chosen AWS Services

S3

Lambda

API Gateway

SES

EC2

S3

S3

• called "buckets"
• hosts frontend code only
• scalable
• paid by traffic

Lambda

Lambda

Lambda

• single functions
• supported languages
  • node
  • java
  • python
• scalable
• paid by execution

API Gateway

API Gateway

• create REST APIs
• from ressources
• multiple stages
• CORS settings

SES

• ...
• well, send emails, duh!
• paid by execution

Simple Email Service

EC2

EC2

EC2

• virtual server instances
• scalable
• all kind of images
• paid by time

Example

EC2

S3

Lambda

SES

API Gateway

Jenkins on EC2

• gets code from git repo
• builds necessary frontend code
• deploys Lambda function
• deploys frontend code to S3

Website via S3

• hosts static frontend code

"Backend" via Lambda

• Frontend code calls API Gateway

• Lambda gets POST data
• calls SES service

• SES sends out email