What items do you handle in cloud server design & deployment?
After the infrastructure design has been defined, including the number of cloud server hosts, their specifications, the OS/middleware versions to be installed, subnets, and security policies, the cloud server construction work will be carried out based on the contents of the infrastructure design
Once the initial construction of the cloud server is complete, we will provide you with a set of login and configuration information for the cloud server
● Cloud server design and construction
Cloud server design and construction support items
| Cloud server design and construction items | Cloud server configuration design | Server machine setup | OS / middleware / module installation and configuration |
| Subnet/Security Policy Settings | Login user account settings | IP address permission settings | |
| Virtual Host Configuration | Backup Settings (Internal Backup) | Monitoring tool settings (Zabbix) | |
| Server parameter sheet creation | Email/phone/chat support | Cloud usage fee billing service (Japanese yen, invoice payment) | |
| Server data migration *Optional | - | - |
* For any cloud server design and construction requests other than those listed above, please contact us separately.
* This service does not include the purchase or installation of domains, DNS, or SSL certificates.
What are the items covered in cloud server operation, maintenance, and monitoring?
Our engineers are on-site 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to handle the operation, maintenance, and monitoring of your cloud servers, and we also provide rapid troubleshooting for any unexpected issues that may arise
We also analyze the operational status and trends of systems and applications, provide advice on potential future problems, and support the optimization of infrastructure configuration. By helping to prevent and improve operational problems before they occur, we can achieve more reliable cloud server operations
● Cloud server operation, maintenance, and monitoring (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
● Cloud server operation monitoring service (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
Cloud server operation, maintenance and monitoring support items
| Cloud server basic support items |
24/7 engineer support | Email/phone/chat support | First response to problems (alert notification/cause investigation) |
| Secondary response to failures (failure isolation/failure recovery) | Cloud operation support (scaling instances, expanding disk volumes, creating IAM, etc.) | Technical support/advice regarding cloud configuration and functionality | |
| Cloud server operation and maintenance items | Server restart (machine/OS/middleware) | Adding and changing OS/middleware settings | Security policy additions and changes |
| Adding and changing login user accounts | Adding and changing IP address permission settings (including blocking invalid IP addresses) | Adding and changing virtual hosts | |
| Log acquisition (access.log/error.log, etc.) | Server monitoring items / alert threshold addition/change | Vulnerability response (version upgrades using package management tools such as yum) * Best effort response | |
| Middleware performance tuning * Best effort or optional | Technical support/advice on OS/middleware (OSS) * Best effort support | - | |
| Cloud Server Monitoring Items | Ping monitoring | Port Monitoring | Apache monitoring |
| SWAP monitoring | Disk Monitoring | CPU/LA monitoring | |
| URL Monitoring | Process Monitoring | Performance Monitoring | |
| Database Monitoring | - | - |
* For any cloud server operation, maintenance, and monitoring requests other than those listed above, please contact us separately.
* The minimum contract period for this service is 3 months.
Is there a limit to the number of times I can receive support for cloud server operation, maintenance, and monitoring?
There is no limit to the number of support requests for cloud server operation, maintenance, and monitoring. Also, there are no additional costs for exceeding the number of support requests
We provide support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year via email, phone and chat
● Cloud server operation, maintenance, and monitoring (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
● Cloud server operation monitoring service (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
Does it support the deployment and operation of large-scale infrastructure?
Yes, we specialize in the deployment, operation, maintenance, and monitoring of infrastructure environments used for large-scale web service systems.
We support the design, deployment, and 24/7 operation, maintenance, and monitoring of infrastructure environments involving dozens or hundreds of servers (hosts). Of course, if the minimum number of servers is required, we can accept orders from just one server.
● Cloud server design and construction
● Cloud server operation, maintenance, and monitoring (24
hours a day, 365 days a year) ● Cloud server operation monitoring service (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
● AWS cloud integration
● AWS operation monitoring service (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
● Cloud server migration
● North American cloud server construction, operation, and maintenance
What are the differences between cloud servers and on-premise (physical) servers?
The following are some of the differences and comparisons between cloud servers and on-premise (physical) servers:
| Cloud Server Features | |
| Safety | - The hardware infrastructure (servers/network) is built in as standard, so there is little service interruption due to hardware failure |
| Operational aspect | - You can quickly build servers, add more servers, and upgrade their specifications regardless of the server location
- The server can be scaled out to accommodate high loads of access |
| Price | - Most cloud services charge a per-data-transfer amount, so monthly costs fluctuate
- Overseas cloud services such as AWS, Google Cloud (GCP), Azure, and Oracle Cloud have service usage fees that fluctuate depending on the monthly exchange rate |
| merit | - Resources can be added easily, as much as needed, when needed
- Even if the server configuration is minimal when the cloud is introduced, it is possible to upgrade or downgrade the specifications after the service starts |
| Disadvantages | - Because the hardware infrastructure and configuration are black boxes, it is difficult to identify the cause of hardware-related failures and to evaluate performance
- Data transfer is charged as you go, so monthly service fees may increase |
| comprehensive evaluation | - For web services and systems where the access load to the server changes suddenly, such as games, apps, e-commerce sites, media sites, and digital content, the cloud is suitable as it can quickly respond to adding resources and scaling out
- In terms of cloud reliability, most cloud services undergo annual audits by internationally accredited third-party auditing organizations to provide assurance about security, privacy, and compliance controls |
| On-premise (physical server) features | |
| Safety | - Since the data is stored in a physical environment, the location of the server is clear |
| Operational aspect | - Machine resources such as servers, firewalls, and load balancers can be exclusively used by one company, making it easy to customize the system to suit your company's requirements |
| Price | Although initial implementation costs are incurred, monthly costs are often fixed, making monthly cost management stable. However, there are indirect, invisible personnel costs involved, such as infrastructure maintenance man-hours, data center rack costs, electricity costs, and hardware manufacturer maintenance renewals |
| merit | - Since it's exclusively for one company, it won't be affected by other users' systems. - The performance of the machine and resources, such as CPU and memory, is clearly defined. |
| Disadvantages | - There is a risk of server downtime due to physical hardware failure. - Upgrading hardware resources is difficult. - When initially deploying hardware, system sizing and estimation take time. |
| comprehensive evaluation | - Because it allows you to make maximum use of server machine/hardware resources, when developing mission-critical systems that do not use the external Internet, physical servers can maintain stable, high performance rather than the cloud
- Some studies have shown that performance evaluations compared to cloud services have shown that performance results are more than three times faster |
*Beyond can provide server operation, maintenance, and monitoring (24 hours a day, 365 days a year) even for on-premise (physical server) infrastructure environments
In addition, for the design and construction of on-premise (physical server) infrastructure environments and on-site support, we will work in collaboration with Beyond's infrastructure partners
● Cloud server design and construction
● Cloud server migration
● AWS cloud integration
What are the services provided by Beyond suitable for?
This service is suitable for companies that operate web services such as games, apps, e-commerce sites, media sites, and digital content, where speed and flexibility are particularly important and are directly linked to sales, companies that want to focus on content development and management, and companies that do not have a server administrator
Furthermore, companies facing such challenges tend to outsource their work to MSPs (managed service providers) like Beyond, which specialize in building, operating, maintaining, and monitoring cloud servers
● Cloud server design and construction
● Cloud server operation, maintenance, and monitoring (24
hours a day, 365 days a year) ● Cloud server operation monitoring service (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
● AWS cloud integration
● AWS operation monitoring service (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
● Cloud server migration
● North American cloud server construction, operation, and maintenance
What are the monitoring tools for operation, maintenance and monitoring?
For cloud server operation, maintenance, and monitoring, we use Beyond's proprietaryZabbixmonitoring server as the standard monitoring tool. Therefore, customers do not need to prepare an additional server environment for Zabbix.
*You can also use "Amazon CloudWatch" according to your needs
● Cloud server operation, maintenance, and monitoring (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
● Cloud server operation monitoring service (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
● North American cloud server construction, operation, and maintenance
Can you help me migrate server data from an existing server?
Yes, we undertake the migration of server data from on-premise, physical server, or legacy system environments to cloud environments
In addition to migrating data to the new cloud environment, we also thoroughly check to ensure that the database data is updated without any issues and that there are no problems with the operation of services or content
*Please note that a separate fee will be charged for the server data migration process
How long does it take to apply for cloud server-related services and start using them?
◇ If you are taking over an already established cloud server or an existing system environment
, we can provide operation, maintenance, and monitoring services within approximately 7-10 business days after you place your order.
◇ When designing and building a new cloud server
, the new server environment will be built in approximately 10-15 business days after you place your order, and then operation, maintenance, and monitoring services will be available.
* Regardless of the pattern, once the monitoring settings on the cloud server are complete, we will provide you with a parameter sheet (settings information) for the server environment
*The above delivery dates are estimates only. Schedules and delivery dates may vary depending on the system configuration and circumstances. Please contact us for details
● Cloud server design and construction
● Cloud server operation, maintenance, and monitoring (24
hours a day, 365 days a year) ● Cloud server operation monitoring service (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
● AWS cloud integration
● AWS operation monitoring service (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
Is technical support for OS/middleware available?
Yes, we provide design, construction, and technical support for OSS (open source software) used in LAMP environments (CentOS, AlmaLinux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, etc.), as well as technical support for parameter tuning
*For commercial operating systems/middleware such as Windows and Oracle, we will provide support on a best-effort basis
● Cloud server design and construction
● Cloud server operation, maintenance, and monitoring (24
hours a day, 365 days a year) ● Cloud server operation monitoring service (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
● AWS cloud integration
● AWS operation monitoring service (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
● North American cloud server construction, operation, and maintenance
Are OS/middleware security updates (vulnerability fixes) available?
Yes, if a highly urgent security vulnerability is discovered and it is determined that an immediate response is required, we will coordinate with you to schedule the security update and then carry out the security update
*Security updates and version upgrades are supported using package management tools such as yum
● Cloud server operation, maintenance, and monitoring (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
● Cloud server operation monitoring service (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
What is the security system for cloud server operation, maintenance, and monitoring?
an international standard for third-party certificationISMS (ISO/IEC 27001:2022We provide cloud server operation, maintenance, and monitoring services based on the information security basic policy of
information security management systems.
Obtained ISMS (ISO/IEC 27001:2022) certification, the international standard for third-party certification of
◇ Operations, maintenance, and monitoring
are handled by three locations: Osaka, Shikoku, and Canada.
◇ Internal network environment for operations, maintenance, and monitoring:
connected via a dedicated network line and fixed IP address for operations, maintenance, and monitoring tasks.
All employees' PCs are
◇ Operation, maintenance, and monitoring work system:
3 shifts (including nighttime hours, weekends, and public holidays)
◇ Responding to OS/middleware vulnerabilities:
JPCERT/CC provides information on the collection and dissemination of OS/middleware vulnerability data.
◇ Entry to the office
is restricted to authorized personnel only (access is controlled by security card authentication).
● Cloud server operation, maintenance, and monitoring (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
● Cloud server operation monitoring service (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
What is the lineup of cloud servers that you support?
We provide the optimal cloud server environment to meet your needs, regardless of the cloud server platform, such as AWS, Google Cloud (GCP), Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud (OCI), IDCF Cloud, etc. You can also entrust us with the construction and operation of multi-cloud configurations
For details on supported cloud servers, please see below
● Cloud Partners & Cloud Compatibility List
● Cybersecurity Compatibility List
Can you also handle operation, maintenance, and monitoring of services other than cloud (hosting, VPS, etc.)?
Yes, even in server environments such as hosting, VPS, and rental servers, as long as you have an environment where you can connect remotely via SSH or RDP ports, Beyond can provide operation, maintenance, and monitoring services
However, please note that the operational maintenance and monitoring support items may be limited depending on your system environment and specifications
● Cloud server design and construction
● Cloud server operation, maintenance, and monitoring (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
I'm in trouble because my company's server administrator has left the company
There is no problem as Beyond will act as the administrator of the cloud server environment on your behalf
By entrusting your business to Beyond, you can benefit from specialized cloud server technology and know-how without having to incur new recruitment costs or labor in-house
● Cloud server operation, maintenance, and monitoring (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
● Cloud server operation monitoring service (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
Is it possible to continue supporting the current server environment as is?
Yes, we can take over your existing cloud and server environment as is, and we will continue to operate, maintain, and monitor it. In this case,Zabbixwe will install and configure
Additionally, if Beyond detects any problems with the configuration or performance of your infrastructure environment during its operation, maintenance, and monitoring, we will propose parameter reconfigurations and tuning to improve infrastructure operations
● Cloud server operation, maintenance, and monitoring (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
● Cloud server operation monitoring service (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
Is emergency contact and technical support available by telephone 24 hours a day, 365 days a year?
Yes, Beyond's server engineers operate, maintain, and monitor cloud servers in three shifts, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, so we are able to provide technical support over the phone, even in the early morning or late at night.Of course, we also provide technical support via email and chat
● Cloud server operation, maintenance, and monitoring (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
● Cloud server operation monitoring service (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
● AWS cloud integration
● AWS operation monitoring service (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
Is it possible to have engineers on-site to handle in-house system construction and troubleshooting?
Unfortunately, Beyond does not build systems for on-premise environments within customers' companies or provide on-site support (working at customers' premises)
All cloud server environment construction, migration, operation, maintenance and monitoring will be handled remotely
Is it possible to define system requirements for cloud server design & deployment?
Yes, we will listen to and advise you on the system specifications and security requirements of your services and applications, and define the prerequisites for your cloud server environment
However, please note that we do not hold frequent requirements definition meetings (participate in regular meetings) or create requirements definition documents
● Cloud server design and construction
● Cloud server operation, maintenance, and monitoring (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
● Cloud server operation monitoring service (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
● Cloud server migration
Can you also manage the purchase, acquisition, and renewal of domains and SSL certificates?
Yes, we have a wide range of domains and SSL certificates available. Of course, we also undertake installation and renewal of SSL certificates on cloud/servers
● Domain/DNS acquisition and management
● SSL certificate acquisition and management
Please tell me the process for migrating server data
When migrating from your current server to the cloud, we will select the new cloud server to be introduced, thoroughly identify bottlenecks and risks during data migration, and determine the work process and schedule, including database and content data synchronization methods, system downtime, DNS switching work, and operation confirmation
| Server data migration process (example) | |
| Beyond Work | 1. Hearing and Definition 2. Investigation of the Current Server Environment * Connection information to the current server is required 3. Scheduling of Data Migration 4. Design and Construction of the New Server Environment for Data Migration (Machine Setup, OS/Middleware Installation, etc.) 5. First Data Migration from Current Server to New Server (Full Data Import) 6. Service and System Operation Verification (First Time) 7. Second Data Migration from Current Server to New Server (Differential Data Import) * System downtime maintenance will be required 8. Service and System Operation Verification (Second Time) 9. DNS Server Record Switching and Destination Change * Alternatively, performed by the customer 10. Creation of Parameter Sheet for the New Server |
| Customer work | 1. Schedule the data migration. 2. Apply for the new server. 3. Modify and upgrade the programs of the current service and system. *Please take action as needed. 4. Create a maintenance page. *This will involve system downtime, so please prepare as needed. 5. Switch DNS server records and change their destination. *Alternatively, this can be done via Beyond. 6. Verify the operation of the service and system. 7. Remove and cancel the current server. |
* The server migration process outlined above is just one example. The method of server migration will vary depending on your system environment, and we will respond according to your specific needs.
* This service requires a separate fee for server data migration. Please see below for details.
Can you perform load testing on a cloud server?
Yes, at Beyond, we use Apache JMeter to create and run test plan scenario files (jmx files) either by the customer or at Beyond, and we will perform and support load tests that simulate the load of the production environment
◇ Load testing and support process
1. Define expected load and performance targets.
2. Design load tests (throughput targets, etc.).
3. Create load test scenarios
. 4. Set up the load test environment
. 5. Conduct load tests.
6. Review and analyze
load test results. 7. Prepare documentation of load test results.
◇ If the goal is not reached, continue the following steps until the goal is reached
- Check and correct any problems with the load test design.
- Check and correct any problems with the program implementation, server configuration, and database design.
- Retest.
*This service requires a separate fee for load testing. Please see below for details
I'm suffering from a cyber attack
Systems and applications are constantly under attack from the outside
In order to prepare for cyber-attack emergencies and strengthen security on a daily basis, it is necessary to implement at least the following specialized security measures to minimize problems and damage
○ Use a WAF to defend against external internet attacks
. ○ Use an IPS/IDS to protect servers and the network from malware.
○ Conduct regular vulnerability assessments of applications.
Is it possible to design and build an on-premise server (physical server)?
We regret to inform you that Beyond does not design and build on-premise (physical servers) or provide on-site support. We only design and build infrastructure environments that allow for remote work, such as cloud, hosting, and VPS
Even in on-premise (physical server) infrastructure environments, we can provide server operation, maintenance and monitoring (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
Can you design and build a CI/CD/DevOPS pipeline?
Yes, we also provide design, construction, and technical support for CI/CD and DevOPS pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, CircleCI, Ansible, and Terraform
● AWS Cloud Integration
● Kubernetes (k8s) Design, Construction, and Operation
Are there any initial costs if I take over operation, maintenance, and monitoring from my own company or another company?
Yes, there is an initial fee from Beyond
Whether you are taking over a server environment from your own company or another company, the following initial tasks will be required
◇ Installation of Beyond's monitoring server (Zabbix) agent on the server environment to be monitored
◇ Setting of alert thresholds on the monitoring server
◇ Investigation of the existing server environment settings
● Cloud server operation, maintenance, and monitoring (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
● Cloud server operation monitoring service (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
● AWS operation monitoring service (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
Are there any volume discounts for the monthly operation, maintenance and monitoring fees?
If the number of servers (hosts) or roles subject to cloud server operation, maintenance, and monitoring is large, volume discounts may be available
the inquiry form Please contact us via
● Cloud server operation, maintenance, and monitoring (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
● Cloud server operation monitoring service (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
● AWS operation monitoring service (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
Does it support server deployment and operation using AlmaLinux?
Yes, we also support the construction, operation and maintenance of cloud servers using the AlmaLinux OS
Alma Linux is an open source Linux distribution developed as a fork of RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux), and is characterized by its compatibility with RHEL and CentOS
Please feel free to contact us for server data migration and replacement from CentOS
● Cloud server design and construction
● Cloud server operation, maintenance, and monitoring (24/7)
● Cloud server operation monitoring service (24/7)
● Cloud server migration
● AlmaLinux OS server design and construction service
● CentOS server migration solution
● North American cloud server construction, operation, and maintenance
Can you design, build, and operate Kubernetes and Docker containers?
Yes, Beyond supports the design, construction, operation and maintenance of Kubernetes and Docker container environments
We have experience in designing, building, operating and maintaining the following container environments. Please contact us for details
◇ Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) + AWS Fargate
◇ Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) + AWS Fargate
◇ Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
◇ Alibaba Cloud Container Service for Kubernetes (ACK)
◇ Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE)
● AWS Cloud Integration
● Kubernetes (k8s) Design, Construction, and Operation
Can I purchase servers, network equipment, PCs, software, etc.?
Yes, you can purchase hardware products such as servers, network devices, and PCs from a variety of manufacturers, as well as software products. When considering purchasing a product or requesting a quote, please let us know the product name and model number of the hardware or software you are interested in
Depending on the timing and quantity of product sales, we may also be able to offer manufacturer-special pricing. the inquiry form Please feel free to contact us via
Can I participate in a competition?
Unfortunately, Beyond does not prepare RFPs (requests for proposals) or proposals for participating in competitive projects
However, we can provide you with Beyond's service materials and resources for documents that you create and submit
Do you handle the construction and operation of cloud servers for overseas companies?
Yes, we provide cloud server construction, operation and technical support to customers, mainly Japanese companies, local subsidiaries and overseas group companies in overseas areas
Each of Beyond's wholly owned subsidiaries (Japanese companies) provides global standard services that take advantage of their location
North America
• Company Name:Beyond GTA Inc.(Canadian subsidiary)
• Location: Toronto, Canada
• Service Area: North America (USA / Canada)
● North American Cloud Construction, Operation and Maintenance
Chugoku area
・Company name:Beyond Technology Shenzhen Co., Ltd.(local subsidiary in China)
・Location: Shenzhen, China
・Available areas: China (inner China / Hong Kong / Macau / Taiwan), Singapore, overseas Chinese regions
● Cloud infrastructure construction, operation, and maintenance in China
We are troubled by the rising cost of cloud services due to the weak yen
Most foreign cloud services require payments in USD (US Dollars), so they are greatly affected by exchange rates
To reduce your monthly cloud usage fees, we recommend that you consider the following methods
① Optimizing cloud resources
, deleting unnecessary cloud resources
, and optimizing and automating resources.
② Review your subscription plan
, utilize reserved instances
, and utilize spot instances.
③ Compare infrastructure services
, choose the right cloud provider
, and utilize on-premises infrastructure environments.
④ Strengthening cost awareness within the company
; improving cost awareness and providing training
; and reducing hidden costs.
● [Countermeasures against the weak yen] How to cut costs on cloud usage fees
Tell me about Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2 is a computing service provided by AWS as virtual servers. Servers are managed in units called instances, and new instances can be created by simply clicking a few buttons in a browser or entering commands from a CLI (command line interface). This significantly shortens the preparation time for procuring server machines compared to physical servers (on-premises)
Amazon EC2 Features
● Scalable computing resources:
You can launch only the number of instances you need when you want to use them, and stop them when you no longer need them. You can also change resource specifications, such as upgrading or downgrading instance performance, as needed.
● Secure Cloud Servers:
You can leverage AWS's security features to safely host your data and applications. For example, you can use instance-level security groups, network ACLs, and IAM.
● Global Infrastructure:
You can utilize AWS's global infrastructure. By using AWS regions and Availability Zones (AZs), you can provide low-latency services to users all over the world.
● Pre-installed AMIs
: By using an AMI, you receive a system with pre-installed operating systems such as Linux or Windows, as well as applications. This allows you to quickly launch applications.
● Various instance types
are available, including different CPU, memory, storage, and network configurations, allowing you to select the type best suited to your application.
● Billing based on resource usage:
Because billing is based on the time spent using instances and the amount of data transferred, you can use only the resources you need for the time you need them.
Functions combined with Amazon EC2
● Auto Scaling
: The auto scaling feature automatically scales instances up or down according to the application load. This allows for quick and automatic responses to increases or decreases in the number of users.
load balancing
By placing a load balancer above the
● Storage:
Because storage services such as EBS and EFS can be attached, application data can be stored efficiently and securely.
● GPU Instances
: GPU instances can be used to perform advanced computing tasks such as machine learning and data analysis.
Beyond AWS related services
● AWS Cloud Integration
● AWS Operation Monitoring Service (24/7)
Tell me about Amazon RDS
Amazon RDS is a managed RDB service provided by AWS. You can choose from a variety of database engines, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle Database
AWS also offers Amazon Aurora, an RDS service with an architecture developed by AWS that maximizes the benefits of the cloud. One of the major benefits of using Amazon RDS is that it streamlines operational tasks such as data backups and hardware maintenance, which can often be complicated
Amazon RDS features
●
Because it's a managed service database provided by AWS, database management, patching, security updates, and hardware updates are performed automatically, minimizing the amount of database management work required.
● Improved Availability:
By utilizing Amazon RDS's Multi-AZ feature, applications can automatically fail over to another availability zone without interrupting service. This is expected to improve the fault tolerance and availability of the database.
● Automatic Backup:
We provide an automatic backup (snapshot) function for the database. The automatic backup process is performed daily. In addition, data can be restored as needed within the set retention period, thus preventing data loss in the event of an accident.
●
To ensure the security of the security database, we provide numerous security features, including database encryption, access control, and audit logs.
Amazon Aurora Features
● Scalability
Amazon Aurora supports vertical and horizontal scaling. Vertical scaling allows you to increase the resources of your instances, such as CPU, memory, and storage. Horizontal scaling allows you to create read replicas to offload read processing for queries.
● High-speed processing of large amounts of data
: Amazon Aurora delivers high-speed read and write performance. Using advanced technologies such as multithreading, page caching, and online log playback, it achieves fast performance even when processing data for large-scale applications.
● Supports automatic sharding.
Sharding is a method of dividing a database and is effective when dealing with large amounts of data. By dividing data using a shard key (a key for dividing data), for example, if the customer ID is the shard key, data for the same customer will be stored in the same shard.
With sharding, Amazon RDS Aurora divides your data across multiple instances, with each instance serving queries against its own shard, providing increased scalability and load balancing
Amazon RDS Aurora supports automatic sharding, which allows Amazon RDS Aurora to automatically partition your data to provide optimal performance. You can also configure manual sharding, which gives you control over how your data is distributed
Beyond AWS related services
● AWS Cloud Integration
● AWS Operation Monitoring Service (24/7)
Tell me about Amazon S3
Amazon S3 is an object storage service with extremely high durability and unlimited data capacity. It differs from file storage in that it has a flat structure without a directory structure and allows users to add their own information (metadata) to their data
Amazon S3 objects are accessed using HTTP-based Web APIs such as REST and SOAP. Not only is it used by users to store data, but it is also used as a backend service for AWS, such as the data storage destination for EBS snapshots, making it a very important service within AWS
Amazon S3 Features
● Scalable object storage:
Amazon S3 stores files and data as objects, which are stored in containers called buckets, and each object is assigned a unique key. Amazon S3 is also a highly scalable service and can handle petabytes of data.
● Durability and Availability:
Data is distributed and stored across multiple regions, resulting in extremely high data durability. 99.999999999% durability and 99.9% availability are guaranteed.
● Security:
We place a strong emphasis on data security, allowing you to encrypt and store data. Access control can also be implemented using ACLs (Access Control Lists) and IAM roles.
● Flexibility:
It supports various data formats to accommodate different applications and workloads. Furthermore, it integrates with other AWS services, making it suitable for a wide range of uses.
Amazon S3 Features
● Uploading and Downloading Files
: Amazon S3 makes it easy to upload and download files. Files uploaded to Amazon S3 have a unique URL, and can be downloaded if you know that URL.
● Data
can be protected using object ACLs. Amazon S3 also provides SSL encryption and server-side encryption.
versioning
Supports versioning of
● Lifecycle Management
Object lifecycle management allows you to define operations such as automatically deleting objects or migrating them to a different storage class based on information such as creation date and time, update date and time, and access date and time.
● Event notifications
are supported for operations on objects. By configuring event notifications, notifications will be sent to AWS services such as Amazon SNS and Amazon SQS, or to HTTP endpoints, when operations occur on buckets or objects, such as creating, deleting, or updating objects.
● Cross-Region Replication
: Cross-region replication allows you to automatically create copies of objects in a different AWS region, ensuring redundancy.
● Storage Classes
Amazon S3 offers multiple storage classes. For example, there are standard storage classes (S3 Standard), infrequently accessed storage classes (S3 Standard-IA), and archive storage classes (S3 Glacier). Each storage class allows you to choose the most cost-effective storage based on how often you access your data and how long you want to retain it.
Beyond AWS related services
Tell me about Amazon Cloudfront
Amazon Cloudfront is a CDN (Content Delivery Network) that caches static content such as HTML files, CSS, images, and videos, and delivers content instead of origin servers. AWS has over 400 edge locations, and using Amazon Cloudfront allows you to deliver content quickly from the edge location closest to your service users
If the origin server processes large files such as images and videos every time they are accessed, the load on the server increases. This makes it difficult to provide stable content delivery, which causes inconvenience to service users
By using Amazon Cloudfront, you can reduce the load on your servers while delivering stable content, creating a system that benefits both service providers and service users
Amazon CloudFront features
● High-speed content delivery
: Amazon CloudFront enables high-speed content delivery by delivering cached content at edge locations to the nearest user, minimizing user latency and delays. It also provides high-speed network connectivity by leveraging AWS's global network.
● Customizable Delivery
: Amazon CloudFront offers numerous customizable delivery features. For example, you can use features such as content caching control, content compression, SSL/TLS encryption, and domain name customization.
● Security:
By combining it with other AWS services, it provides numerous security features to protect content from unauthorized access, such as application layer protection using AWS WAF and DDoS attack defense using AWS Shield.
Beyond AWS related services
● AWS Cloud Integration
● AWS Operation Monitoring Service (24/7)
● Amazon CloudFront Construction, Operation, Maintenance, and Monitoring Service
What is Amazon Route 53?
Amazon Route 53 is a service that provides AWS domain management and authoritative DNS functions. You can configure and manage domain and zone information from the web console or web API. In addition to managing domain and DNS information, it also improves availability and response with various functions such as network traffic routing and changing connection destinations based on the status of the connected system
Amazon Route 53 Features
● High availability and low latency
Amazon Route 53 is a global DNS service with high availability. It uses servers across multiple geographic regions, ensuring that user requests are handled correctly even in the event of a failure. The AWS global network also allows requests to be routed to the closest server, minimizing latency and delays for users
● Scalability
Our fast and reliable DNS service can handle millions of clients and billions of requests, and can automatically scale traffic up and down to handle large and sudden spikes in traffic
● DNS Record Management:
You can perform operations such as registering domain names and setting, updating, and deleting DNS records from the AWS Management Console. You can also manage them using the CLI or API.
● Traffic Routing:
By controlling traffic routing, you can distribute traffic to different regions and different endpoints. It also supports custom routing policies such as weighted routing, geographical routing, latency routing, and failover routing.
● Health checks
on endpoints allow you to monitor the availability of an endpoint and automatically forward traffic to another endpoint if a failure occurs. Health checks can be performed using a combination of HTTP, HTTPS, TCP, or HTTP/HTTPS.
● Security:
Amazon Route 53 provides features to ensure the security of DNS queries. DNSSEC guarantees that DNS queries have not been tampered with. Furthermore, when combined with Route 53 Resolver, applications within a VPC can use the DNS resolver to connect to other AWS services.
● Monitoring:
We provide real-time monitoring of changes such as DNS record changes and traffic changes. You can also use Amazon CloudWatch to monitor Amazon Route 53 health checks and traffic changes. Additionally, you can use AWS CloudTrail to view Amazon Route 53 activity logs.
● Integration with AWS Services
Amazon Route 53 supports integration with other AWS services. For example, you can associate public IP addresses held by Amazon EC2 instances, ELB (Elastic Load Balancing), Amazon CloudFront, etc., with DNS names to perform traffic routing. You can also host static websites and deliver content to Amazon S3 buckets.
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What is Amazon CloudWatch?
Amazon CloudWatch is a managed service that helps monitor system resources and application operations to ensure stable operation after system construction and release, and regularly obtains the status (metrics) of each AWS release
For example, you can set standard metrics predefined by AWS, such as the CPU usage of an EC2 instance or the number of errors per Lambda function, or you can create your own custom metrics by passing user-defined values to Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon CloudWatch features
● Monitoring:
Amazon CloudWatch monitors the operational status of various AWS resources, such as Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS, in real time. It can collect various metrics such as CPU usage and network traffic, allowing system administrators to understand the usage and performance of various AWS resources.
● Alert
notifications are sent periodically by monitoring metrics and triggering alerts when thresholds are exceeded, allowing for quick response to problems with AWS resource status and troubleshooting. You can set alert thresholds for collected metrics and receive notifications when those thresholds are exceeded. Alerts can be sent to various tools such as email, SMS, and Slack.
● Log Collection and Storage:
By collecting and storing application logs, system logs, security logs, and other logs from various AWS resources such as Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS, you can use them to troubleshoot applications and conduct security investigations. Furthermore, by using the Amazon CloudWatch Logs agent, you can also collect and store logs from on-premises servers and custom applications.
● Displaying Metrics:
Metrics can be displayed graphically, allowing you to understand resource usage in real time. Furthermore, you can freely customize the time axis, graph type, and the metrics displayed in the graphs, and add the displayed graphs to a dashboard.
● Security:
Amazon CloudWatch also contributes to the security of various AWS services. For example, it enables security monitoring by automatically sending logs collected from AWS CloudTrail to Amazon CloudWatch Logs, and aggregating important security information.
● Application Tracing:
Amazon CloudWatch can be integrated with AWS X-Ray, allowing you to perform application tracing and analyze application performance. You can visualize the flow of requests and processing within your application and collect metrics such as latency, error rate, and throughput.
Beyond AWS related services
● AWS Cloud Integration
● AWS Operation Monitoring Service (24/7)
Tell me about AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda is an event-driven computing service that allows you to run programs without provisioning servers, and is a core service of serverless architecture
By directly invoking events from over 200 AWS services and applications using AWS Lambda as a trigger, you can automatically execute your code when an event occurs, such as an HTTP request via Amazon API Gateway, an object change in an Amazon S3 bucket, or a DynamoDB table update
In addition, AWS Lambda automatically scales according to the number of requests, so you don't have to worry about the infrastructure required for data processing, and you can expand resources as traffic increases
All functions that maintain high availability, such as code execution and scaling, are managed by AWS Lambda, so customers can simply upload their application code to scale AWS services using custom logic or build their own backend services
AWS Lambda features
● Selection of Development Language
: AWS Lambda supports multiple programming languages such as Java, C#, and Python, allowing developers to choose a language that suits their skills.
● Creating a Function
Use the AWS Lambda console or the AWS CLI to create a Lambda function, which is the unit of code that will be executed in response to a trigger.
● Trigger Settings
: Configure the event that will trigger the function. Triggers can be selected from AWS services such as API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, and CloudWatch.
● When a function execution
trigger occurs, the Lambda function is executed, performs the necessary processing, and returns a response. Furthermore, it automatically scales according to the number of requests, ensuring high availability.
● Logs and Monitoring:
You can collect logs from your Lambda function and store them in CloudWatch Logs, allowing you to view execution logs of your Lambda function and troubleshoot problems.
AWS Lambda trigger types
● API Gateway
allows you to send HTTP requests to Lambda functions, making it easy to build RESTful APIs.
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You can trigger a Lambda function when an S3 object is created or deleted, or when an object's metadata is changed.
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You can trigger a Lambda function when CloudWatch metrics exceed a specific threshold.
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You can trigger a Lambda function when data is inserted, updated, or deleted from a DynamoDB table.
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You can automatically deploy and configure your application by using a Lambda function as a trigger when creating or updating a CloudFormation stack.
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By triggering a Lambda function when an SQS message is added to the queue, asynchronous communication between components of a distributed system is achieved.
● CloudTrail
allows you to trigger Lambda functions in response to management activity in your AWS account. This automates tasks such as security monitoring and vulnerability detection.
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Real-time data processing is achieved by triggering a Lambda function when data in the Kinesis stream becomes available.
● When IoT
sensor data is collected, a Lambda function is triggered to process the data from the IoT device.
● Alexa Skills Kit:
You can use Lambda functions to create custom skills for Amazon Alexa.
Beyond AWS related services
● AWS Cloud Integration
● AWS Operation Monitoring Service (24/7)
● Serverless Application Design and Development Service
What is AWS IAM?
AWS IAM (AWS Identity and Access Management) is used by AWS users when they log in to the web console and operate AWS using the web API. You can define which services each IAM user is allowed or not allowed to operate, so you can use AWS more safely by properly restricting the permissions of each IAM user
For example, you can create an IAM user that is granted only the permission to Start/Stop EC2 instances, but not the Terminate operation, or you can create an IAM user for network administrators that only has permission to manage networks within the cloud (such as Security Groups and VPCs). Managing IAM users is a key security feature when using AWS
AWS IAM Features
● User Management Function:
You can manage users within your AWS account. You can create new users, change the access permissions of existing users, and create and manage groups and roles within your AWS account.
● Access Permission Management Function:
You can finely configure access permissions to resources on AWS. Using access control rules called policies, you control which AWS resources a user can access. AWS IAM also manages the credentials needed to access AWS services.
● Authentication Function
: This function issues the authentication information necessary to access AWS resources. You can issue an access key and a secret access key for each user within your AWS account. These keys are used to access resources via the AWS API.
● Auditing Function:
Provides auditing capabilities for access control within your AWS account. By integrating with AWS CloudTrail, you can track API requests and collect detailed logs of actions within your account. This allows you to track actions, identify problems, and perform security monitoring.
● Multi-account management feature:
You can manage multiple AWS accounts by grouping AWS accounts and setting roles. By using the multi-account management feature, you can segment the management of AWS resources and expect improved security.
Beyond AWS related services
Tell me about Amazon SES
Amazon SES is an email sending service provided by AWS with high email delivery performance. In addition to sending emails via the SMTP protocol or API, it can also receive emails and store them in Amazon S3
Amazon SES also enhances its defense against threats from viruses and spam by storing information such as "blocking large volumes of emails sent from specific IP addresses in a short period of time" and "asking each IP address and domain for a reputation based on their past activity history and not accepting emails sent from IP addresses with low reputations" in a database and sharing it worldwide
Amazon SES features
● Scalability:
Amazon SES is designed to deliver billions of emails daily and automatically scales as you send more emails. It also runs on a highly available and durable global infrastructure, ensuring reliable email delivery—emails rarely fail to be delivered.
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It includes features to prevent email address spoofing and spam email distribution. Amazon SES supports SSL/TLS, so emails sent are securely encrypted. In addition, it supports SPF, DKIM, and DMARC authentication methods for email filtering, making it possible to detect and reject malicious emails.
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We support programmatic email delivery via customizable APIs and AWS SDKs. This allows you to send emails using your own domain name, improving the reliability of your email deliveries. We also support email delivery with SMTP authentication, enabling you to send emails from multiple sender addresses using the SMTP endpoint provided by Amazon SES.
● Low Cost
: Amazon SES charges a service fee based on the number of emails delivered, making it possible to use and send large volumes of emails at a low cost.
Amazon SES features
● Email Templates:
We provide a function to create and manage email templates. By using templates that allow you to customize the text, HTML, and multipart messages of emails, you can deliver consistent messages. In addition, you can customize individual messages by including dynamic values in email templates.
● Email Campaign Management:
Provides statistics on emails sent. This includes the number of email recipients, delivery success rate, delivery failure rate, open rate, and click-through rate. You can use these statistics to track the performance of your email campaigns.
● Email Delivery Control
Before email delivery, you can control whether emails are sent to specific domains or whether emails containing specific subjects or body text are sent. Access control using AWS IAM is also supported, allowing only users with the necessary permissions to use Amazon SES features.
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Tell me about Amazon ElastiCache
Amazon ElastiCache is an in-memory database service provided by AWS. It helps improve system performance by storing frequently referenced data or data sets that require time to search in memory. Amazon ElastiCache supports two engines, Redis and Memcached, so you can choose the engine that best suits your system's needs
Amazon ElastiCache features
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Amazon ElastiCache is a managed service managed by AWS, so the procedures required for deployment, management, and monitoring are automated, and it also supports data backup using snapshots. Therefore, system administrators do not need to perform configuration or maintenance themselves.
● High Speed:
You can use both Redis and Memcached. Redis supports advanced data structures and provides functionality similar to a relational database (RDB). On the other hand, Memcached provides a simple key-value store.
These data stores cache data in memory, accelerating database read operations, enabling your application to provide fast and scalable responses
● Automatic Fault Recovery:
Because it has multiple nodes across multiple Availability Zones (AZs), there is no single point of failure (SPOF). It also provides automatic fault recovery functionality, ensuring that the system recovers automatically even if the datastore goes down.
● Security:
You can use Amazon VPC to place your datastore in a private network, protecting it from unauthorized access over the internet. SSL/TLS encryption is also supported.
Services provided by Beyond
● AWS Cloud Integration
● AWS Operation Monitoring Service (24/7)
What is AWS Direct Connect?
AWS Direct Connect is a dedicated line connection service provided by AWS that does not use the internet. It connects the AWS cloud environment to the end of a dedicated line or private network provided by a line carrier (NTT, KDDI, Softbank, etc.) at an AWS Direct Connect location
AWS Direct Connect can be used between AWS cloud environments (EC2, VPC, S3, etc.) and your company's internal system facilities via a private network connection
AWS Direct Connect Features
● Private Connection
: AWS Direct Connect connects your AWS cloud environment to your on-premises environment via a private network that bypasses the internet. This provides a stable network connection and enables high-speed transfer of large amounts of data. Furthermore, you can select network bandwidth to match your business needs, allowing for highly flexible bandwidth scaling.
● Secure Connection:
We provide secure connections using encrypted networks when connecting from data centers or offices to AWS. The network is protected by AES-256 encryption and BGP authentication, making security control easier.
● Global Connectivity:
The AWS Direct Connect network is deployed globally, providing connectivity to AWS Regions in numerous locations. This allows users to connect to AWS from on-premises environments or third-party data centers.
● Diverse connectivity options
We offer both physical connectivity options and virtual interface options. With physical connectivity, you connect to the AWS cloud using a dedicated physical line. With virtual interface options, you can create virtual connections and connect multiple VPCs.
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Tell me about AWS CloudFormation
AWS CloudFormation is an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) service that allows you to model, automatically deploy, and version-manage AWS and third-party resources by treating AWS infrastructure configuration as code. AWS resources built by AWS CloudFormation are called stacks, and stacks are built based on blueprints in JSON or YAML format called templates
By modifying the template and applying it again with a specified stack, you can change the settings of AWS resources on the stack or delete resources.You can also use the same template to create a new AWS environment in a different region as a different stack
By describing the required resources and their dependencies in a CloudFormation template, you can launch and configure them all at once as a single stack. You can use the template whenever needed to create, update, or delete the entire stack as a single unit, eliminating the need to manage resources individually. You can also manage and provision stacks across multiple AWS accounts and AWS regions
AWS CloudFormation features
● Infrastructure as Code:
AWS CloudFormation allows you to represent and template your infrastructure as code. Templates include definitions of AWS resources, the relationships between those resources, and the parameters to configure them. Instead of manually creating resources, you can deploy resources defined in code. Because AWS resources are created and configured automatically, it offers improved consistency and reliability compared to manual execution.
● Version Control:
Manage multiple versions of your templates, compare different versions to track changes, and even roll back as needed. You can also export specific versions of templates or save them to an S3 bucket for release management.
● Scalability:
AWS CloudFormation is designed to support large-scale applications and supports a large number of AWS resources. Furthermore, you can manage resources not supported by AWS CloudFormation itself by using custom resources created with AWS Lambda functions.
Services provided by Beyond
● AWS Cloud Integration
● Kubernetes (K8s) Design, Construction, and Operation Services
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What is Amazon Lightsail?
Amazon Lightsail is a virtual private server (VPS) provided by AWS that allows you to use cloud resources such as instances, containers, storage, and databases for a low, cost-effective monthly fee
Compared to other AWS services, Amazon Lightsail simplifies its functionality and provides easy-to-use cloud resources that allow you to build websites and applications with just a few clicks
Easily create and launch instances with pre-configured OS and application/development stacks like LAMP and WordPress by clicking a button. You can also use Amazon Lightsail's built-in firewall to allow or restrict traffic based on source IP, port, and protocol
Amazon Lightsail features
● Easy Setup:
Amazon Lightsail can be used without prior knowledge of advanced AWS cloud services. With just a few clicks from the dashboard, you can easily deploy virtual machines with Linux or Windows Server OS and create web applications and databases from pre-built application templates.
● Integrated Management:
Various services, including web applications and databases, can be managed in an integrated manner. Users can perform basic monitoring of resource status and modify security group settings from a simplified dashboard.
● Scalability:
Resources such as web applications and databases can be scaled up or down as needed, allowing for flexible responses to sudden increases or decreases in traffic.
● Security:
You can control access to resources using security groups and firewalls. Security features such as HTTPS encrypted communication and network interface-level access control are provided.
● Backup and Restore
: The automatic backup function automatically backs up resources such as web applications and databases, and allows you to restore them as needed.
Services provided by Beyond
● AWS Cloud Integration
● AWS Operation Monitoring Service (24/7)
