• Docker Native (Swarm)

Docker Swarm is a native Docker container orchestrator that allows users to treat a group of Docker hosts as a single Docker Engine. Rancher provides a complete platform for running Docker Swarm and makes it simple for teams to instantly spin up clusters, and define access control policies.

• Kubernetes
• Mesos/Marathon

AWS IoT is a managed cloud platform that lets connected devices – cars, light bulbs, sensor grids, and more – easily and securely
interact with cloud applications and other device

– Connect and manage your devices

– Process and act upon device data

– Read and set device state at any time

By default, the EC2Config service is included in AMIs for Windows Server 2003 through Windows Server 2012 R2. When the EC2Config service is updated, new Windows AMIs include the latest version of the service. However, you need to update your own Windows AMIs and instances with the latest version of EC2Config.

Reference:

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/WindowsGuide/UsingConfig_Install.html

The AWS Security Token Service (STS) is a web service that enables you to request temporary, limited-privilege credentials for AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) users or for users that you authenticate (federated users).

AWS – Security Token Services : Key terms

• Federation
• Identity Broker
• Identity Store
• Identities

Auto Scaling lifecycle hooks enable you to perform custom actions as Auto Scaling launches or terminates instances. For example, you could install or configure software on newly launched instances, or download log files from an instance before it terminates.

Reference:

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/latest/userguide/lifecycle-hooks.html

MEAN stack installation.

MEAN stands for:
MongoDB
MongoDB is the leading NoSQL database, empowering businesses to be more agile and scalable.

Express
Express is a minimal and flexible node.js web application framework, providing a robust set of features for building single and multi-page, and hybrid web applications.

AngularJS
AngularJS lets you extend HTML vocabulary for your application. The resulting environment is extraordinarily expressive, readable, and quick to develop.

Node.js
Node.js is a platform built on Chrome’s JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications.

How to create an EC2 instance with AWS CLI

1. Install aws CLI on your working station (Linux or Windows)

$aws configure 
AWS Access Key ID [****************GYFA]:
AWS Secret Access Key [****************DTIn]:
Default region name [us-east-1]:
Default output format [None]:
Available Tools

2. Create a key with following commnad

#aws ec2 create-key-pair --key-name ovi-key --query 'KeyMaterial' --output text > ovi-key.pem

3. Create an instance

#aws ec2 run-instances --image-id ami-6869aa05 --count 1 --instance-type t2.small --key-name ovi-key --security-group-ids sg-74ef3210 --subnet-id subnet-01ac3976 --associate-public-ip-address
{
    "OwnerId": "896477545246",
    "ReservationId": "r-ce672779",
    "Groups": [],
    "Instances": [
        {
            "Monitoring": {
                "State": "disabled"
            },
            "PublicDnsName": "",
            "RootDeviceType": "ebs",
            "State": {
                "Code": 0,
                "Name": "pending"
            },
            "EbsOptimized": false,
            "LaunchTime": "2016-10-05T14:30:51.000Z",
            "PrivateIpAddress": "172.30.0.240",
            "ProductCodes": [],
            "VpcId": "vpc-dfc7xxxx",
            "StateTransitionReason": "",
            "InstanceId": "i-c1a76xx7",
            "ImageId": "ami-6869aa05",
            "PrivateDnsName": "ip-172-30-0-240.ec2.internal",
            "KeyName": "ovi-key",
            "SecurityGroups": [
                {
                    "GroupName": "default",
                    "GroupId": "sg-74xx3210"
                }
            ],
            "ClientToken": "",
            "SubnetId": "subnet-01xx3976",
            "InstanceType": "t2.small",
            "NetworkInterfaces": [
                {
                    "Status": "in-use",
                    "MacAddress": "0a:84:92:2x:2x:95",
                    "SourceDestCheck": true,
                    "VpcId": "vpc-dfc7xxx",
                    "Description": "",
                    "NetworkInterfaceId": "eni-9f9xx999",
                    "PrivateIpAddresses": [
                        {
                            "PrivateDnsName": "ip-172-30-0-240.ec2.internal",
                            "Primary": true,
                            "PrivateIpAddress": "172.30.0.240"
                        }
                    ],
                    "PrivateDnsName": "ip-172-30-0-240.ec2.internal",
                    "Attachment": {
                        "Status": "attaching",
                        "DeviceIndex": 0,
                        "DeleteOnTermination": true,
                        "AttachmentId": "eni-attach-c3x01x76",
                        "AttachTime": "2016-10-05T14:30:51.000Z"
                    },
                    "Groups": [
                        {
                            "GroupName": "default",
                            "GroupId": "sg-74xf3211"
                        }
                    ],
                    "SubnetId": "subnet-01xx3976",
                    "OwnerId": "896477545299",
                    "PrivateIpAddress": "172.30.yyy.yyy"
                }
            ],
            "SourceDestCheck": true,
            "Placement": {
                "Tenancy": "default",
                "GroupName": "",
                "AvailabilityZone": "us-east-1a"
            },
            "Hypervisor": "xen",
            "BlockDeviceMappings": [],
            "Architecture": "x86_64",
            "StateReason": {
                "Message": "pending",
                "Code": "pending"
            },
            "RootDeviceName": "/dev/xvda",
            "VirtualizationType": "hvm",
            "AmiLaunchIndex": 0
        }
    ]
}

Note :

You can pass a shell script during the EC2 instance creation using

--user-data file://script_name.sh

EC2 Container Service (ECS)

Amazon EC2 Container Service (Amazon ECS) is a highly scalable, fast, container management service that makes it easy to run, stop, and manage Docker containers on a cluster of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances. Amazon ECS lets you launch and stop container-based applications with simple API calls, allows you to get the state of your cluster from a centralized service, and gives you access to many familiar Amazon EC2 features

AD Connector –  uses your existing on-premises Microsoft Active Directory to access AWS applications and services

Simple AD – is a Microsoft Active Directory – compatible directory that is powered by Samba 4 and hosted on the AWS cloud.

Simple AD is the least expensive option and your best choice if you have 5,000 or less users and don’t need the more advance Microsoft Active Directory

Amazon Cloud Directory

Amazon Cognito

Microsoft AD