Week 3 Worklog

Week 3 Objectives:

  • Conquer Amazon EC2: Understand how to initialize virtual servers, choose configuration (Instance types) and manage hard drives (EBS).
  • Master Amazon VPC: Understand how to design virtual networks, subnet and control access flows.
  • Connect infrastructure: Practice connecting Web Server (EC2) to Database (RDS) created in week 2.

Tasks to be carried out this week:

DayTaskStart DateEnd DateResource
2- Compute & Storage Theory (Block):
- Read about Amazon EC2: Instance types (T, M, C…), Lifecycle.
- Learn Amazon EBS: Volume types (GP3, IO2…), how to mount volumes to EC2.
- Learn about AMI (Amazon Machine Image).		23/09/202523/09/2025https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn
3- Complete lab and understand EC2 Lab goals:
- Practice:
  + Create Key Pair and Security Group
  + Launch an EC2 Instance
  + SSH into server and install Web Server
  + …		24/09/202524/09/2025https://us-east-1.console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home?region=us-east-1
4- Learn Networking Theory (VPC):
- Read about VPC architecture: CIDR block, Subnet (Public vs Private).
- Learn Internet Gateway (IGW) and Route Table.
- Distinguish Security Group (Stateful) vs NACL (Stateless).		25/09/202525/09/2025https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/
5- Do VPC lab to design system network.
- Read instructions and prepare steps to create Custom VPC.
- Practice:
  + Create new VPC and divide Subnets
  + Attach Internet Gateway and configure Route Table
  + …		26/09/202526/09/2025https://us-east-1.console.aws.amazon.com/vpc/home?region=us-east-1
6- Integration Practice:
  + Connect Web Server (EC2) with Database (RDS) created last week
  + Configure Security Group to allow port 3306
  + Complete basic 2-Tier architecture		27/09/202527/09/2025https://us-east-1.console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/v2/home

Week 3 Outcomes:

  • Mastered foundational knowledge of Compute (EC2) and Networking (VPC).
  • Completed labs on creating virtual servers and designing VPC networks.
  • Learned how to use Security Groups to secure and control access between resources.
  • Completed integration challenge: Successfully connected Web Server (EC2) and Database (RDS).
  • Successfully built a basic 2-Tier architecture on AWS.
  • …