The AWS Well-Architected Framework is meant to help and guide cloud architects to build secure, high-performing, resilient and efficient infrastructure for their applications and workloads.
The framework is based on five pillars namely:
- Reliability
- Cost Optimization
- Security
- Operational Excellence &
- Performance Efficiency
The Well-Architected provides a consistent approach for evaluating architectures and implementing designs that can scale over time.
AWS has a Well-Architected Tool available on the Web Management console that provides a mechanism for regularly evaluating workloads and identifying high risk issues.
In this series of articles, we will be exploring the five pillars that make up the AWS Well-Architected Framework outlining the key concepts, design principles and architectural best practices for designing and running workloads in the cloud.