Week 2 Worklog

Week 2 Objectives:

  • Connect and get acquainted with members of First Cloud Journey.
  • Understand basic AWS services, how to use the console & CLI.

Tasks to be carried out this week:

DayTaskStart DateCompletion DateReference Material
2- Explore basic Amazon Bedrock:
  + API Keys
  + Test
  + Model Access
- Cloudfront overview
- Explore example projects that combine AWS services
15/09/202515/09/2025https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/
3- Learn about AWS VPC
- SSH connection to EC2
- Practice:
  + Deploying EC2 Instances
  + Setup Site-to-site VPN Connection in AWS
16/09/202516/09/2025https://000003.awsstudygroup.com/
4- Learn about IAM
  + IAM User
  + IAM Group
  + IAM Role
  + Swith Role
- Practice:
  + Create IAM User/Group/Role
  + Switch Role
17/09/202517/09/2025https://000002.awsstudygroup.com/
5- Learn about AWS Budget (Billing & Cost Management)
- Learn how to use AWS Pricing Calculator
- Practice:
  + Create Budgets with Alerts
  + Create Dashboard
  + Create workload estimate
18/09/202518/09/2025https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cost-management/latest/userguide/what-is-costmanagement.html
6- AWS Cloud day 2025
- Write AWS Cloud day 2025 Report
19/09/202519/09/2025https://cloudjourney.awsstudygroup.com/

Week 2 Achievements:

  • Gained understanding of AWS VPC for virtual network isolation.

  • Explore how to monitor a secure SSH access to EC2 instances.

  • Established secure Site-to-Site VPN connections between networks.

  • Understood IAM for access control:

    • IAM Users
    • IAM Groups
    • IAM Roles
    • Role Switching
  • Gained ability in creating and managing IAM entities.

  • Gained knowledge of AWS Budgets for cost monitoring.

  • Familiarized with AWS Pricing Calculator for accurate estimations.

  • Implemented budgets with alerts for proactive cost management.

  • Created dashboards for visualizing billing data.

  • Generated workload estimates to predict expenses.

  • Acquired insights from attending AWS Cloud Day 2025.

  • Documented key takeaways in a comprehensive event report (GenAI, Blockchains, AWS Vision…).

  • Enhanced expertise in AWS networking, security, cost optimization, and storage.