AWS Architecture Center
Guidance from experts on architecting in the AWS Cloud
The AWS Architecture Center provides a collection of technical resources to help you build more effectively and efficiently in the AWS Cloud. All the content found below is official AWS content, produced by AWS and AWS Partners.
Vetted, technical reference implementations built by AWS and AWS Partners.
Technical content about architectural best practices, including whitepapers, technical guides, and reference material.
Vetted architecture patterns, available as an open-source extension of the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK), that can be easily assembled to create a production-ready workload.
AWS Well-Architected
Review your architecture and adopt best practices.
AWS Well-Architected Framework
Based on five pillars — operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, and cost optimization — the AWS Well-Architected Framework provides a consistent approach for customers and partners to evaluate architectures. It has been used in tens of thousands of workload reviews conducted by the AWS solutions architecture team, and provides guidance to help implement designs that scale over time.
AWS Well-Architected Tool
The AWS Well-Architected Tool is a free console-based service that helps you review the state of your workloads and compares them to the latest AWS architectural best practices. The tool helps you review your workloads consistently across five pillars, identify architectural improvement areas, and build secure, high-performing application infrastructure.
AWS Well-Architected Partner Program
AWS Well-Architected Partner Program members have in-depth training on the Well-Architected Framework and can help you implement best practices, measure the state of your workloads, and make improvements where assistance is required.
AWS Solutions Implementations
AWS Solutions Implementations are built using services from AWS. They are designed to help you solve common problems and build faster using the AWS platform. All AWS Solutions Implementations are vetted by AWS architects and are designed to be operationally effective, reliable, secure, and cost effective. Every AWS Solutions Implementation comes with detailed architecture, a deployment guide, and instructions for both automated and manual deployment.
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AWS Whitepapers & Guides
AWS produces technical whitepapers, guides, and reference material to help you expand your understanding of the AWS Cloud.
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AWS Reference Architecture Diagrams
The flexibility of AWS enables you to design your application architectures the way you like. AWS Reference Architecture Diagrams provide you with the architectural guidance you need to build an application that takes full advantage of the AWS Cloud. Each diagram includes a visual representation of the application architecture and a basic description of how each service is used.
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AWS Solutions Constructs
AWS Solutions Constructs are vetted architecture patterns, available as an open-source extension of the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK), that can be easily assembled to create a production-ready workload. AWS Solutions Constructs are built and maintained by AWS, using best practices established by the AWS Well-Architected Framework. By starting with Constructs, it’s easier for customers to ensure that their workload as a whole is well-architected. Additionally, customers can leverage features built into the CDK combined with AWS Solutions Constructs to accelerate their development process by using its pre-built patterns to quickly assemble an entire application, using familiar programming languages.
AWS Solutions Constructs patterns
Following are example patterns made available through AWS Solutions Constructs:
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