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Aisalkyn Aidarova
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Lab: Build a Simple AWS Infrastructure

Objective

Deploy a Linux server, connect it to a MySQL database, create storage, and upload files to S3.

Services covered:

  • EC2
  • Linux
  • RDS MySQL
  • EBS
  • EFS
  • S3

Part 1 – EC2 (20%)

Task 1

Create an Ubuntu EC2 instance.

Requirements:

  • Name: student-ec2
  • Instance type: t2.micro
  • Create a new Security Group
  • Allow SSH (22)

Task 2

Connect using SSH.

Run:

hostname
whoami
pwd
df -h
free -h
lsblk
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Explain what each command shows.

Part 2 – EBS (20%)

Create a new EBS volume.

Requirements:

  • 5 GB
  • Same Availability Zone as EC2

Attach it.

On Ubuntu:

lsblk
sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme1n1
sudo mkdir /data
sudo mount /dev/nvme1n1 /data
df -h
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Create:

echo "JumpToTech" > /data/test.txt
cat /data/test.txt
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Part 3 – EFS (15%)

Create:

  • EFS
  • Mount Target

Mount it on EC2.

Create:

sudo mkdir /efs
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Mount.

Create:

echo "Hello EFS" > /efs/file1.txt
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Verify.

Part 4 – S3 (15%)

Create bucket:

student-firstname-lastname
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Upload

resume.pdf
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OR

hello.txt
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Create another file on EC2.

Upload using AWS CLI.

Example:

aws s3 cp hello.txt s3://bucket-name/
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List objects.

Part 5 – RDS MySQL (20%)

Create:

  • MySQL
  • admin user

Connect EC2 to RDS.

Install MySQL Client.

Connect.

Run:

SHOW DATABASES;
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Create:

CREATE DATABASE school;
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Use it:

USE school;
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Create table:

CREATE TABLE students(
id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(50),
course VARCHAR(50)
);
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Insert:

INSERT INTO students(name,course)
VALUES
('John','DevOps'),
('Emma','AWS');
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Verify:

SELECT * FROM students;
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Part 6 – Linux (10%)

Create user:

sudo adduser devops
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Create group:

sudo groupadd engineers
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Add user:

sudo usermod -aG engineers devops
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Create:

mkdir project
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Create:

touch project/app.log
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Change owner:

sudo chown devops:engineers project
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Verify.

Deliverables

Students should submit screenshots of:

  • EC2 Running
  • SSH Connected
  • df -h
  • lsblk
  • Mounted EBS
  • Mounted EFS
  • S3 Bucket
  • Uploaded Object
  • RDS Available
  • MySQL Connection
  • SHOW DATABASES;
  • SELECT * FROM students;

Bonus Questions (Interview Style)

  1. What is the difference between EBS and EFS?
  2. Why can't we SSH into RDS?
  3. Why did we install MySQL Client on EC2?
  4. Why is port 3306 used?
  5. What is the purpose of a Security Group?
  6. Why is RDS a managed service?
  7. What is the difference between S3 and EBS?
  8. Why must the EBS volume be in the same Availability Zone as the EC2 instance?
  9. Can two EC2 instances use the same EBS volume simultaneously?
  10. When would you choose EFS instead of EBS?

This lab is realistic, reinforces all the services they've learned, and introduces the way a DevOps engineer connects compute, storage, networking, and databases in a simple production-like environment.

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