Module 04: Resources

Official Documentation

EC2 Overview and Concepts

• What Is Amazon EC2?
• Amazon EC2 Instance Lifecycle

Instance Types and Sizing

• Amazon EC2 Instance Type Naming Conventions
• AWS Compute Optimizer

Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)

• Amazon Machine Images in Amazon EC2

Key Pairs and Connecting to Instances

• Amazon EC2 Key Pairs and Amazon EC2 Instances
• Connect to a Linux Instance Using EC2 Instance Connect
• Connect to Your Amazon EC2 Instance Using Session Manager
• AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)

• What Is Amazon Elastic Block Store?
• Amazon EBS Volume Types
• Amazon EBS General Purpose SSD Volumes (gp3)
• Amazon EBS Provisioned IOPS SSD Volumes (io2)
• Amazon EBS Throughput Optimized HDD and Cold HDD Volumes (st1, sc1)
• Amazon EBS Snapshots
• Amazon EBS Encryption
• Enable Amazon EBS Encryption by Default

User Data

• Run Commands When You Launch an EC2 Instance with User Data Input

Auto Scaling and Launch Templates

• What Is Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling?
• Auto Scaling Groups
• Auto Scaling Launch Templates
• Target Tracking Scaling Policies for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
• Health Checks for Instances in an Auto Scaling Group
• Use an Instance Refresh to Update Instances in an Auto Scaling Group

EC2 Pricing Models

• Reserved Instances for Amazon EC2
• Spot Instances
• What Are Savings Plans?

IAM Roles for EC2

• IAM Roles for Amazon EC2

Networking (Referenced in Lab)

• Security Groups
• Default VPC

AWS Free Tier

• Explore AWS Services with AWS Free Tier

AWS Whitepapers

Module 04 focuses on EC2 compute fundamentals using the Amazon EC2 User Guide, Amazon EBS User Guide, and Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide as primary references. There are no AWS whitepapers dedicated specifically to introductory EC2 compute topics. For broader compute architecture guidance, students will encounter relevant whitepapers in later modules covering reliability (Module 16) and the Well-Architected Framework (Module 17).

AWS FAQs

• Amazon EC2 FAQ
• Amazon EBS FAQ
• Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling FAQ

AWS Architecture References

No specific architecture references for this module. EC2 instances are a foundational building block that appears in nearly every AWS reference architecture. Students will work with EC2-based architecture patterns in later modules when they add load balancers (Module 07), deploy containerized applications (Module 10), and design multi-tier architectures (Module 18).

AWS Bootcamp: From Novice to Architect Author: Samuel Ogunti License: CC BY-NC 4.0