Handbook
AWS Production Handbook
Running real workloads on AWS — one page per service, plus a second volume on EKS, events, identity, data and AI.
- 2
- volumes
- 58
- pages
- 52
- page topics
- A4
- print-ready
- Who it is for
- Backend and DevOps engineers who run, secure and pay for real workloads on AWS.
- Format
- A4 notebook pages. Read them in the browser, print them or save as PDF.
- Updates
- Lifetime access. New and revised volumes appear in your library free.
01The volumes
Buy them together, or one at a time.
Each volume stands on its own. The handbook price covers all of them, and any volume added later.
Volume 1 · 30 pages
Production Core
IAM, VPC, compute, containers, serverless, S3, databases, caching, messaging, security, observability, HA/DR and cost.
Volume 2 · 28 pages
Kubernetes, Events, Identity & Data
EKS, Step Functions, Kinesis and MSK, Cognito, Organizations and Control Tower, WAF, PrivateLink, data lake, Bedrock, SageMaker and Well-Architected.
02What is inside
Every page, by topic.
52 page topics across 2 volumes, taken from the books' own page titles.
Vol 1 · Production Core30 pages · 25 topics
- 01AWS Mental Map
- 02Global Infrastructure
- 03IAM — Policy Logic
- 04IAM — Production Setup
- 05VPC — 3-Tier Design
- 06Security Groups vs NACLs
- 07Route 53 + Load Balancing
- 08EC2 + Auto Scaling
- 09Containers — ECS & EKS
- 10Lambda + API Gateway
- 11S3 — Object Storage
- 12CloudFront — CDN
- 13RDS & Aurora
- 14DynamoDB
- 15ElastiCache — Caching
- 16Messaging & Events
- 17Security Stack
- 18Observability
- 19IaC + CI/CD
- 20HA & Disaster Recovery
- 21Cost Optimization
- 22Reference Architecture
- 23Interview Q&A · 1
- 24Interview Q&A · 2
- 25Launch Checklist
Vol 2 · Kubernetes, Events, Identity & Data28 pages · 27 topics
- 01EKS — Architecture
- 02EKS — Networking & Identity
- 03EKS — Scaling & Upgrades
- 04Step Functions
- 05Step Functions — Patterns
- 06EventBridge Deep Dive
- 07Kinesis Data Streams
- 08Firehose & MSK
- 09AppSync (GraphQL)
- 10Cognito
- 11Organizations + SCPs
- 12Control Tower
- 13IAM Identity Center
- 14KMS + Secrets Manager
- 15WAF + Shield
- 16Systems Manager
- 17PrivateLink & Endpoints
- 18Transit Gateway, VPN & Direct Connect
- 19S3 Data Lake + Glue + Athena
- 20Redshift
- 21OpenSearch
- 22Bedrock for AI Apps
- 23SageMaker
- 24Well-Architected Framework
- 25Well-Architected in Practice
- 26Interview Bank
- 27Vol 2 Cheat Sheet
03Around it
Learn it, look it up, then keep the handbook.
The same subject is on the site as a course and a cheatsheet. The handbook is the printable version for revision.
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?Questions
Before you start
- What exactly do I get?
- Access to the handbook in your library: every page, readable in the browser and printable as PDF. You pay once; there is no subscription.
- Can I read before I buy?
- Yes. Every volume has free sample pages. Sign in with a free account, open any volume, and the first pages are yours to read.
- Will I get updates?
- Yes. When a volume is revised, or a new volume is added to a handbook you own, it appears in your library at no cost.
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- Refunds?
- Digital goods are not refundable once the full book is opened. If a file is broken or not as described, write to us within 7 days and we will fix it or refund you.
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