AWS value comes from things like
* RDS - easy db backups
* CloudWatch - easy monitoring
* IAM - easy access control
* Systems Manager - easy fleet management and distributed parameter store. Integrated with IAM so you can hide your secrets.
The list goes on.
If all you need is one server then you don’t need all of that. Things change as soon as you need 40 servers, or you have 40 people accessing 10 servers.
You can do it with open source tools. It takes time and expertise to do so. Both expertise and time are not available to the most companies.
If all you need is one server then you don’t need all of that. Things change as soon as you need 40 servers, or you have 40 people accessing 10 servers.
You can do it with open source tools. It takes time and expertise to do so. Both expertise and time are not available to the most companies.