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AWS Journey – Day 3 🚀

Waris Khan — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 07:48:09 +0000

Another productive day of learning and hands-on practice! Today, I focused on understanding the core AWS Global Infrastructure and launched my first EC2 instances.

📚 Topics Covered:
🌍 AWS Regions
🏢 Availability Zones (AZs)
📍 AWS Local Zones
⚡ AWS Edge Locations
🌐 AWS Regional Edge Caches
🖥️ AWS Outposts
📡 AWS Wavelength
💻 Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud)

🛠️ Hands-on Labs Completed:
✅ Created a Windows EC2 Instance
✅ Created a Linux EC2 Instance
✅ Connected to and explored both instances

Every concept is becoming clearer through practical implementation. Building a strong foundation in AWS infrastructure is an essential step toward becoming a certified AWS Solutions Architect.

Looking forward to learning more and sharing my progress throughout this journey! 💪☁️

📚 AWS Cloud Learning Journey - Day 2

Waris Khan — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:32:59 +0000

Today, I explored the fundamentals of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and learned the following topics:

AWS & AWS Services
Learned what AWS is and explored core cloud services such as EC2 (virtual servers), S3 (cloud storage), and other essential AWS services.

AWS Free Tier Account
Understood what the AWS Free Tier is, its benefits for beginners, and how to create an AWS account.

AWS Budgets & Budget Alerts – Learned how to set spending limits and configure budget alerts to monitor cloud costs and avoid unexpected charges.

AWS Management Console
Explored the web-based dashboard used to access, manage, and configure AWS services.

AWS GUI Console vs CLI
Understood the difference between managing AWS through the Graphical User Interface (GUI) and the Command Line Interface (CLI).

🚀 Every day is another step toward strengthening my cloud computing skills.

AWS Cloud Journey

Waris Khan — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 08:00:58 +0000

☁️ AWS Cloud Journey

Today, I strengthened my understanding of the core concepts of cloud computing and AWS fundamentals.

📚 Topics Covered:

On-Premises Infrastructure Learned how organizations manage and maintain their own physical servers, storage, and networking.

Cloud Computing Fundamentals – Explored the concept of delivering computing resources over the internet.
Types of Cloud Computing – Understood the differences between Public Cloud, Private Cloud, and Hybrid Cloud deployment models.
Cloud Service Models (IaaS, PaaS & SaaS) – Learned how each model provides different levels of infrastructure, platforms, and software services.
Advantages of Cloud Computing – Studied key benefits such as scalability, cost optimization, high availability, flexibility, and global accessibility.
AWS Cloud Fundamentals – Built a solid foundation for learning Amazon Web Services and modern cloud technologies.