AWS Foundations: Core Services, Hands-On

By the end

What you'll build

• Explain AWS Regions, Availability Zones, and edge locations, and choose a Region for latency, residency, and cost
• Apply the IAM model (users, groups, roles, policies) and the evaluation rules, including explicit-deny-wins and least privilege
• Write and debug IAM policy JSON - actions, resources, wildcards, and conditions (Bool, IpAddress, StringEquals)
• Construct correct AWS CLI commands for IAM, EC2, and S3 operations
• Right-size an EC2 fleet and compare On-Demand, Reserved, and Spot costs with capacity math
• Select the right S3 storage class and estimate storage, retrieval, and request costs
• Design VPC networking with public/private subnets, NAT, and the Security Group vs NACL distinction, including CIDR/subnet math
• Choose between RDS, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, and Redshift for a given workload
• Reason about serverless (Lambda GB-seconds, concurrency) and decoupling with SQS
• Diagnose common AWS errors (AccessDenied, throttling, NoSuchBucket) and design a resilient, graded 3-tier architecture

Curriculum

What's inside

9 modules · 38 lessons

1. 01

   Module 1 - The AWS Landscape

   4 lessons
   • Welcome & The Honest Line
   • Regions, Availability Zones & Why Mumbai Matters
   • Core AWS Service Cheat-Sheetflashcard sr
   • Landscape Check (scenarios)quiz
2. 02

   Module 2 - IAM & Access Policies

   6 lessons
   • The IAM Mental Model
   • Policy JSON Vocabularyfill blank
   • AWS CLI Drills: IAM (users, policies, roles)cli builder
   • Policy Lab 1 - Your First IAM Policypolicy lab
   • Policy Lab 2 - Explicit Deny, Conditions & Debuggingpolicy lab
   • + 1 more lesson
3. 03

   Module 3 - EC2 & Compute

   5 lessons
   • EC2 and the Compute Family
   • AWS CLI Drills: EC2 (launch, describe, terminate)cli builder
   • Capacity Lab: Right-Sizing an EC2 Fleetpython lab
   • Cost Lab: On-Demand vs Reserved vs Spotpython lab
   • Compute Scenariosquiz
4. 04

   Module 4 - S3 & Storage

   5 lessons
   • S3: Buckets, Objects & Storage Classes
   • AWS CLI Drills: S3 (cp, sync, mb)cli builder
   • Cost Lab: Pick the Right S3 Storage Classpython lab
   • Storage Classes & Durabilityfill blank
   • Storage Scenariosquiz
5. 05

   Module 5 - VPC & Networking

   3 lessons
   • VPC and Networking Essentials
   • Capacity Lab: CIDR & Subnet Mathpython lab
   • Networking Scenariosquiz
6. 06

   Module 6 - Databases: RDS & DynamoDB

   3 lessons
   • Databases: RDS vs DynamoDB (and friends)
   • Database Service-Selection Matrixflashcard sr
   • Database Selection Scenariosquiz
7. 07

   Module 7 - Serverless: Lambda & SQS

   3 lessons
   • Serverless: Lambda and SQS
   • Cost Lab: Lambda GB-seconds & Concurrencypython lab
   • Serverless Scenariosquiz
8. 08

   Module 8 - Monitoring, Billing & Cost

   4 lessons
   • Monitoring, Billing & Keeping the Bill Sane
   • Cost Lab: On-Prem vs Cloud 3-Year TCOpython lab
   • Cost Lab: Build a Monthly Bill from a Usage Reportpython lab
   • Error Analysis: Why Did AWS Say No?quiz
9. 09

   Module 9 - Tier-2: Real AWS Free-Plan Practice + Capstone

   5 lessons
   • Graduation Part 1: Your Own Free AWS Account
   • Evidence Check 1 (from the console task)quiz
   • Graduation Part 2: CloudShell, Budgets & a Free-Tier EC2
   • Evidence Check 2 (from the console task)quiz
   • Capstone: Design a Resilient 3-Tier Architecturearch builder

The shape of it

How this course works