Day - 49 of DevOps

Day - 49 of DevOps

AWS Management Console

Welcome to Day 49 of the #100DaysOfDevOps Challenge! Today we will cover the AWS Management Console Tutorial of AWS Amazon Web Services.

This will provide a short introduction for those who are starting with the console and want to learn how to work with individual services in the console.

  • What is the AWS Console

  • AWS Management Console

  • Amazon Console Login

  • How to access AWS Services?

  • Adding And Removing Favorites

  • Selecting Region

  • My Billing Dashboard

  • Console AWS Mobile App

What is the AWS Console

Console AWS Amazon is a browser-based graphical user interface for Amazon Web Services (AWS). The AWS Management Console is written in client-side languages such as Javascript, CSS, and HTML. AWS console is a web browser interface to Amazon Web Services. You can use console Amazon AWS to launch Amazon EC2 instances, work with Amazon S3 buckets, set CloudWatch alarms, and much more.

Amazon Management console comprises a broad collection of services for managing Amazon Web Services. When you first sign in, you see the Management console home page.

AWS Console Home

In the console you will find tools for working with Amazon S3 buckets, launching and connecting to Amazon EC2 instances, setting Amazon CloudWatch alarms, and getting information about your account and about billing.

How to Login in Amazon Console?

AWS offers a number of ways to sign in to the AWS Management Console:

  • Signing in as the AWS account root user

  • Signing in with another IAM user

  • Signing in as the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

    AWS mangement console

How to access AWS Services?

To open a console for a service, you have three ways to achieve this

  1. Enter the name of the service in the search box. Then choose the service that you want from the list of search results.

    AWS EC2

  2. AWS lists all your recently visited services under the search box. This reduces the time to find and open service.

    AWS services

  3. Click on All services open a full list of services. Then choose the service that you want. All the services are categorized by the type and the service type is arranged in alphabetical order.

    AWS All Services

Adding And Removing Favorites

Adding Favorites features, allows services to be pinned on the top navigation bar itself. this allows one to quickly switch between services without needing to go to all services or search.

1. On the top Search bar click on All Services, this will open the list of all the services that you can add on the navigation bar.

Favourites in AWS

2. Select the services that you want to add Favourites by Clikcing in the Star.

AWS amplify

3. Now you can see all your Favorites on the Navigation Bar.

AWS Navigation list

Selecting Region

Some Services in AWS are region-specific and to access the complete service, you need to choose the region that offers all components of the service.

To change a region, simply click on the current region to open a drop-down menu and select the required region.

AWS Regions

My Billing Dashboard

1. On the navigation bar, choose your account name.

2. Choose My Billing Dashboard from the drop-down.

AWS Billing Dashboard

3. The AWS Billing and Cost Management dashboard provides a summary and a breakdown of your monthly spending.

AWS Billing Dashboard

Console AWS Mobile App

The AWS Management Console can also be used on Mobiles and tablets. This app provides mobile-relevant tasks that are a good companion to the full web experience.
Within the application, you can view and manage your existing Amazon EC2 instances and Amazon CloudWatch alarms from your phone.

You can download the AWS Console mobile app from Amazon Appstore, Google Play store, or App Store

AWS Managment Console Mobile App