AWS setup
If you do not already have an AWS account and wish to follow along with these examples, please log on to https://aws.amazon.com/ and sign up. The process is pretty straightforward and simple; you will need a credit card and some form of verification. AWS offers a number of services in a free tier (https://aws.amazon.com/free/), where you can use some of the most popular services for free up to a certain level.
Some of the services listed are free for the first year, and others are free up to a certain limit without time restraint. Please check the AWS site for the latest offerings:
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AWS free tier
Once you have an account, you can sign in via the AWS console (https://console.aws.amazon.com/) and take a look at the different services offered by AWS. The console is where we can configure all the services and look at our monthly bills:
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AWS console
AWS CLI and Python SDK
We can also manage the AWS services via the command-line interface. The AWS CLI is a Python package that can be installed...