	p. 119
Disaster Recovery Planning	p. 119
Disaster in the Cloud	p. 122
Disaster Management	p. 132
Scaling a Cloud Infrastructure	p. 137
Capacity Planning	p. 137
Cloud Scale	p. 145
Amazon Web Services Reference	p. 153
Gogrid	p. 173
Rackspace	p. 181
Index	p. 185
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