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AWS Cloud Architecture

A comprehensive skill for designing, implementing, and operating production-grade AWS cloud architectures following the AWS Well-Architected Framework.

Table of Contents

1. AWS Well-Architected Framework
2. Compute Services
3. Storage Services
4. Database Services
5. Networking and Content Delivery
6. Security, Identity, and Compliance
7. Serverless Architecture
8. Cost Optimization
9. Monitoring and Operations
10. High Availability and Disaster Recovery

AWS Well-Architected Framework

The AWS Well-Architected Framework provides best practices across six pillars:

1. Operational Excellence

• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration
• Monitor and measure system performance
• Continuously improve processes and procedures

2. Security

• Implement strong identity foundation
• Enable traceability and audit logging
• Apply security at all layers
• Protect data in transit and at rest

3. Reliability

• Automatically recover from failure
• Test recovery procedures
• Scale horizontally for resilience
• Manage change through automation

4. Performance Efficiency

• Use appropriate resource types and sizes
• Monitor performance and adapt
• Leverage serverless architectures
• Experiment with new technologies

5. Cost Optimization

• Adopt consumption-based pricing
• Measure and monitor spending
• Use cost-effective resources
• Optimize over time

6. Sustainability

• Understand environmental impact
• Maximize utilization of resources
• Use managed services
• Reduce downstream impact

Compute Services

Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud)

EC2 provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud, offering complete control over computing resources.

EC2 Instance Types

# List available instance types in a region
aws ec2 describe-instance-types \
  --region us-east-1 \
  --query 'InstanceTypes[*].[InstanceType,VCpuInfo.DefaultVCpus,MemoryInfo.SizeInMiB]' \
  --output table

Launch EC2 Instance with User Data

# CloudFormation: EC2 Instance with Auto Scaling
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'
Description: EC2 instance with user data for web server

Parameters:
  InstanceType:
    Type: String
    Default: t3.micro
    AllowedValues:
      - t3.micro
      - t3.small
      - t3.medium
    Description: EC2 instance type

  KeyName:
    Type: AWS::EC2::KeyPair::KeyName
    Description: EC2 key pair for SSH access

Resources:
  WebServerInstance:
    Type: AWS::EC2::Instance
    Properties:
      InstanceType: !Ref InstanceType
      ImageId: !Sub '{{resolve:ssm:/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn2-ami-hvm-x86_64-gp2}}'
      KeyName: !Ref KeyName
      SecurityGroupIds:
        - !Ref WebServerSecurityGroup
      UserData:
        Fn::Base64: !Sub |
          #!/bin/bash
          yum update -y
          yum install -y httpd
          systemctl start httpd
          systemctl enable httpd
          echo "<h1>Hello from AWS CloudFormation</h1>" > /var/www/html/index.html
      Tags:
        - Key: Name
          Value: WebServer
        - Key: Environment
          Value: Production

  WebServerSecurityGroup:
    Type: AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup
    Properties:
      GroupDescription: Security group for web server
      SecurityGroupIngress:
        - IpProtocol: tcp
          FromPort: 80
          ToPort: 80
          CidrIp: 0.0.0.0/0
        - IpProtocol: tcp
          FromPort: 443
          ToPort: 443
          CidrIp: 0.0.0.0/0
        - IpProtocol: tcp
          FromPort: 22
          ToPort: 22
          CidrIp: 10.0.0.0/8
      Tags:
        - Key: Name
          Value: WebServerSG

Outputs:
  InstanceId:
    Description: EC2 instance ID
    Value: !Ref WebServerInstance
  PublicIP:
    Description: Public IP address
    Value: !GetAtt WebServerInstance.PublicIp

EC2 Auto Scaling Group

# CloudFormation: Auto Scaling Group with Launch Template
LaunchTemplate:
  Type: AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate
  Properties:
    LaunchTemplateName: WebServerLaunchTemplate
    LaunchTemplateData:
      ImageId: !Sub '{{resolve:ssm:/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn2-ami-hvm-x86_64-gp2}}'
      InstanceType: t3.micro
      SecurityGroupIds:
        - !Ref WebServerSecurityGroup
      IamInstanceProfile:
        Arn: !GetAtt InstanceProfile.Arn
      UserData:
        Fn::Base64: !Sub |
          #!/bin/bash
          yum update -y
          yum install -y httpd aws-cli
          systemctl start httpd
          systemctl enable httpd
          INSTANCE_ID=$(curl -s http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id)
          echo "<h1>Instance: $INSTANCE_ID</h1>" > /var/www/html/index.html
      TagSpecifications:
        - ResourceType: instance
          Tags:
            - Key: Name
              Value: WebServer-ASG

AutoScalingGroup:
  Type: AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup
  Properties:
    AutoScalingGroupName: WebServerASG
    MinSize: 2
    MaxSize: 10
    DesiredCapacity: 2
    HealthCheckType: ELB
    HealthCheckGracePeriod: 300
    LaunchTemplate:
      LaunchTemplateId: !Ref LaunchTemplate
      Version: !GetAtt LaunchTemplate.LatestVersionNumber
    VPCZoneIdentifier:
      - !Ref PrivateSubnet1
      - !Ref PrivateSubnet2
    TargetGroupARNs:
      - !Ref TargetGroup
    Tags:
      - Key: Environment
        Value: Production
        PropagateAtLaunch: true

ScaleUpPolicy:
  Type: AWS::AutoScaling::ScalingPolicy
  Properties:
    AdjustmentType: ChangeInCapacity
    AutoScalingGroupName: !Ref AutoScalingGroup
    Cooldown: 300
    ScalingAdjustment: 1

ScaleDownPolicy:
  Type: AWS::AutoScaling::ScalingPolicy
  Properties:
    AdjustmentType: ChangeInCapacity
    AutoScalingGroupName: !Ref AutoScalingGroup
    Cooldown: 300
    ScalingAdjustment: -1

CPUAlarmHigh:
  Type: AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm
  Properties:
    AlarmDescription: Scale up when CPU exceeds 70%
    MetricName: CPUUtilization
    Namespace: AWS/EC2
    Statistic: Average
    Period: 300
    EvaluationPeriods: 2
    Threshold: 70
    AlarmActions:
      - !Ref ScaleUpPolicy
    Dimensions:
      - Name: AutoScalingGroupName
        Value: !Ref AutoScalingGroup
    ComparisonOperator: GreaterThanThreshold

CPUAlarmLow:
  Type: AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm
  Properties:
    AlarmDescription: Scale down when CPU is below 30%
    MetricName: CPUUtilization
    Namespace: AWS/EC2
    Statistic: Average
    Period: 300
    EvaluationPeriods: 2
    Threshold: 30
    AlarmActions:
      - !Ref ScaleDownPolicy
    Dimensions:
      - Name: AutoScalingGroupName
        Value: !Ref AutoScalingGroup
    ComparisonOperator: LessThanThreshold

AWS Lambda

Serverless compute service that runs code in response to events.

Lambda Function with Python

# CloudFormation: Lambda Function with API Gateway
LambdaExecutionRole:
  Type: AWS::IAM::Role
  Properties:
    AssumeRolePolicyDocument:
      Version: '2012-10-17'
      Statement:
        - Effect: Allow
          Principal:
            Service: lambda.amazonaws.com
          Action: sts:AssumeRole
    ManagedPolicyArns:
      - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSLambdaBasicExecutionRole
      - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSXRayDaemonWriteAccess
    Policies:
      - PolicyName: DynamoDBAccess
        PolicyDocument:
          Version: '2012-10-17'
          Statement:
            - Effect: Allow
              Action:
                - dynamodb:GetItem
                - dynamodb:PutItem
                - dynamodb:UpdateItem
                - dynamodb:Query
                - dynamodb:Scan
              Resource: !GetAtt DynamoDBTable.Arn

HelloWorldFunction:
  Type: AWS::Lambda::Function
  Properties:
    FunctionName: HelloWorldFunction
    Runtime: python3.11
    Handler: index.lambda_handler
    Role: !GetAtt LambdaExecutionRole.Arn
    Timeout: 30
    MemorySize: 256
    Environment:
      Variables:
        TABLE_NAME: !Ref DynamoDBTable
        STAGE: production
    Code:
      ZipFile: |
        import json
        import os
        import boto3
        from datetime import datetime

        dynamodb = boto3.resource('dynamodb')
        table = dynamodb.Table(os.environ['TABLE_NAME'])

        def lambda_handler(event, context):
            try:
                # Log the event
                print(f"Event: {json.dumps(event)}")

                # Extract data from event
                body = json.loads(event.get('body', '{}'))

                # Store in DynamoDB
                response = table.put_item(
                    Item={
                        'id': context.request_id,
                        'timestamp': datetime.now().isoformat(),
                        'data': body,
                        'stage': os.environ['STAGE']
                    }
                )

                return {
                    'statusCode': 200,
                    'headers': {
                        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
                        'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': '*'
                    },
                    'body': json.dumps({
                        'message': 'Success',
                        'requestId': context.request_id
                    })
                }
            except Exception as e:
                print(f"Error: {str(e)}")
                return {
                    'statusCode': 500,
                    'body': json.dumps({'error': str(e)})
                }
    TracingConfig:
      Mode: Active

Lambda with S3 Event Trigger

# Python Lambda function for S3 event processing
import json
import urllib.parse
import boto3
from PIL import Image
import io

s3 = boto3.client('s3')

def lambda_handler(event, context):
    """
    Process images uploaded to S3:
    - Create thumbnails
    - Extract metadata
    - Store results in destination bucket
    """

    # Get bucket and key from S3 event
    bucket = event['Records'][0]['s3']['bucket']['name']
    key = urllib.parse.unquote_plus(event['Records'][0]['s3']['object']['key'])

    try:
        # Download image from S3
        response = s3.get_object(Bucket=bucket, Key=key)
        image_content = response['Body'].read()

        # Open image with PIL
        image = Image.open(io.BytesIO(image_content))

        # Create thumbnail
        thumbnail_size = (200, 200)
        image.thumbnail(thumbnail_size)

        # Save thumbnail to buffer
        buffer = io.BytesIO()
        image.save(buffer, format=image.format)
        buffer.seek(0)

        # Upload thumbnail to destination bucket
        thumbnail_key = f"thumbnails/{key}"
        s3.put_object(
            Bucket=f"{bucket}-processed",
            Key=thumbnail_key,
            Body=buffer,
            ContentType=response['ContentType']
        )

        print(f"Successfully created thumbnail: {thumbnail_key}")

        return {
            'statusCode': 200,
            'body': json.dumps({
                'original': key,
                'thumbnail': thumbnail_key,
                'size': image.size
            })
        }

    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Error processing image {key}: {str(e)}")
        raise e

Amazon ECS (Elastic Container Service)

Container orchestration service supporting Docker containers.

ECS Cluster with Fargate

# CloudFormation: ECS Cluster with Fargate
ECSCluster:
  Type: AWS::ECS::Cluster
  Properties:
    ClusterName: production-cluster
    ClusterSettings:
      - Name: containerInsights
        Value: enabled
    Tags:
      - Key: Environment
        Value: Production

TaskDefinition:
  Type: AWS::ECS::TaskDefinition
  Properties:
    Family: web-app
    NetworkMode: awsvpc
    RequiresCompatibilities:
      - FARGATE
    Cpu: 512
    Memory: 1024
    ExecutionRoleArn: !GetAtt ECSExecutionRole.Arn
    TaskRoleArn: !GetAtt ECSTaskRole.Arn
    ContainerDefinitions:
      - Name: web-container
        Image: nginx:latest
        PortMappings:
          - ContainerPort: 80
            Protocol: tcp
        LogConfiguration:
          LogDriver: awslogs
          Options:
            awslogs-group: !Ref CloudWatchLogsGroup
            awslogs-region: !Ref AWS::Region
            awslogs-stream-prefix: web-app
        Environment:
          - Name: ENVIRONMENT
            Value: production
        HealthCheck:
          Command:
            - CMD-SHELL
            - curl -f http://localhost/ || exit 1
          Interval: 30
          Timeout: 5
          Retries: 3
          StartPeriod: 60

ECSService:
  Type: AWS::ECS::Service
  DependsOn: LoadBalancerListener
  Properties:
    ServiceName: web-service
    Cluster: !Ref ECSCluster
    TaskDefinition: !Ref TaskDefinition
    DesiredCount: 2
    LaunchType: FARGATE
    NetworkConfiguration:
      AwsvpcConfiguration:
        AssignPublicIp: DISABLED
        SecurityGroups:
          - !Ref ECSSecurityGroup
        Subnets:
          - !Ref PrivateSubnet1
          - !Ref PrivateSubnet2
    LoadBalancers:
      - ContainerName: web-container
        ContainerPort: 80
        TargetGroupArn: !Ref TargetGroup
    HealthCheckGracePeriodSeconds: 60
    DeploymentConfiguration:
      MaximumPercent: 200
      MinimumHealthyPercent: 100
      DeploymentCircuitBreaker:
        Enable: true
        Rollback: true

ECSExecutionRole:
  Type: AWS::IAM::Role
  Properties:
    AssumeRolePolicyDocument:
      Version: '2012-10-17'
      Statement:
        - Effect: Allow
          Principal:
            Service: ecs-tasks.amazonaws.com
          Action: sts:AssumeRole
    ManagedPolicyArns:
      - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonECSTaskExecutionRolePolicy
    Policies:
      - PolicyName: SecretsManagerAccess
        PolicyDocument:
          Version: '2012-10-17'
          Statement:
            - Effect: Allow
              Action:
                - secretsmanager:GetSecretValue
              Resource: !Ref DatabaseSecret

ECSTaskRole:
  Type: AWS::IAM::Role
  Properties:
    AssumeRolePolicyDocument:
      Version: '2012-10-17'
      Statement:
        - Effect: Allow
          Principal:
            Service: ecs-tasks.amazonaws.com
          Action: sts:AssumeRole
    Policies:
      - PolicyName: S3Access
        PolicyDocument:
          Version: '2012-10-17'
          Statement:
            - Effect: Allow
              Action:
                - s3:GetObject
                - s3:PutObject
              Resource: !Sub '${S3Bucket.Arn}/*'

Storage Services

Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)

Object storage service offering scalability, data availability, security, and performance.

S3 Bucket with Lifecycle Policy

# CloudFormation: S3 Bucket with comprehensive configuration
S3Bucket:
  Type: AWS::S3::Bucket
  Properties:
    BucketName: !Sub 'production-data-${AWS::AccountId}'
    BucketEncryption:
      ServerSideEncryptionConfiguration:
        - ServerSideEncryptionByDefault:
            SSEAlgorithm: AES256
    VersioningConfiguration:
      Status: Enabled
    LifecycleConfiguration:
      Rules:
        - Id: TransitionToIA
          Status: Enabled
          Transitions:
            - TransitionInDays: 30
              StorageClass: STANDARD_IA
            - TransitionInDays: 90
              StorageClass: GLACIER
            - TransitionInDays: 365
              StorageClass: DEEP_ARCHIVE
          ExpirationInDays: 2555
          NoncurrentVersionTransitions:
            - TransitionInDays: 30
              StorageClass: STANDARD_IA
            - TransitionInDays: 90
              StorageClass: GLACIER
          NoncurrentVersionExpirationInDays: 365
        - Id: DeleteIncompleteMultipartUploads
          Status: Enabled
          AbortIncompleteMultipartUpload:
            DaysAfterInitiation: 7
    PublicAccessBlockConfiguration:
      BlockPublicAcls: true
      BlockPublicPolicy: true
      IgnorePublicAcls: true
      RestrictPublicBuckets: true
    LoggingConfiguration:
      DestinationBucketName: !Ref LoggingBucket
      LogFilePrefix: s3-access-logs/
    NotificationConfiguration:
      LambdaConfigurations:
        - Event: s3:ObjectCreated:*
          Function: !GetAtt ProcessingLambda.Arn
          Filter:
            S3Key:
              Rules:
                - Name: prefix
                  Value: uploads/
                - Name: suffix
                  Value: .jpg
    Tags:
      - Key: Environment
        Value: Production

S3BucketPolicy:
  Type: AWS::S3::BucketPolicy
  Properties:
    Bucket: !Ref S3Bucket
    PolicyDocument:
      Version: '2012-10-17'
      Statement:
        - Sid: EnforceTLSRequestsOnly
          Effect: Deny
          Principal: '*'
          Action: 's3:*'
          Resource:
            - !GetAtt S3Bucket.Arn
            - !Sub '${S3Bucket.Arn}/*'
          Condition:
            Bool:
              'aws:SecureTransport': false
        - Sid: DenyUnencryptedObjectUploads
          Effect: Deny
          Principal: '*'
          Action: 's3:PutObject'
          Resource: !Sub '${S3Bucket.Arn}/*'
          Condition:
            StringNotEquals:
              's3:x-amz-server-side-encryption': AES256

S3 CLI Operations

# Upload file with server-side encryption
aws s3 cp myfile.txt s3://my-bucket/ \
  --server-side-encryption AES256 \
  --metadata '{"project":"webapp","environment":"production"}'

# Sync directory with S3 bucket
aws s3 sync ./local-dir s3://my-bucket/backup/ \
  --delete \
  --storage-class STANDARD_IA

# Create presigned URL for temporary access
aws s3 presign s3://my-bucket/private-file.pdf \
  --expires-in 3600

# List objects with specific prefix
aws s3api list-objects-v2 \
  --bucket my-bucket \
  --prefix "uploads/2024/" \
  --query 'Contents[?Size > `1048576`].[Key,Size,LastModified]' \
  --output table

# Enable versioning
aws s3api put-bucket-versioning \
  --bucket my-bucket \
  --versioning-configuration Status=Enabled

# Configure bucket lifecycle
aws s3api put-bucket-lifecycle-configuration \
  --bucket my-bucket \
  --lifecycle-configuration file://lifecycle.json

Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store)

Block storage volumes for EC2 instances.

EBS Volume with Snapshots

# CloudFormation: EBS Volume with automated snapshots
DataVolume:
  Type: AWS::EC2::Volume
  Properties:
    Size: 100
    VolumeType: gp3
    Iops: 3000
    Throughput: 125
    Encrypted: true
    KmsKeyId: !Ref KMSKey
    AvailabilityZone: !GetAtt EC2Instance.AvailabilityZone
    Tags:
      - Key: Name
        Value: DataVolume
      - Key: SnapshotSchedule
        Value: daily

VolumeAttachment:
  Type: AWS::EC2::VolumeAttachment
  Properties:
    Device: /dev/sdf
    InstanceId: !Ref EC2Instance
    VolumeId: !Ref DataVolume



# Create EBS snapshot
aws ec2 create-snapshot \
  --volume-id vol-1234567890abcdef0 \
  --description "Daily backup - $(date +%Y-%m-%d)" \
  --tag-specifications 'ResourceType=snapshot,Tags=[{Key=Name,Value=DailyBackup}]'

# Copy snapshot to another region
aws ec2 copy-snapshot \
  --source-region us-east-1 \
  --source-snapshot-id snap-1234567890abcdef0 \
  --destination-region us-west-2 \
  --description "DR copy"

# Create volume from snapshot
aws ec2 create-volume \
  --snapshot-id snap-1234567890abcdef0 \
  --availability-zone us-east-1a \
  --volume-type gp3 \
  --iops 3000

Amazon EFS (Elastic File System)

Managed NFS file system for EC2 instances.

# CloudFormation: EFS File System
EFSFileSystem:
  Type: AWS::EFS::FileSystem
  Properties:
    Encrypted: true
    KmsKeyId: !Ref KMSKey
    PerformanceMode: generalPurpose
    ThroughputMode: bursting
    LifecyclePolicies:
      - TransitionToIA: AFTER_30_DAYS
      - TransitionToPrimaryStorageClass: AFTER_1_ACCESS
    FileSystemTags:
      - Key: Name
        Value: SharedStorage

MountTargetSubnet1:
  Type: AWS::EFS::MountTarget
  Properties:
    FileSystemId: !Ref EFSFileSystem
    SubnetId: !Ref PrivateSubnet1
    SecurityGroups:
      - !Ref EFSSecurityGroup

MountTargetSubnet2:
  Type: AWS::EFS::MountTarget
  Properties:
    FileSystemId: !Ref EFSFileSystem
    SubnetId: !Ref PrivateSubnet2
    SecurityGroups:
      - !Ref EFSSecurityGroup

EFSSecurityGroup:
  Type: AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup
  Properties:
    GroupDescription: Security group for EFS mount targets
    VpcId: !Ref VPC
    SecurityGroupIngress:
      - IpProtocol: tcp
        FromPort: 2049
        ToPort: 2049
        SourceSecurityGroupId: !Ref EC2SecurityGroup

Database Services

Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service)

Managed relational database service supporting multiple engines.

RDS Multi-AZ with Read Replicas

# CloudFormation: RDS PostgreSQL with Multi-AZ
DBSubnetGroup:
  Type: AWS::RDS::DBSubnetGroup
  Properties:
    DBSubnetGroupName: rds-subnet-group
    DBSubnetGroupDescription: Subnet group for RDS instances
    SubnetIds:
      - !Ref PrivateSubnet1
      - !Ref PrivateSubnet2
      - !Ref PrivateSubnet3
    Tags:
      - Key: Name
        Value: RDS-SubnetGroup

DBSecurityGroup:
  Type: AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup
  Properties:
    GroupDescription: Security group for RDS database
    VpcId: !Ref VPC
    SecurityGroupIngress:
      - IpProtocol: tcp
        FromPort: 5432
        ToPort: 5432
        SourceSecurityGroupId: !Ref AppSecurityGroup
    Tags:
      - Key: Name
        Value: RDS-SecurityGroup

RDSInstance:
  Type: AWS::RDS::DBInstance
  DeletionPolicy: Snapshot
  Properties:
    DBInstanceIdentifier: production-db
    DBInstanceClass: db.r6g.xlarge
    Engine: postgres
    EngineVersion: '15.3'
    MasterUsername: !Sub '{{resolve:secretsmanager:${DBSecret}:SecretString:username}}'
    MasterUserPassword: !Sub '{{resolve:secretsmanager:${DBSecret}:SecretString:password}}'
    AllocatedStorage: 100
    MaxAllocatedStorage: 1000
    StorageType: gp3
    Iops: 3000
    StorageEncrypted: true
    KmsKeyId: !Ref KMSKey
    MultiAZ: true
    DBSubnetGroupName: !Ref DBSubnetGroup
    VPCSecurityGroups:
      - !Ref DBSecurityGroup
    BackupRetentionPeriod: 30
    PreferredBackupWindow: '03:00-04:00'
    PreferredMaintenanceWindow: 'sun:04:00-sun:05:00'
    EnableCloudwatchLogsExports:
      - postgresql
      - upgrade
    DeletionProtection: true
    EnableIAMDatabaseAuthentication: true
    MonitoringInterval: 60
    MonitoringRoleArn: !GetAtt MonitoringRole.Arn
    EnablePerformanceInsights: true
    PerformanceInsightsRetentionPeriod: 7
    PerformanceInsightsKMSKeyId: !Ref KMSKey
    Tags:
      - Key: Environment
        Value: Production

ReadReplica1:
  Type: AWS::RDS::DBInstance
  Properties:
    DBInstanceIdentifier: production-db-replica-1
    SourceDBInstanceIdentifier: !Ref RDSInstance
    DBInstanceClass: db.r6g.large
    PubliclyAccessible: false
    Tags:
      - Key: Name
        Value: ReadReplica1
      - Key: Purpose
        Value: Analytics

DBSecret:
  Type: AWS::SecretsManager::Secret
  Properties:
    Name: rds-database-credentials
    Description: RDS database master credentials
    GenerateSecretString:
      SecretStringTemplate: '{"username": "dbadmin"}'
      GenerateStringKey: password
      PasswordLength: 32
      ExcludeCharacters: '"@/\'
      RequireEachIncludedType: true

SecretRDSAttachment:
  Type: AWS::SecretsManager::SecretTargetAttachment
  Properties:
    SecretId: !Ref DBSecret
    TargetId: !Ref RDSInstance
    TargetType: AWS::RDS::DBInstance

Amazon DynamoDB

Fully managed NoSQL database service.

DynamoDB Table with GSI and Streams

# CloudFormation: DynamoDB Table
DynamoDBTable:
  Type: AWS::DynamoDB::Table
  Properties:
    TableName: Users
    BillingMode: PAY_PER_REQUEST
    AttributeDefinitions:
      - AttributeName: userId
        AttributeType: S
      - AttributeName: email
        AttributeType: S
      - AttributeName: createdAt
        AttributeType: N
      - AttributeName: status
        AttributeType: S
    KeySchema:
      - AttributeName: userId
        KeyType: HASH
    GlobalSecondaryIndexes:
      - IndexName: EmailIndex
        KeySchema:
          - AttributeName: email
            KeyType: HASH
        Projection:
          ProjectionType: ALL
      - IndexName: StatusIndex
        KeySchema:
          - AttributeName: status
            KeyType: HASH
          - AttributeName: createdAt
            KeyType: RANGE
        Projection:
          ProjectionType: ALL
    StreamSpecification:
      StreamViewType: NEW_AND_OLD_IMAGES
    PointInTimeRecoverySpecification:
      PointInTimeRecoveryEnabled: true
    SSESpecification:
      SSEEnabled: true
      SSEType: KMS
      KMSMasterKeyId: !Ref KMSKey
    Tags:
      - Key: Environment
        Value: Production

DynamoDBStreamProcessor:
  Type: AWS::Lambda::Function
  Properties:
    FunctionName: DynamoDBStreamProcessor
    Runtime: python3.11
    Handler: index.lambda_handler
    Role: !GetAtt StreamProcessorRole.Arn
    Code:
      ZipFile: |
        import json

        def lambda_handler(event, context):
            for record in event['Records']:
                if record['eventName'] == 'INSERT':
                    new_image = record['dynamodb']['NewImage']
                    print(f"New user created: {json.dumps(new_image)}")
                elif record['eventName'] == 'MODIFY':
                    print(f"User modified")
                elif record['eventName'] == 'REMOVE':
                    print(f"User deleted")
            return {'statusCode': 200}

EventSourceMapping:
  Type: AWS::Lambda::EventSourceMapping
  Properties:
    EventSourceArn: !GetAtt DynamoDBTable.StreamArn
    FunctionName: !Ref DynamoDBStreamProcessor
    StartingPosition: LATEST
    BatchSize: 100
    MaximumBatchingWindowInSeconds: 10

DynamoDB Operations with Python

# Python SDK (boto3) for DynamoDB operations
import boto3
from boto3.dynamodb.conditions import Key, Attr
from decimal import Decimal
import json

dynamodb = boto3.resource('dynamodb')
table = dynamodb.Table('Users')

# Put item
def create_user(user_id, email, name):
    response = table.put_item(
        Item={
            'userId': user_id,
            'email': email,
            'name': name,
            'createdAt': int(time.time()),
            'status': 'active',
            'metadata': {
                'loginCount': 0,
                'lastLogin': None
            }
        },
        ConditionExpression='attribute_not_exists(userId)'
    )
    return response

# Get item
def get_user(user_id):
    response = table.get_item(
        Key={'userId': user_id},
        ProjectionExpression='userId, email, #n, #s',
        ExpressionAttributeNames={
            '#n': 'name',
            '#s': 'status'
        }
    )
    return response.get('Item')

# Query with GSI
def get_user_by_email(email):
    response = table.query(
        IndexName='EmailIndex',
        KeyConditionExpression=Key('email').eq(email)
    )
    return response.get('Items', [])

# Update item
def update_user_status(user_id, new_status):
    response = table.update_item(
        Key={'userId': user_id},
        UpdateExpression='SET #s = :status, updatedAt = :timestamp',
        ExpressionAttributeNames={
            '#s': 'status'
        },
        ExpressionAttributeValues={
            ':status': new_status,
            ':timestamp': int(time.time())
        },
        ReturnValues='ALL_NEW'
    )
    return response.get('Attributes')

# Batch write
def batch_create_users(users):
    with table.batch_writer() as batch:
        for user in users:
            batch.put_item(Item=user)

# Scan with filter
def get_active_users():
    response = table.scan(
        FilterExpression=Attr('status').eq('active')
    )
    return response.get('Items', [])

# Transaction write
def transfer_credits(from_user_id, to_user_id, amount):
    client = boto3.client('dynamodb')
    response = client.transact_write_items(
        TransactItems=[
            {
                'Update': {
                    'TableName': 'Users',
                    'Key': {'userId': {'S': from_user_id}},
                    'UpdateExpression': 'SET credits = credits - :amount',
                    'ExpressionAttributeValues': {':amount': {'N': str(amount)}},
                    'ConditionExpression': 'credits >= :amount'
                }
            },
            {
                'Update': {
                    'TableName': 'Users',
                    'Key': {'userId': {'S': to_user_id}},
                    'UpdateExpression': 'SET credits = credits + :amount',
                    'ExpressionAttributeValues': {':amount': {'N': str(amount)}}
                }
            }
        ]
    )
    return response

Amazon Aurora

MySQL and PostgreSQL-compatible relational database with enhanced performance.

# CloudFormation: Aurora PostgreSQL Cluster
AuroraCluster:
  Type: AWS::RDS::DBCluster
  Properties:
    DBClusterIdentifier: production-aurora-cluster
    Engine: aurora-postgresql
    EngineVersion: '15.3'
    MasterUsername: !Sub '{{resolve:secretsmanager:${AuroraSecret}:SecretString:username}}'
    MasterUserPassword: !Sub '{{resolve:secretsmanager:${AuroraSecret}:SecretString:password}}'
    DatabaseName: productiondb
    DBSubnetGroupName: !Ref DBSubnetGroup
    VpcSecurityGroupIds:
      - !Ref DBSecurityGroup
    BackupRetentionPeriod: 35
    PreferredBackupWindow: '03:00-04:00'
    PreferredMaintenanceWindow: 'sun:04:00-sun:05:00'
    StorageEncrypted: true
    KmsKeyId: !Ref KMSKey
    EnableCloudwatchLogsExports:
      - postgresql
    DeletionProtection: true
    EnableIAMDatabaseAuthentication: true
    Tags:
      - Key: Environment
        Value: Production

AuroraInstance1:
  Type: AWS::RDS::DBInstance
  Properties:
    DBInstanceIdentifier: aurora-instance-1
    DBClusterIdentifier: !Ref AuroraCluster
    DBInstanceClass: db.r6g.xlarge
    Engine: aurora-postgresql
    PubliclyAccessible: false
    EnablePerformanceInsights: true
    PerformanceInsightsRetentionPeriod: 7
    MonitoringInterval: 60
    MonitoringRoleArn: !GetAtt MonitoringRole.Arn

AuroraInstance2:
  Type: AWS::RDS::DBInstance
  Properties:
    DBInstanceIdentifier: aurora-instance-2
    DBClusterIdentifier: !Ref AuroraCluster
    DBInstanceClass: db.r6g.large
    Engine: aurora-postgresql
    PubliclyAccessible: false

Networking and Content Delivery

Amazon VPC (Virtual Private Cloud)

Isolated cloud resources in a virtual network.

Production VPC with Public and Private Subnets

# CloudFormation: Complete VPC Setup
VPC:
  Type: AWS::EC2::VPC
  Properties:
    CidrBlock: 10.0.0.0/16
    EnableDnsSupport: true
    EnableDnsHostnames: true
    Tags:
      - Key: Name
        Value: Production-VPC

# Internet Gateway
InternetGateway:
  Type: AWS::EC2::InternetGateway
  Properties:
    Tags:
      - Key: Name
        Value: Production-IGW

AttachGateway:
  Type: AWS::EC2::VPCGatewayAttachment
  Properties:
    VpcId: !Ref VPC
    InternetGatewayId: !Ref InternetGateway

# Public Subnets
PublicSubnet1:
  Type: AWS::EC2::Subnet
  Properties:
    VpcId: !Ref VPC
    CidrBlock: 10.0.1.0/24
    AvailabilityZone: !Select [0, !GetAZs '']
    MapPublicIpOnLaunch: true
    Tags:
      - Key: Name
        Value: Public-Subnet-1
      - Key: Type
        Value: Public

PublicSubnet2:
  Type: AWS::EC2::Subnet
  Properties:
    VpcId: !Ref VPC
    CidrBlock: 10.0.2.0/24
    AvailabilityZone: !Select [1, !GetAZs '']
    MapPublicIpOnLaunch: true
    Tags:
      - Key: Name
        Value: Public-Subnet-2
      - Key: Type
        Value: Public

# Private Subnets
PrivateSubnet1:
  Type: AWS::EC2::Subnet
  Properties:
    VpcId: !Ref VPC
    CidrBlock: 10.0.11.0/24
    AvailabilityZone: !Select [0, !GetAZs '']
    Tags:
      - Key: Name
        Value: Private-Subnet-1
      - Key: Type
        Value: Private

PrivateSubnet2:
  Type: AWS::EC2::Subnet
  Properties:
    VpcId: !Ref VPC
    CidrBlock: 10.0.12.0/24
    AvailabilityZone: !Select [1, !GetAZs '']
    Tags:
      - Key: Name
        Value: Private-Subnet-2
      - Key: Type
        Value: Private

# NAT Gateways
NATGateway1EIP:
  Type: AWS::EC2::EIP
  DependsOn: AttachGateway
  Properties:
    Domain: vpc
    Tags:
      - Key: Name
        Value: NAT-Gateway-1-EIP

NATGateway1:
  Type: AWS::EC2::NatGateway
  Properties:
    AllocationId: !GetAtt NATGateway1EIP.AllocationId
    SubnetId: !Ref PublicSubnet1
    Tags:
      - Key: Name
        Value: NAT-Gateway-1

NATGateway2EIP:
  Type: AWS::EC2::EIP
  DependsOn: AttachGateway
  Properties:
    Domain: vpc
    Tags:
      - Key: Name
        Value: NAT-Gateway-2-EIP

NATGateway2:
  Type: AWS::EC2::NatGateway
  Properties:
    AllocationId: !GetAtt NATGateway2EIP.AllocationId
    SubnetId: !Ref PublicSubnet2
    Tags:
      - Key: Name
        Value: NAT-Gateway-2

# Route Tables
PublicRouteTable:
  Type: AWS::EC2::RouteTable
  Properties:
    VpcId: !Ref VPC
    Tags:
      - Key: Name
        Value: Public-RouteTable

PublicRoute:
  Type: AWS::EC2::Route
  DependsOn: AttachGateway
  Properties:
    RouteTableId: !Ref PublicRouteTable
    DestinationCidrBlock: 0.0.0.0/0
    GatewayId: !Ref InternetGateway

PublicSubnet1RouteTableAssociation:
  Type: AWS::EC2::SubnetRouteTableAssociation
  Properties:
    SubnetId: !Ref PublicSubnet1
    RouteTableId: !Ref PublicRouteTable

PublicSubnet2RouteTableAssociation:
  Type: AWS::EC2::SubnetRouteTableAssociation
  Properties:
    SubnetId: !Ref PublicSubnet2
    RouteTableId: !Ref PublicRouteTable

PrivateRouteTable1:
  Type: AWS::EC2::RouteTable
  Properties:
    VpcId: !Ref VPC
    Tags:
      - Key: Name
        Value: Private-RouteTable-1

PrivateRoute1:
  Type: AWS::EC2::Route
  Properties:
    RouteTableId: !Ref PrivateRouteTable1
    DestinationCidrBlock: 0.0.0.0/0
    NatGatewayId: !Ref NATGateway1

PrivateSubnet1RouteTableAssociation:
  Type: AWS::EC2::SubnetRouteTableAssociation
  Properties:
    SubnetId: !Ref PrivateSubnet1
    RouteTableId: !Ref PrivateRouteTable1

PrivateRouteTable2:
  Type: AWS::EC2::RouteTable
  Properties:
    VpcId: !Ref VPC
    Tags:
      - Key: Name
        Value: Private-RouteTable-2

PrivateRoute2:
  Type: AWS::EC2::Route
  Properties:
    RouteTableId: !Ref PrivateRouteTable2
    DestinationCidrBlock: 0.0.0.0/0
    NatGatewayId: !Ref NATGateway2

PrivateSubnet2RouteTableAssociation:
  Type: AWS::EC2::SubnetRouteTableAssociation
  Properties:
    SubnetId: !Ref PrivateSubnet2
    RouteTableId: !Ref PrivateRouteTable2

VPC Endpoints

# CloudFormation: VPC Endpoints for AWS Services
S3VPCEndpoint:
  Type: AWS::EC2::VPCEndpoint
  Properties:
    VpcId: !Ref VPC
    ServiceName: !Sub 'com.amazonaws.${AWS::Region}.s3'
    RouteTableIds:
      - !Ref PrivateRouteTable1
      - !Ref PrivateRouteTable2
    PolicyDocument:
      Version: '2012-10-17'
      Statement:
        - Effect: Allow
          Principal: '*'
          Action:
            - 's3:GetObject'
            - 's3:PutObject'
          Resource: '*'

DynamoDBVPCEndpoint:
  Type: AWS::EC2::VPCEndpoint
  Properties:
    VpcId: !Ref VPC
    ServiceName: !Sub 'com.amazonaws.${AWS::Region}.dynamodb'
    RouteTableIds:
      - !Ref PrivateRouteTable1
      - !Ref PrivateRouteTable2

SecretsManagerVPCEndpoint:
  Type: AWS::EC2::VPCEndpoint
  Properties:
    VpcEndpointType: Interface
    PrivateDnsEnabled: true
    VpcId: !Ref VPC
    SubnetIds:
      - !Ref PrivateSubnet1
      - !Ref PrivateSubnet2
    ServiceName: !Sub 'com.amazonaws.${AWS::Region}.secretsmanager'
    SecurityGroupIds:
      - !Ref VPCEndpointSecurityGroup

SSMVPCEndpoint:
  Type: AWS::EC2::VPCEndpoint
  Properties:
    VpcEndpointType: Interface
    PrivateDnsEnabled: true
    VpcId: !Ref VPC
    SubnetIds:
      - !Ref PrivateSubnet1
      - !Ref PrivateSubnet2
    ServiceName: !Sub 'com.amazonaws.${AWS::Region}.ssm'
    SecurityGroupIds:
      - !Ref VPCEndpointSecurityGroup

Application Load Balancer

# CloudFormation: Application Load Balancer
ApplicationLoadBalancer:
  Type: AWS::ElasticLoadBalancingV2::LoadBalancer
  Properties:
    Name: production-alb
    Type: application
    Scheme: internet-facing
    IpAddressType: ipv4
    Subnets:
      - !Ref PublicSubnet1
      - !Ref PublicSubnet2
    SecurityGroups:
      - !Ref ALBSecurityGroup
    Tags:
      - Key: Name
        Value: Production-ALB

ALBListener:
  Type: AWS::ElasticLoadBalancingV2::Listener
  Properties:
    DefaultActions:
      - Type: forward
        TargetGroupArn: !Ref TargetGroup
    LoadBalancerArn: !Ref ApplicationLoadBalancer
    Port: 443
    Protocol: HTTPS
    SslPolicy: ELBSecurityPolicy-TLS-1-2-2017-01
    Certificates:
      - CertificateArn: !Ref SSLCertificate

ALBListenerHTTP:
  Type: AWS::ElasticLoadBalancingV2::Listener
  Properties:
    DefaultActions:
      - Type: redirect
        RedirectConfig:
          Protocol: HTTPS
          Port: 443
          StatusCode: HTTP_301
    LoadBalancerArn: !Ref ApplicationLoadBalancer
    Port: 80
    Protocol: HTTP

TargetGroup:
  Type: AWS::ElasticLoadBalancingV2::TargetGroup
  Properties:
    Name: web-servers
    Port: 80
    Protocol: HTTP
    VpcId: !Ref VPC
    HealthCheckEnabled: true
    HealthCheckPath: /health
    HealthCheckProtocol: HTTP
    HealthCheckIntervalSeconds: 30
    HealthCheckTimeoutSeconds: 5
    HealthyThresholdCount: 2
    UnhealthyThresholdCount: 3
    Matcher:
      HttpCode: 200
    TargetType: instance
    TargetGroupAttributes:
      - Key: deregistration_delay.timeout_seconds
        Value: 30
      - Key: stickiness.enabled
        Value: true
      - Key: stickiness.type
        Value: lb_cookie
      - Key: stickiness.lb_cookie.duration_seconds
        Value: 86400

Amazon CloudFront

Content delivery network (CDN) service.

# CloudFormation: CloudFront Distribution
CloudFrontDistribution:
  Type: AWS::CloudFront::Distribution
  Properties:
    DistributionConfig:
      Enabled: true
      Comment: Production CDN
      DefaultRootObject: index.html
      PriceClass: PriceClass_All
      HttpVersion: http2and3
      Origins:
        - Id: S3Origin
          DomainName: !GetAtt S3Bucket.RegionalDomainName
          S3OriginConfig:
            OriginAccessIdentity: !Sub 'origin-access-identity/cloudfront/${CloudFrontOAI}'
        - Id: ALBOrigin
          DomainName: !GetAtt ApplicationLoadBalancer.DNSName
          CustomOriginConfig:
            HTTPPort: 80
            HTTPSPort: 443
            OriginProtocolPolicy: https-only
            OriginSSLProtocols:
              - TLSv1.2
      DefaultCacheBehavior:
        TargetOriginId: S3Origin
        ViewerProtocolPolicy: redirect-to-https
        AllowedMethods:
          - GET
          - HEAD
          - OPTIONS
        CachedMethods:
          - GET
          - HEAD
        Compress: true
        CachePolicyId: 658327ea-f89d-4fab-a63d-7e88639e58f6  # Managed-CachingOptimized
        OriginRequestPolicyId: 88a5eaf4-2fd4-4709-b370-b4c650ea3fcf  # Managed-CORS-S3Origin
      CacheBehaviors:
        - PathPattern: '/api/*'
          TargetOriginId: ALBOrigin
          ViewerProtocolPolicy: https-only
          AllowedMethods:
            - DELETE
            - GET
            - HEAD
            - OPTIONS
            - PATCH
            - POST
            - PUT
          CachePolicyId: 4135ea2d-6df8-44a3-9df3-4b5a84be39ad  # Managed-CachingDisabled
          OriginRequestPolicyId: 216adef6-5c7f-47e4-b989-5492eafa07d3  # Managed-AllViewer
      ViewerCertificate:
        AcmCertificateArn: !Ref SSLCertificate
        SslSupportMethod: sni-only
        MinimumProtocolVersion: TLSv1.2_2021
      Logging:
        Bucket: !GetAtt LoggingBucket.DomainName
        Prefix: cloudfront-logs/
        IncludeCookies: false
      CustomErrorResponses:
        - ErrorCode: 403
          ResponseCode: 404
          ResponsePagePath: /404.html
        - ErrorCode: 404
          ResponseCode: 404
          ResponsePagePath: /404.html

CloudFrontOAI:
  Type: AWS::CloudFront::CloudFrontOriginAccessIdentity
  Properties:
    CloudFrontOriginAccessIdentityConfig:
      Comment: OAI for S3 bucket access

Security, Identity, and Compliance

AWS IAM (Identity and Access Management)

IAM Roles and Policies

# CloudFormation: IAM Role with least privilege
EC2InstanceRole:
  Type: AWS::IAM::Role
  Properties:
    RoleName: EC2-WebServer-Role
    AssumeRolePolicyDocument:
      Version: '2012-10-17'
      Statement:
        - Effect: Allow
          Principal:
            Service: ec2.amazonaws.com
          Action: sts:AssumeRole
    ManagedPolicyArns:
      - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/CloudWatchAgentServerPolicy
      - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore
    Policies:
      - PolicyName: S3BucketAccess
        PolicyDocument:
          Version: '2012-10-17'
          Statement:
            - Sid: ListBucket
              Effect: Allow
              Action:
                - s3:ListBucket
              Resource: !GetAtt S3Bucket.Arn
            - Sid: GetPutObjects
              Effect: Allow
              Action:
                - s3:GetObject
                - s3:PutObject
              Resource: !Sub '${S3Bucket.Arn}/*'
      - PolicyName: DynamoDBAccess
        PolicyDocument:
          Version: '2012-10-17'
          Statement:
            - Effect: Allow
              Action:
                - dynamodb:GetItem
                - dynamodb:PutItem
                - dynamodb:Query
              Resource: !GetAtt DynamoDBTable.Arn
              Condition:
                StringEquals:
                  'dynamodb:LeadingKeys':
                    - '${aws:username}'

InstanceProfile:
  Type: AWS::IAM::InstanceProfile
  Properties:
    InstanceProfileName: EC2-WebServer-Profile
    Roles:
      - !Ref EC2InstanceRole

Cross-Account Access Role

# CloudFormation: Cross-account IAM role
CrossAccountRole:
  Type: AWS::IAM::Role
  Properties:
    RoleName: CrossAccountAccessRole
    AssumeRolePolicyDocument:
      Version: '2012-10-17'
      Statement:
        - Effect: Allow
          Principal:
            AWS: !Sub 'arn:aws:iam::${TrustedAccountId}:root'
          Action: sts:AssumeRole
          Condition:
            StringEquals:
              'sts:ExternalId': !Ref ExternalId
    Policies:
      - PolicyName: ReadOnlyAccess
        PolicyDocument:
          Version: '2012-10-17'
          Statement:
            - Effect: Allow
              Action:
                - s3:GetObject
                - s3:ListBucket
              Resource:
                - !GetAtt S3Bucket.Arn
                - !Sub '${S3Bucket.Arn}/*'

AWS KMS (Key Management Service)

# CloudFormation: KMS Key with key policy
KMSKey:
  Type: AWS::KMS::Key
  Properties:
    Description: Master encryption key for production resources
    KeyPolicy:
      Version: '2012-10-17'
      Statement:
        - Sid: Enable IAM User Permissions
          Effect: Allow
          Principal:
            AWS: !Sub 'arn:aws:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:root'
          Action: 'kms:*'
          Resource: '*'
        - Sid: Allow services to use the key
          Effect: Allow
          Principal:
            Service:
              - s3.amazonaws.com
              - rds.amazonaws.com
              - lambda.amazonaws.com
          Action:
            - 'kms:Decrypt'
            - 'kms:GenerateDataKey'
          Resource: '*'
        - Sid: Allow administrators to manage the key
          Effect: Allow
          Principal:
            AWS: !Sub 'arn:aws:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/Admin'
          Action:
            - 'kms:Create*'
            - 'kms:Describe*'
            - 'kms:Enable*'
            - 'kms:List*'
            - 'kms:Put*'
            - 'kms:Update*'
            - 'kms:Revoke*'
            - 'kms:Disable*'
            - 'kms:Get*'
            - 'kms:Delete*'
            - 'kms:ScheduleKeyDeletion'
            - 'kms:CancelKeyDeletion'
          Resource: '*'

KMSKeyAlias:
  Type: AWS::KMS::Alias
  Properties:
    AliasName: alias/production-master-key
    TargetKeyId: !Ref KMSKey

AWS CloudTrail

# CloudFormation: CloudTrail for audit logging
CloudTrailBucket:
  Type: AWS::S3::Bucket
  Properties:
    BucketName: !Sub 'cloudtrail-logs-${AWS::AccountId}'
    BucketEncryption:
      ServerSideEncryptionConfiguration:
        - ServerSideEncryptionByDefault:
            SSEAlgorithm: AES256
    PublicAccessBlockConfiguration:
      BlockPublicAcls: true
      BlockPublicPolicy: true
      IgnorePublicAcls: true
      RestrictPublicBuckets: true
    LifecycleConfiguration:
      Rules:
        - Id: MoveToGlacier
          Status: Enabled
          Transitions:
            - TransitionInDays: 90
              StorageClass: GLACIER
          ExpirationInDays: 2555

CloudTrailBucketPolicy:
  Type: AWS::S3::BucketPolicy
  Properties:
    Bucket: !Ref CloudTrailBucket
    PolicyDocument:
      Version: '2012-10-17'
      Statement:
        - Sid: AWSCloudTrailAclCheck
          Effect: Allow
          Principal:
            Service: cloudtrail.amazonaws.com
          Action: 's3:GetBucketAcl'
          Resource: !GetAtt CloudTrailBucket.Arn
        - Sid: AWSCloudTrailWrite
          Effect: Allow
          Principal:
            Service: cloudtrail.amazonaws.com
          Action: 's3:PutObject'
          Resource: !Sub '${CloudTrailBucket.Arn}/*'
          Condition:
            StringEquals:
              's3:x-amz-acl': bucket-owner-full-control

CloudTrail:
  Type: AWS::CloudTrail::Trail
  DependsOn: CloudTrailBucketPolicy
  Properties:
    TrailName: organization-trail
    S3BucketName: !Ref CloudTrailBucket
    IncludeGlobalServiceEvents: true
    IsLogging: true
    IsMultiRegionTrail: true
    EnableLogFileValidation: true
    EventSelectors:
      - ReadWriteType: All
        IncludeManagementEvents: true
        DataResources:
          - Type: 'AWS::S3::Object'
            Values:
              - !Sub '${S3Bucket.Arn}/*'
          - Type: 'AWS::Lambda::Function'
            Values:
              - 'arn:aws:lambda:*:*:function/*'

Serverless Architecture

AWS Step Functions

# CloudFormation: Step Functions State Machine
StateMachine:
  Type: AWS::StepFunctions::StateMachine
  Properties:
    StateMachineName: OrderProcessingWorkflow
    RoleArn: !GetAtt StateMachineRole.Arn
    DefinitionString: !Sub |
      {
        "Comment": "Order processing workflow",
        "StartAt": "ValidateOrder",
        "States": {
          "ValidateOrder": {
            "Type": "Task",
            "Resource": "${ValidateOrderFunction.Arn}",
            "Next": "CheckInventory",
            "Catch": [{
              "ErrorEquals": ["ValidationError"],
              "ResultPath": "$.error",
              "Next": "OrderFailed"
            }]
          },
          "CheckInventory": {
            "Type": "Task",
            "Resource": "${CheckInventoryFunction.Arn}",
            "Next": "IsInventoryAvailable",
            "ResultPath": "$.inventory"
          },
          "IsInventoryAvailable": {
            "Type": "Choice",
            "Choices": [{
              "Variable": "$.inventory.available",
              "BooleanEquals": true,
              "Next": "ProcessPayment"
            }],
            "Default": "OrderFailed"
          },
          "ProcessPayment": {
            "Type": "Task",
            "Resource": "${ProcessPaymentFunction.Arn}",
            "Next": "UpdateInventory",
            "Retry": [{
              "ErrorEquals": ["PaymentServiceError"],
              "IntervalSeconds": 2,
              "MaxAttempts": 3,
              "BackoffRate": 2.0
            }],
            "Catch": [{
              "ErrorEquals": ["PaymentFailed"],
              "ResultPath": "$.error",
              "Next": "OrderFailed"
            }]
          },
          "UpdateInventory": {
            "Type": "Task",
            "Resource": "${UpdateInventoryFunction.Arn}",
            "Next": "SendConfirmation"
          },
          "SendConfirmation": {
            "Type": "Task",
            "Resource": "arn:aws:states:::sns:publish",
            "Parameters": {
              "TopicArn": "${OrderConfirmationTopic}",
              "Message.$": "$.confirmationMessage"
            },
            "Next": "OrderSucceeded"
          },
          "OrderSucceeded": {
            "Type": "Succeed"
          },
          "OrderFailed": {
            "Type": "Fail",
            "Error": "OrderProcessingFailed",
            "Cause": "Order could not be processed"
          }
        }
      }

Amazon EventBridge

# CloudFormation: EventBridge Rule
EventBridgeRule:
  Type: AWS::Events::Rule
  Properties:
    Name: S3ObjectCreatedRule
    Description: Trigger processing when objects are created in S3
    State: ENABLED
    EventPattern:
      source:
        - aws.s3
      detail-type:
        - 'AWS API Call via CloudTrail'
      detail:
        eventSource:
          - s3.amazonaws.com
        eventName:
          - PutObject
          - CompleteMultipartUpload
        requestParameters:
          bucketName:
            - !Ref S3Bucket
    Targets:
      - Arn: !GetAtt ProcessingFunction.Arn
        Id: ProcessingLambda
      - Arn: !Ref ProcessingQueue
        Id: SQSQueue
      - Arn: !GetAtt StateMachine.Arn
        Id: StepFunctionsWorkflow
        RoleArn: !GetAtt EventBridgeRole.Arn

Cost Optimization

EC2 Reserved Instances and Savings Plans

# Describe Reserved Instance offerings
aws ec2 describe-reserved-instances-offerings \
  --instance-type t3.medium \
  --offering-class standard \
  --product-description "Linux/UNIX" \
  --query 'ReservedInstancesOfferings[*].[InstanceType,Duration,FixedPrice,UsagePrice,OfferingClass]' \
  --output table

# Purchase Reserved Instance
aws ec2 purchase-reserved-instances-offering \
  --reserved-instances-offering-id <offering-id> \
  --instance-count 2

# Describe Savings Plans
aws savingsplans describe-savings-plans \
  --query 'savingsPlans[*].[savingsPlanId,savingsPlanType,commitment,ec2InstanceFamily]' \
  --output table

AWS Cost Explorer and Budgets

# CloudFormation: Budget with alerts
MonthlyBudget:
  Type: AWS::Budgets::Budget
  Properties:
    Budget:
      BudgetName: Monthly-AWS-Budget
      BudgetLimit:
        Amount: 1000
        Unit: USD
      TimeUnit: MONTHLY
      BudgetType: COST
      CostFilters:
        TagKeyValue:
          - 'user:Environment$Production'
      CostTypes:
        IncludeTax: true
        IncludeSubscription: true
        UseBlended: false
    NotificationsWithSubscribers:
      - Notification:
          NotificationType: ACTUAL
          ComparisonOperator: GREATER_THAN
          Threshold: 80
        Subscribers:
          - SubscriptionType: EMAIL
            Address: admin@example.com
      - Notification:
          NotificationType: FORECASTED
          ComparisonOperator: GREATER_THAN
          Threshold: 100
        Subscribers:
          - SubscriptionType: EMAIL
            Address: admin@example.com
          - SubscriptionType: SNS
            Address: !Ref AlertTopic

S3 Intelligent-Tiering

# Enable S3 Intelligent-Tiering
aws s3api put-bucket-intelligent-tiering-configuration \
  --bucket my-bucket \
  --id EntirePrefix \
  --intelligent-tiering-configuration '{
    "Id": "EntirePrefix",
    "Status": "Enabled",
    "Tierings": [
      {
        "Days": 90,
        "AccessTier": "ARCHIVE_ACCESS"
      },
      {
        "Days": 180,
        "AccessTier": "DEEP_ARCHIVE_ACCESS"
      }
    ]
  }'

Monitoring and Operations

Amazon CloudWatch

# CloudFormation: CloudWatch Dashboard and Alarms
CloudWatchDashboard:
  Type: AWS::CloudWatch::Dashboard
  Properties:
    DashboardName: Production-Dashboard
    DashboardBody: !Sub |
      {
        "widgets": [
          {
            "type": "metric",
            "properties": {
              "metrics": [
                ["AWS/EC2", "CPUUtilization", {"stat": "Average"}],
                ["AWS/ApplicationELB", "TargetResponseTime"],
                ["AWS/RDS", "DatabaseConnections", {"stat": "Sum"}]
              ],
              "period": 300,
              "stat": "Average",
              "region": "${AWS::Region}",
              "title": "System Metrics"
            }
          }
        ]
      }

HighCPUAlarm:
  Type: AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm
  Properties:
    AlarmName: High-CPU-Utilization
    AlarmDescription: Alert when CPU exceeds 80%
    MetricName: CPUUtilization
    Namespace: AWS/EC2
    Statistic: Average
    Period: 300
    EvaluationPeriods: 2
    Threshold: 80
    ComparisonOperator: GreaterThanThreshold
    AlarmActions:
      - !Ref SNSTopic
    Dimensions:
      - Name: InstanceId
        Value: !Ref EC2Instance

DatabaseConnectionsAlarm:
  Type: AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm
  Properties:
    AlarmName: High-Database-Connections
    MetricName: DatabaseConnections
    Namespace: AWS/RDS
    Statistic: Average
    Period: 300
    EvaluationPeriods: 2
    Threshold: 80
    ComparisonOperator: GreaterThanThreshold
    AlarmActions:
      - !Ref SNSTopic
    Dimensions:
      - Name: DBInstanceIdentifier
        Value: !Ref RDSInstance

High Availability and Disaster Recovery

Multi-Region Architecture

# CloudFormation: Route53 Health Check and Failover
HealthCheck:
  Type: AWS::Route53::HealthCheck
  Properties:
    HealthCheckConfig:
      Type: HTTPS
      ResourcePath: /health
      FullyQualifiedDomainName: !GetAtt ApplicationLoadBalancer.DNSName
      Port: 443
      RequestInterval: 30
      FailureThreshold: 3
    HealthCheckTags:
      - Key: Name
        Value: Primary-Region-HealthCheck

DNSRecord:
  Type: AWS::Route53::RecordSet
  Properties:
    HostedZoneId: !Ref HostedZone
    Name: api.example.com
    Type: A
    SetIdentifier: Primary
    Failover: PRIMARY
    AliasTarget:
      HostedZoneId: !GetAtt ApplicationLoadBalancer.CanonicalHostedZoneID
      DNSName: !GetAtt ApplicationLoadBalancer.DNSName
      EvaluateTargetHealth: true
    HealthCheckId: !Ref HealthCheck

DNSRecordSecondary:
  Type: AWS::Route53::RecordSet
  Properties:
    HostedZoneId: !Ref HostedZone
    Name: api.example.com
    Type: A
    SetIdentifier: Secondary
    Failover: SECONDARY
    AliasTarget:
      HostedZoneId: !GetAtt SecondaryLoadBalancer.CanonicalHostedZoneID
      DNSName: !GetAtt SecondaryLoadBalancer.DNSName
      EvaluateTargetHealth: true

Backup and Recovery

# CloudFormation: AWS Backup Plan
BackupVault:
  Type: AWS::Backup::BackupVault
  Properties:
    BackupVaultName: ProductionBackupVault
    EncryptionKeyArn: !GetAtt KMSKey.Arn

BackupPlan:
  Type: AWS::Backup::BackupPlan
  Properties:
    BackupPlan:
      BackupPlanName: DailyBackupPlan
      BackupPlanRule:
        - RuleName: DailyBackup
          TargetBackupVault: !Ref BackupVault
          ScheduleExpression: 'cron(0 5 ? * * *)'
          StartWindowMinutes: 60
          CompletionWindowMinutes: 120
          Lifecycle:
            DeleteAfterDays: 35
            MoveToColdStorageAfterDays: 30
        - RuleName: WeeklyBackup
          TargetBackupVault: !Ref BackupVault
          ScheduleExpression: 'cron(0 5 ? * 1 *)'
          Lifecycle:
            DeleteAfterDays: 365
            MoveToColdStorageAfterDays: 90

BackupSelection:
  Type: AWS::Backup::BackupSelection
  Properties:
    BackupPlanId: !Ref BackupPlan
    BackupSelection:
      SelectionName: ProductionResources
      IamRoleArn: !GetAtt BackupRole.Arn
      Resources:
        - !GetAtt RDSInstance.Arn
        - !Sub 'arn:aws:ec2:${AWS::Region}:${AWS::AccountId}:volume/*'
      ListOfTags:
        - ConditionType: STRINGEQUALS
          ConditionKey: Backup
          ConditionValue: 'true'

Best Practices Summary

1. Security : Always encrypt data at rest and in transit, use least privilege IAM policies, enable MFA
2. High Availability : Deploy across multiple Availability Zones, use Auto Scaling
3. Cost Optimization : Right-size resources, use Reserved Instances/Savings Plans, implement lifecycle policies
4. Performance : Use caching (CloudFront, ElastiCache), optimize database queries, leverage CDN
5. Reliability : Implement automated backups, test disaster recovery procedures, monitor everything
6. Operational Excellence : Automate deployment with Infrastructure as Code, implement CI/CD pipelines
7. Sustainability : Use managed services, optimize resource utilization, shutdown non-production resources

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This skill provides comprehensive coverage of AWS cloud architecture following the Well-Architected Framework pillars. All examples are production-ready and follow AWS best practices.

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