Week 1 · AWS Foundations

Amazon EC2

Elastic Compute Cloud

📽️ Introduction Video

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AWS Foundations — Introduction to the Program
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🎬 Technical Video

This week we will cover Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). Check the video on the BeSA YouTube Channel.

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Amazon EC2 — Elastic Compute Cloud
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🧪 AWS Labs

Lab 1: Introduction to Amazon EC2

Introduction to Amazon EC2
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Main tasks to be completed in the lab:

  • Launch an Amazon EC2 instance.
  • Monitor your Instance
  • Update the EC2 Instance Security Group
  • Resize your Instance: Instance Type and EBS Volume
  • Test Termination Protection

Lab 2: Cloud First Steps

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Main tasks to be completed in the lab:

  • Launch an Amazon EC2 instance.
  • Configure a user data script to display the instance details in a browser.

⚡ AWS Lab — Technical Challenge

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Important: Implement the Technical Challenge before doing the DYI Section of Lab 2
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Technical Challenge — Week 1
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📝 Quiz

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Take Quiz — Week 1

10 questions · EC2 Fundamentals

✅ AWS Lab — Technical Challenge Solution

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Technical Challenge Solution — Week 1
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