I’ve attempted a Hands-on Lab on A Cloud Guru titled Use Application Load Balancers for Web Servers. In this lab, I configured an Application Load Balancer (ALB) to distribute network traffic to two EC2 instances, while also enabling sticky sessions to ensure users are consistently directed to the same server. I approached the lab in two different ways. First, I followed the traditional method by creating a default VPC and using the legacy load balancer (using the elb subcommand). Read more

I aspire to become a cloud architect, specializing in AWS. To enhance my skills, I’m currently focused on learningfrom AWS Hands-on Tutorials and actively practicing their exercises. To kickstart my learning journey, I deployed WordPress on an EC2 instance connected to an RDS instance. This practical experience allows me to solidify my cloud knowledge effectively. Getting started First, I created an Access key for my admin user on the AWS console. Read more

The cloud resume challenge is a self-directed learning project created by Forrest Brazeal, a cloud architech and AWS Community Hero. It is designed to help individuals enhance their cloud computing skills and create a professional-looking resume website using various cloud technologies. The Challenge and Its Structure The challenge revolves around building a serverless web application that serves as a personal resume or portfolio website. It provides a structured format, guiding participants through a series of tasks and milestones to complete the project successfully. Read more