Week 1 Worklog

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Week 1 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:

Day Task Start Date Completion Date Reference Material
2 - Get acquainted with FCJ members
- Read and take note of internship unit rules and regulations
08/11/2025 08/11/2025
3 - Learn about AWS and its types of services
  + Compute
  + Storage
  + Networking
  + Database
  + …
08/12/2025 08/12/2025 https://cloudjourney.awsstudygroup.com/
4 - Create AWS Free Tier account
- Learn about AWS Console & AWS CLI
- Practice:
  + Create AWS account
  + Install & configure AWS CLI
  + How to use AWS CLI
08/13/2025 08/13/2025 https://cloudjourney.awsstudygroup.com/
5 - Learn basic EC2:
  + Instance types
  + AMI
  + EBS
  + …
- SSH connection methods to EC2
- Learn about Elastic IP
08/14/2025 08/15/2025 https://cloudjourney.awsstudygroup.com/
6 - Practice:
  + Launch an EC2 instance
  + Connect via SSH
  + Attach an EBS volume
08/15/2025 08/15/2025 https://cloudjourney.awsstudygroup.com/

Week 1 Achievements:

  • Understood what AWS is and mastered the basic service groups:

    • Compute
    • Storage
    • Networking
    • Database
  • Successfully created and configured an AWS Free Tier account.

  • Became familiar with the AWS Management Console and learned how to find, access, and use services via the web interface.

  • Installed and configured AWS CLI on the computer, including:

    • Access Key
    • Secret Key
    • Default Region
  • Used AWS CLI to perform basic operations such as:

    • Check account & configuration information
    • Retrieve the list of regions
    • View EC2 service
    • Create and manage key pairs
    • Check information about running services
  • Acquired the ability to connect between the web interface and CLI to manage AWS resources in parallel.