Week 8 Worklog

OBJECTIVES IN WEEK 8:

  • Master Advanced Networking skills: VPC Endpoints (PrivateLink), VPC Peering, and centralized management with Transit Gateway Network Manager.
  • Practice deploying a real-world Web Application (WordPress) with High Availability architecture (ASG, ALB, RDS, CloudFront).
  • Master “Infrastructure as Code” (IaC) concepts using AWS CloudFormation for automated infrastructure provisioning.
  • Finalize UI/UX design and Database structure for the team project.

TASKS OF WEEK 8:

DayTaskStart DateEnd DateReferences
Mon- Team Project Meeting: Define UI/UX design direction, preliminary database design, data collection plan02/03/202602/03/2026
Tue- Continue Lab 17 Practice:
+ VPC Endpoints for AWS Services
* Deploy VPC Endpoint
* Check VPC Endpoint
+ VPC Endpoint Services
* Deploy VPC Endpoint Services
+ VPC Peering
* VPC Peering Request
* Routing Configuration
* Check VPC Peering
+ Transit Gateway Network Manager
* Setup Network Manager
* Configure Site
* Network Insights
+ Resource Cleanup		03/03/202603/03/2026VPC Endpoint
PrivateLink
Peering
Network Manager
Wed- Practice Lab 18: Deploy Wordpress on AWS Cloud
+ Introduction
+ Preparation Steps
* Prepare VPC and Subnet
* Create Security Group for EC2
* Create Security Group for Database Instance
* Launch EC2 Instance
* Launch Database Instance
+ Install WordPress on EC2
+ Setup Autoscaling for WordPress Instance
* Create AMI from Webserver Instance
* Create Launch Template
* Create Target Group
* Create Load Balancer
* Create Auto Scaling Group
+ Database Backup and Restore
* Create DB snapshot
* Restore from DB snapshot
+ Setup Cloudfront for Web Server
+ Resource Cleanup		04/03/202604/03/2026Lab 18 Intro
Install WP
ASG Setup
CloudFront
Thu- Team Project Meeting: Proceed with data collection according to preliminary database design05/03/202605/03/2026
Fri- Practice Lab 19: AWS CloudFormation
+ Introduction
+ Preparation Steps
* Create IAM User
* Create IAM Role
+ CloudFormation Basics
* Create Workspace
* Create CloudFormation Template
+ CloudFormation Advanced
* Custom Resources
Create Lambda Function
Create Stack
Connect EC2 Instance
* Mappings and Stacksets
* Drift Detection
+ Resource Cleanup		06/03/202606/03/2026Lab 19 Intro
CF Basic
CF Advanced

ACHIEVEMENTS IN WEEK 8:

  1. Successfully implemented secure network connections: VPC Endpoints (internal access to AWS services) and VPC Peering (inter-VPC connection).
  2. Built a complete WordPress system with Auto Scaling capabilities, Load Balancing (ALB), and Global Content Delivery (CloudFront).
  3. Mastered the RDS Database Backup & Restore process via Snapshots in a practical scenario.
  4. Proficiently used AWS CloudFormation to write Templates (Infrastructure as Code), manage Stacks, and detect configuration changes (Drift Detection).
  5. Unified the UI/UX design and initiated the standardized data collection process for the team project.