AWS FundamentalsBeginner

Cloud Foundations & Free Tier Mastery

Zero to confident on AWS. Master IAM user boundaries, budget alerts, EC2 instance launch, and S3 static hosting without incurring accidental charges.

Estimated duration: 4 Weeks
Skill level: Beginner
Curriculum: 4 modules
Recommended for: 1st & 2nd Year Students

Learning objectives

By the end of this path, you will be able to:

Setting up IAM with MFA & zero root key exposure
Configuring AWS Budgets & CloudWatch billing alarms ($0 threshold)
SSH into Ubuntu EC2 with Security Groups & Elastic IPs
Deploying your first static portfolio site on S3 + CloudFront

Curriculum

1
Setting up IAM with MFA & zero root key exposure
2
Configuring AWS Budgets & CloudWatch billing alarms ($0 threshold)
3
SSH into Ubuntu EC2 with Security Groups & Elastic IPs
4
Deploying your first static portfolio site on S3 + CloudFront

Practice with hands-on projects

Suggested projects from the GCET project lab that reinforce this path's skills.

Static website hosting using Amazon S3 and CloudFront
Beginner
Host and distribute a fast, secure static website globally using Amazon S3 storage and Amazon CloudFront CDN with SSL termination.
- Amazon S3
- Amazon CloudFront
- Custom DNS
- HTTPS / SSL
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Cloud monitoring dashboard using Amazon CloudWatch
Beginner to Intermediate
Monitor EC2 instance metrics, track Lambda invocation errors, and configure proactive email alarms to keep resource costs safely inside Free Tier.
- Amazon CloudWatch
- SNS Notifications
- Metric Alarms
- Budget Alerts
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