Week 1 Worklog

Week 1 Objectives:

  • Get started with AWS accounts, budgeting, and foundational services.
  • Build baseline understanding for deeper hands-on labs in later weeks.

Tasks to be carried out this week:

DayTaskStart DateCompletion DateReference MaterialStatus
1AWS: Account & Budgets04/17/202604/17/2026Created account baseline and practiced budget monitoringCompleted
2AWS: Support & IAM04/18/202604/18/2026Learned AWS support channels and IAM fundamentalsCompleted
3AWS: VPC & EC204/19/202604/19/2026Studied VPC networking and EC2 compute basicsCompleted
4AWS: IAM Roles & Cloud904/20/202604/20/2026Applied IAM roles for EC2 and explored Cloud9Completed
5AWS: S3 & RDS04/21/202604/21/2026Practiced storage on S3 and relational DB on RDSCompleted
6AWS: Lightsail04/22/202604/22/2026Explored simplified deployment with LightsailCompleted
7AWS: Auto Scaling & CloudWatch04/23/202604/23/2026Monitored workloads and scaling behaviorCompleted

Daily Details

Day 1 - AWS: Account & Budgets

  • Reviewed the Billing console, created the first budget, and noted where usage alerts appear.

Day 1 screenshot

Day 2 - AWS: Support & IAM

  • Explored AWS support options and practiced creating IAM users, groups, and permissions.

Day 2 screenshot

Day 3 - AWS: VPC & EC2

  • Studied VPC building blocks, launched EC2, and observed how compute fits into the private network.

Day 3 screenshot

Day 4 - AWS: IAM Roles & Cloud9

  • Attached IAM roles to EC2 and used Cloud9 as a lightweight development workspace.

Day 4 screenshot

Day 5 - AWS: S3 & RDS

  • Practiced bucket operations in S3 and reviewed the basics of managed relational databases with RDS.

Day 5 screenshot

Day 6 - AWS: Lightsail

  • Explored Lightsail for quick service provisioning and compared it with more flexible AWS services.

Day 6 screenshot

Day 7 - AWS: Auto Scaling & CloudWatch

  • Monitored logs, metrics, and alarms in CloudWatch and learned how Auto Scaling responds to load.

Day 7 screenshot

Week 1 Achievements:

  • Built a clear foundation in AWS account, IAM, networking, compute, and storage.
  • Connected budgeting and monitoring concepts to day-to-day cloud operations.
  • Prepared for deeper architecture, security, and automation topics.