S3 storage classes and access

14 min · Module 5

S3 is durable object storage. Use bucket policies, Block Public Access, encryption, versioning, and lifecycle rules (Standard → IA → Glacier). Pair with CloudFront for global content.

Example / notes

# aws s3api put-bucket-versioning --bucket my-bucket \
#   --versioning-configuration Status=Enabled
# Lifecycle: transition noncurrent versions; expire incomplete MPU

Practice in Lab: /lab/scenarios/static-global/

RDS Multi-AZ and Route 53 →

Modules in this track

4. Compute & load balancing
- EC2 and Auto Scaling
- Elastic Load Balancing
5. Storage, database & DNS
- S3 storage classes and access
- RDS Multi-AZ and Route 53