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DynamoDB Usecase

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  Introduction Web-based applications face scaling due to the growth of users along with the increasing complexity of data traffic. Along with the complexity of modern business comes the need to process data faster and more robustly. Because of this, standard transactional databases aren’t always the best fit. Instead, databases  such as DynamoDB  have been designed to manage the new influx of data. DynamoDB is an Amazon Web Services database system that supports data structures and key-valued cloud services. It allows users the benefit of auto-scaling, in-memory caching, backup and restore options for all their internet-scale applications using DynamoDB. But why would you want to use DynamoDB and what are some examples of use cases? In this post, we’ll cover just that. We will layout the benefits of using DynamoDB, and outline some use cases as well as some of the challenges. Benefits of DynamoDB for Operations First, let’s discuss why DynamoDB can be useful. Performance...

Launching Wordpress with AWS

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  What is WordPress? WordPress  ( WP ,  WordPress.org ) is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system, referred to within WordPress as Themes. WordPress was originally created as a blog-publishing system but has evolved to support other web content types including more traditional mailing lists and forums, media galleries, membership sites, learning management systems (LMS) and online stores. To function, WordPress has to be installed on a web server, either part of an Internet hosting service like WordPress.com or a computer running the software package WordPress.org in order to serve as a network host in its own right. Pre-requisites Must have account on aws Now we are ready to go .. Step 1 : Create an AWS EC2 instance Login to AWS Account. Go to EC2 Dashboard ->> instances ->> Launch Instance Click on Launch Instances a) Selec...