Preface ...................................................... xi

1. Infrastructure In the Cloud .............................. 1
Amazon Web Services for Infrastructure 2
Thinking Like Amazon 6
Reality Check 8
Interfaces: REST and Query Versus SOAP 11

2. Interacting with Amazon Web Services ...................... 15
REST-based APIs 15
User Authentication 27
Performing AWS Requests 31

3. S3: Simple Storage Service ............................... 51
S3 Overview 51
Interacting with S3 56
Buckets 61
Objects 72
Alternative Hostnames 109
Access Control Lists 111
Server Access Logging (Beta) 122
Signed URIs 130
Distributing Objects with BitTorrent 133

4. S3 Applications ........................................... 135
Share Large Files 135
Online Backup with AWS::S3 137
S3 Filesystem with ElasticDrive 143
Mediated Access to S3 with JetS3t 148

5. EC2: Elastic Compute Cloud (Beta) ......................... 161
EC2 Overview 162
Interacting with EC2 166
Keypairs 167
Network Security by IP 173
Finding Amazon Machine Images 175
Controlling Instances 179
Log In to an Instance 187
Security Groups 189
Managing and Sharing AMIs 200
Console Output and Instance Reboot 208

6. Using EC2 Instances and Images ........................... 213
EC2 Instances in Detail 213
Data Management in EC2 220
Modifying an AMI 223
Registering an AMI 229
Create an AMI from Scratch 229

7. EC2 Applications .......................................... 239
Dynamic DNS 239
On-Demand VPN Server with OpenVPN 243
Web Photo Album with Gallery 2 251

8. SQS: Simple Queue Service ................................ 259
SQS Overview 260
Interacting with SQS 268
Queues 269
Messages 274
Queue Attributes 284
Queue Access Control 288

9. SQS Applications ......................................... 295
Messaging Simulator 295
Distributed Application Services with BOTO 311
Automated Management of EC2 Instance Pools with Lifeguard 335

10. FPS: Flexible Payments Service (Beta) .................... 351
FPS Overview 352
Interacting with FPS 360
Managing Your Tokens 367
Acquiring Third-Party Tokens 381
Pay Now Widgets 403

11. FPS Transactions and Accounts ............................. 421
Performing FPS Transactions 409
Account Management and Information 440

12. FPS Advanced Topics ...................................... 463
Gatekeeper Language Guide 449
Micropayments with FPS 463
Building a Marketplace Application 487
Subscribing to FPS Event Notifications 492

13. SimpleDB (Beta) .......................................... 497
SimpleDB Overview 497
Interacting with SimpleDB 502
Domains 504
Items and Attributes 511
Representing Data in SimpleDB 522
Performing Queries 528
Stock Price Database: A Mini SimpleDB Application 534

A. AWS Resources .............................................. 545

B. AWS API Error Codes ....................................... 555

Index ........................................................ 571