Week 2 Worklog

Objectives:

  • Deepen knowledge of EC2 scaling and load distribution.
  • Master AWS storage solutions, specifically Amazon S3 and EFS.

Tasks:

DayTaskStart DateCompletion DateReference Material
6- Study Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) types (ALB, NLB).
- Understand Auto Scaling Groups (ASG).
06/22/202606/22/2026cloudjourney.awsstudygroup.com
7- Practice: Configure an Application Load Balancer targeting multiple EC2 instances.06/23/202606/23/2026FCAJ Compute Modules
8- Learn Amazon S3 basics (Buckets, Objects, Storage Classes, Versioning).06/24/202606/24/2026AWS S3 Documentation
9- Practice: Create an S3 bucket, upload files, configure static website hosting.06/25/202606/25/2026cloudjourney.awsstudygroup.com
10- Explore Amazon EFS and compare with EBS and S3.
- Practice: Mount EFS to multiple EC2 instances.
06/26/202606/26/2026FCAJ Storage Modules

Achievements:

  • Successfully set up an auto-scaling environment with an ALB.
  • Hosted a static website using Amazon S3.
  • Understood the architectural differences and use cases for EBS, EFS, and S3.