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Week 2 — Objectives

  • Get hands-on with S3 static website hosting, RDS (MySQL) and Route53 basics.
  • Learn how to connect an EC2 client to an RDS instance and configure IAM/Security Groups for DB access.

Planned tasks this week

DayTaskStart DateCompletion DateReference Material
2- Create an S3 bucket to host a static website
- Upload demo HTML/CSS files to the bucket		15/09/202515/09/2025AWS Journey
3- Enable Static Website Hosting on the S3 bucket
- Configure bucket policy to allow public read for site assets
- Access the site via the S3 website endpoint		16/09/202516/09/2025AWS Journey
4- Launch an RDS MySQL instance (Free Tier for lab)
- Configure VPC Security Group to allow connections from application subnets/EC2
- Record endpoint and credentials		17/09/202517/09/2025AWS Journey
5- Launch an EC2 instance and install MySQL client/tools
- From EC2, connect to the RDS endpoint using CLI/mysql client and create a test database/table		18/09/202518/09/2025AWS Journey
6- Learn Route53 basics and create a Hosted Zone
- Create A / CNAME records to point a domain to the S3 static site
- Verify domain access to the website		19/09/202519/09/2025AWS Journey

Week 2 — Outcomes

  • Built and hosted a static website in S3 and verified public access via the S3 endpoint.
  • Configured Route53 to map a domain to the S3 site (A/CNAME) and validated domain access.
  • Created an RDS MySQL instance and connected to it from an EC2 client; recorded endpoint and credentials for testing.
  • Learned to configure Security Groups and minimal IAM roles relevant to RDS and S3.
  • Recommended next topics for Week 3: CloudFront, DynamoDB, and ElastiCache for caching and scale testing.