Week 1 Worklog

Week 1 — Goals

  • Introduce myself and connect with the First Cloud Journey cohort.
  • Gain a practical introduction to core AWS services and the Console vs CLI workflows.

Planned activities this week

DayActivityStart DateCompletion DateReference Material
2- Meet fellow FCJ members and review internship guidelines08/11/202508/11/2025
3- Explore AWS service categories:
 + Compute
 + Storage
 + Networking
 + Database		08/12/202508/12/2025https://cloudjourney.awsstudygroup.com/
4- Create AWS Free Tier account
- Install and configure AWS CLI (practice basic commands and configuration)		08/13/202508/13/2025https://cloudjourney.awsstudygroup.com/
5- Study EC2 fundamentals: instance families, AMIs, EBS volumes; learn SSH access methods and Elastic IPs08/14/202508/15/2025https://cloudjourney.awsstudygroup.com/
6- Hands-on: launch an EC2 instance, connect via SSH, and attach an EBS volume08/15/202508/15/2025https://cloudjourney.awsstudygroup.com/

Week 1 — Outcomes

  • Gained a clear understanding of AWS and the main service groups:

    • Compute, Storage, Networking, Database, etc.

  • Successfully registered and configured an AWS Free Tier account.

  • Navigated the AWS Management Console and located commonly used services.

  • Installed and set up AWS CLI on the workstation (configured Access Key, Secret, Region).

  • Used the AWS CLI to perform introductory checks and commands (region listing, EC2 inspection, key pair management).

  • Practiced managing AWS resources using both Console and CLI workflows.

  • Ready to proceed to Week 2 exercises (static website + RDS / S3).