Week 3 Worklog

Objectives:

  • Understand fundamental AWS networking concepts (VPC).
  • Learn relational and non-relational database offerings on AWS.

Tasks:

DayTaskStart DateCompletion DateReference Material
11- Learn Amazon VPC basics: Subnets, Route Tables, Internet Gateways.06/29/202606/29/2026cloudjourney.awsstudygroup.com
12- Practice: Build a custom VPC with public and private subnets, NAT Gateway.06/30/202606/30/2026FCAJ Networking Modules
13- Learn Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service) concepts and engines.07/01/202607/01/2026AWS RDS Docs
14- Practice: Provision an RDS MySQL instance and connect via EC2 in a private subnet.07/02/202607/02/2026FCAJ Database Modules
15- Learn Amazon DynamoDB basics (NoSQL, Tables, Items, Partition Keys).07/03/202607/03/2026cloudjourney.awsstudygroup.com

Achievements:

  • Designed and provisioned a custom, secure network topology (VPC).
  • Successfully deployed and connected to a private RDS instance.
  • Gained hands-on experience querying DynamoDB tables.