Overview
This document will help you understand the function and purpose of a cloud stack also known as a cloud computing stack. The links and information below will help you gain a better understanding of what a cloud stack is and why it is important.
Before You Begin
Cloud Stacks Defined
A cloud stack is a collection of services and resources in your Amazon Web Services (AWS) account which holds all of the infrastructure needed to run your Moodle site.
A stack commonly consists of:
Security groups
Network file system
EC2 web server instance
RDS database instance
Load balancer
TLS (SSL) security certificates
There can be many more services and resources added to any given stack, so the list above is meant to provide a basic example for an average stack.
Now you have the basic knowledge of cloud computing stacks!