AWS Launch Wizard

aws/management aws/automation aws/service

💡 Definition

AWS Launch Wizard offers a guided way to size, configure, and deploy AWS resources for third-party applications, such as Microsoft SQL Server Always On and SAP HANA. It provides a simple console experience to automate the deployment of these complex enterprise applications according to AWS best practices.

🔑 Key Concepts

Guided Deployment: Simplifies the process of deploying complex enterprise applications by walking users through the necessary configurations.
Best Practices: Automatically deploys applications following AWS and vendor-specific best practices for high availability, performance, and cost optimization.
Application-Specific Templates: Uses pre-built templates and automation logic tailored for specific third-party applications.
Automated Provisioning: Leverages CloudFormation and other AWS services to provision and configure the underlying infrastructure (e.g., EC2 instances, RDS databases, networking).

⚙️ How it Works

You select the application you want to deploy (e.g., SQL Server Always On), specify your requirements (e.g., desired performance, high availability options, instance sizes), and Launch Wizard then generates a deployment plan. After your approval, it automatically provisions all the necessary AWS resources and installs the application, ensuring it's configured optimally.

🎯 Use Cases

Deploying Enterprise Applications: Simplifying the deployment of traditionally complex enterprise software.
Ensuring Best Practices: Automatically adhering to AWS and vendor recommendations for architecture.
Reducing Manual Effort: Automating the configuration and deployment steps that would otherwise be manual and error-prone.

💰 Pricing Model

Free: AWS Launch Wizard itself is free. You pay only for the AWS resources that are provisioned and used for your application deployment (e.g., EC2 instances, RDS databases, EBS volumes).

📝 Exam Tips (CLF-C02)

Keywords: "Guided deployment", "Complex enterprise applications", "Automates best practices", "SQL Server", "SAP HANA".
Think of it when the goal is to simplify and automate the deployment of third-party enterprise applications on AWS.
A tool to ensure these applications are deployed correctly and efficiently from day one.

See Also: * CloudFormation * EC2 * RDS * Systems Manager