Serverless Architecture

API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB: the pattern most greenfield work starts from.

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@startuml
!define AWSPuml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/awslabs/aws-icons-for-plantuml/main/dist
!include AWSPuml/AWSCommon.puml
!include AWSPuml/Compute/Lambda.puml
!include AWSPuml/NetworkingContentDelivery/APIGateway.puml
!include AWSPuml/Database/DynamoDB.puml
!include AWSPuml/Storage/SimpleStorageService.puml
!include AWSPuml/ApplicationIntegration/SimpleQueueService.puml
!include AWSPuml/ApplicationIntegration/SimpleNotificationService.puml
!include AWSPuml/NetworkingContentDelivery/CloudFront.puml
!include AWSPuml/SecurityIdentityCompliance/Cognito.puml

title AWS Serverless Architecture

actor User as user

CloudFront(cdn, "CloudFront", "CDN")
SimpleStorageService(staticSite, "Static Website", "S3")
Cognito(auth, "Cognito", "Auth")

APIGateway(api, "API Gateway", "REST API")
Lambda(getFunc, "GET Handler", "Node.js")
Lambda(postFunc, "POST Handler", "Node.js")
Lambda(processFunc, "Processor", "Python")

DynamoDB(dynamo, "DynamoDB", "NoSQL")
SimpleQueueService(queue, "SQS Queue", "Async Jobs")
SimpleNotificationService(notifications, "SNS", "Notifications")

user --> cdn
cdn --> staticSite
user --> auth
user --> api

api --> getFunc
api --> postFunc
getFunc --> dynamo
postFunc --> dynamo
postFunc --> queue
queue --> processFunc
processFunc --> notifications

@enduml

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