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When asking about Amazon Web Services (AWS), specify which services you are using. Provide details on your architecture/configuration - do not include proprietary or sensitive information this is a public forum. Share relevant parts in a code block along with language tags. Specify the SDK/CLI version. Detail troubleshooting steps taken. The AWS tag is rarely used alone and should be used with other tags to more clearly define the topic of the question.

Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a comprehensive, evolving cloud computing platform provided by Amazon. AWS services can offer an organization tools such as compute power, storage options, networking, database, analytics, application integration, developer tools, management, mobile, IoT, security and machine learning.

Some key AWS services include:

AWS offers a free usage tier and the ability to only pay for the resources used. It is popular with startups and enterprises alike for flexible and low cost access to computing infrastructure and services.

How should I use this tag?

This tag should be used for questions that revolve around the usage of Amazon Web Services (AWS). The tag should be included on each StackOverflow question, with secondary tags used to map the service(s) the question is asking about. If you reach the maximum number of tags that are allowed, please ensure that the most relevant tags remain that relate to your AWS service. Please do not include tags that are not relevant to the question that you are asking unless this is where the challenge is.

If your questions revolves around other Amazon based services such as the Amazon Retail API or Amazon Alexa, do not include AWS tags unless they are associated with the challenge you are having. Please refrain from associating AWS tags for questions related to OS challenges or general programming guidance unless you believe that your AWS environment plays a factor into resolving your question.

Before posting your question, review if the question has been asked before either on StackOverflow or AWS official resources. If the question has not been asked before, please proceed to post your question using the guidance above. Once the question has been posted, please allow for time for the community to review and return an answer accordingly. If getting an answer for this question is urgent, please refrain from reposting the question. Instead use other mechanisms such as StackOverflow bounties to raise the profile of your question.

How can I get involved?

StackOverflow is a community powered site, it is as simple as finding a question and helping the asker to find an answer. The best way to find unanswered questions is by joining the AWS Collective. Once you have joined you will find a number of community resources including articles, bulletins and collections. To identify any unanswered questions related to AWS, simply select the questions tab and apply filters to return questions that do not have an answer or accepted answer. You can further refine this criteria by selecting other details such as the tags associated with the question.

Once you have begun answering questions, the community will either upvote or downvote your answer which apply a points based calculation to your score. By reviewing the members tab in the AWS Collective, you can explore your ranking in a set period of time against the rest of the AWS StackOverflow community.

Commonly associated tags

The tag should be used in conjunction with the tag(s) which represent the service or tool the question is about.

Although there are a large number of existing tags, some commonly used tags are below:

A more extensive list of tags can be found in the tags section of the AWS Collective.

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