AWS

(AW-100) Approved AWS Regions

The only permitted AWS region for Lambda School Labs projects are listed below:

• us-east-1 (N. Virginia)

This is the only region that is connected to github for app deployments. Any deployed services in other regions may be shut down without notice by automation.

Rationale:

• Labs manages dozens of accounts using thousands of distinct resources. Keeping the regions limited makes the discovery of resources manageable.

Alternatives:

• None

Exceptions:

• None

(AW-200) Approved AWS Services

The only permitted AWS services for Lambda School Labs projects are listed below:

• Amplify

  • Front-end hosting of Single Page Apps (SPA) only

• Elastic Beanstalk

  • Data Science API deployments only

• Sagemaker

  • Data Science only

• S3

  • Public asset storage

  • User uploads via signed URLs

  • Data storage for DS teams

All others are prohibited from use.

Note: These services utilize many underlying services, which are permitted only when provisioned by the orchestration services listed above.

Rationale:

• AWS is very deep, with many different services and components. That complexity needs careful controls to reduce risk and cost.

Alternatives:

• None

Exceptions:

• None

(AW-300) Resource Naming

The following naming conventions must be followed:

• IAM Users

  • Username must be the student's lambdastudents.com email address in lowercase

    • [e-mail]

  • A Name tag must be applied with the student's full name

    • Jessica Graham

• Amplify Application

  • <Product Name>-<Cohort>-<Team Letter>

    • bridges-to-prosperity-labs25-a

    • ecosoap-labs26-c

• Elastic Beanstalk Application

  • <Product Name>-<Cohort>

    • bridges-to-prosperity-labs25

    • ecosoap-labs26-c

• Elastic Beanstalk Environment

  • <Product Name>-<Cohort>-<Team Letter>

    • bridges-to-prosperity-labs25-a

    • ecosoap-labs26-c

Please check with your Engineering Manager if you need to name something in AWS that is not in this list.

Not following these naming standards will cause your AWS resources to be automatically de-provisioned.

Rationale:

• Labs manages dozens of accounts using thousands of distinct resources. Consistent naming is a key to managing this complexity.

Alternatives:

• None

Exceptions:

• None