AWS OpsWorks User Guide

by Amazon Web Services

NOTE – A new version of the AWS OpsWorks User Guide is available at This is official Amazon Web Services (AWS) documentation for AWS OpsWorks. AWS OpsWorks is an application management service that provides an integrated experience for managing the complete application lifecycle. With AWS OpsWorks, you can provision AWS resources, manage their configuration, deploy applications to those resources, and monitor their health. This guide explains the core components of AWS OpsWorks and explains how to access the service by using the AWS SDKs for Java, Microsoft .NET, PHP, Ruby, and Node.js; the command-line interface; and the AWS Management Console, a browser-based graphical user interface for interacting with the service. This documentation is offered for free here as a Kindle book, or you can read it online or in PDF format at

1214 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 21, 2013