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Launch Your First EC2 Instance

Duration: 1 hour

In this hands-on lab, you'll learn how to launch an EC2 instance using the AWS Console in the US West (Oregon) region. You'll be provided with temporary AWS credentials to access a sandbox environment where you can practice creating real AWS resources.

⚠️ Important: This lab must be completed in the US West (Oregon) region us-west-2. Make sure your AWS Console is configured with this region before starting. Note that you can only create resources - modification and deletion are not permitted in this lab environment.

What you'll learn:

  1. Launching a t2.micro EC2 instance
  2. Verifying your instance status
  3. Understanding AWS resource management (creation only)

Deploy a MySQL RDS Database

Duration: 1 hour

Learn how to deploy a MySQL database using Amazon RDS through the AWS Console. You'll create a free-tier eligible database instance and configure it with proper security settings in the US West (Oregon) region.

⚠️ Important: This lab must be completed in the US West (Oregon) region us-west-2. Make sure your AWS Console is configured with this region before starting. Note that you can only create resources - modification and deletion are not permitted in this lab environment.

What you'll learn:

  1. Setting your AWS Console region to us-west-2 (Oregon)
  2. Creating a DB subnet group across multiple availability zones
  3. Configuring security groups for database access
  4. Launching a free-tier eligible MySQL RDS instance (db.t3.micro)
  5. Select GP3 as a Storage type in a Single AZ
  6. Understanding database connectivity and security best practices
  7. Monitoring your RDS instance
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