Du samhandler med AWS gjennom flere grensesnitt — Management Console (nettleser-UI), CLI (kommandolinje), SDKer (i kode), og Infrastructure as Code-verktøy. Å forstå disse og når du skal bruke hver av dem er praktisk grunnleggende kunnskap.
Hovedmåtene å samhandle med AWS på
1. MANAGEMENT CONSOLE — a web UI:
→ point-and-click; great for LEARNING, exploring, one-off tasks, visualizing
→ not repeatable/scriptable; error-prone for repeated/complex setups
2. AWS CLI — command-line interface:
→ scriptable, automatable; good for automation and repeatable tasks
3. SDKs — libraries for your code (Python boto3, JS, Java, Go, etc.):
→ interact with AWS programmatically FROM your application
4. INFRASTRUCTURE AS CODE (IaC) — CloudFormation, Terraform, CDK:
→ define infrastructure declaratively in code (the BEST for production — see below)
