S3 for File Storage and Events
Deepen your understanding of using Amazon S3 for storing and retrieving large objects, and how S3 events can trigger Lambda for processing.
S3 & Lambda: Event Power
Welcome! In this lesson, we'll dive into how Amazon S3, a powerful storage service, works hand-in-hand with AWS Lambda.
You'll learn to store and retrieve files, and critically, how S3 can trigger your Lambda functions automatically when something happens to your data.
Amazon S3: Cloud Storage
Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) is a highly scalable, durable, and available object storage service.
- It stores data as objects within buckets.
- Objects are files (images, videos, documents) and their metadata.
- Buckets are like top-level folders, globally unique names.
- S3 is perfect for storing large amounts of unstructured data.
All lessons in this course
- Integrating with DynamoDB
- S3 for File Storage and Events
- Choosing the Right Data Store
- Caching with Amazon ElastiCache and DAX