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AWS CLI First #16: Infrastructure as Code: Deploying Multi-Tier Stacks with CloudFormation & SAM CLI

Transition from imperative scripts to declarative Infrastructure as Code: author production CloudFormation YAML templates, validate change sets, automate rollbacks, manage stack drifts, and build serverless apps with AWS SAM CLI.

Cloud•Sep 12, 2026

AWS CLI First #14: Production Container Workflows: ECR Push & ECS Fargate Task Provisioning

Deploy serverless container microservices from your terminal: configure private ECR repositories with image vulnerability scanning, authenticate Docker, register ECS Fargate Task Definitions, and orchestrate auto-scaled container services behind an Application Load Balancer.

Cloud•Sep 10, 2026

AWS CLI First #6: Advanced VPC: S3 Gateway Endpoints, Flow Logs & Reachability Simulator

Master enterprise VPC optimization and security auditing from the terminal. Learn how to eliminate NAT Gateway fees with zero-cost S3 Gateway Endpoints, capture traffic with VPC Flow Logs, apply Kubernetes subnet tags, and simulate packet routing with the Reachability Analyzer.

Cloud•Aug 29, 2026

AWS CLI First #11: Elastic High-Availability: EC2 Auto Scaling Groups (ASG), Launch Templates & Self-Healing Fleets

Build self-healing, horizontally scalable cloud infrastructure with EC2 Auto Scaling Groups, versioned Launch Templates, Target Tracking scaling policies, and zero-downtime rolling instance refreshes purely via the AWS CLI.

Cloud•Sep 7, 2026

AWS CLI First #8: Persistent Block Storage & Golden Images: EBS Volumes, KMS & Custom AMIs

Master enterprise AWS block storage and image lifecycle from the terminal. Learn how to provision gp3 EBS volumes, configure KMS encryption, format & mount filesystems with UUIDs, live-expand storage without downtime, and bake reusable Golden AMIs.

Cloud•Aug 31, 2026

AWS CLI First #17: Zero-Secret CI/CD: Automating AWS Deployments with GitHub Actions & OIDC

Eliminate long-lived access keys in CI/CD: configure AWS IAM OpenID Connect (OIDC) identity provider, craft least-privilege trust policies for GitHub Actions, build an automated deployment pipeline, validate templates with cfn-lint, and invalidate CloudFront CDN caches from the terminal.

Cloud•Sep 13, 2026

AWS CLI First #10: Layer 7 Traffic Distribution: Application Load Balancers, Target Groups & SSL Routing

Deploy internet-facing Multi-AZ Application Load Balancers (ALB), configure Target Groups with custom HTTP health checks, path-based routing rules, and security group chaining purely from the command line.

Cloud•Sep 7, 2026

AWS CLI First #4: AWS Global Infrastructure Mastery: Regions, Availability Zones & AZ IDs via CLI

Master the physical foundation of AWS. Explore AWS global geography, the 4 golden rules of region selection, Availability Zone physical architecture, AZ-ID mapping across multi-account organizations, and managing opt-in regions entirely from the terminal.

Cloud•Aug 29, 2026

AWS CLI First #7: EC2 Virtual Machines, Stateful Firewalls (SG vs NACL) & IMDSv2 Hardening

Master AWS compute provisioning from the terminal. Learn how to select Graviton ARM64 vs x86 architectures, generate ED25519 keys, configure stateful Security Groups vs stateless NACLs, bootstrap with User Data, deliver temporary STS credentials via IAM instance profiles, and enforce IMDSv2.

Cloud•Aug 29, 2026

AWS CLI First #3: Crafting Granular JSON Policies, Boundaries & Policy Simulator

Master AWS Least Privilege from the terminal. Learn how to write fine-grained JSON IAM policies, evaluate permissions using the IAM Policy Simulator CLI, enforce permission boundaries against privilege escalation, and implement account guardrails.

Cloud•Aug 29, 2026

AWS CLI First #1: Installation, Root Setup & IAM Admin User Provisioning

Master AWS from the terminal. Learn how to install AWS CLI v2, securely bootstrap from the root account with MFA, configure named profiles, and provision a dedicated CLI admin IAM user purely with CLI commands.

Cloud•Aug 27, 2026

AWS CLI First #2: Multi-Account Profiles, STS AssumeRole & MFA-Enforced Temporary Credentials

Graduate from static access keys to enterprise-grade cloud security. Learn how to configure multi-account profiles, assume IAM roles via AWS STS, enforce MFA on the terminal, and automate profile chaining in ~/.aws/config using a simulated zero-privilege engineer.

Cloud•Aug 28, 2026

AWS CLI First #5: Production VPC Architecture & Multi-AZ Routing from Scratch

Build an enterprise-grade, highly available cloud network from the command line. Provision custom VPCs, multi-AZ public and private subnets, Internet Gateways, NAT Gateways, and segregated Route Tables using pure AWS CLI scripts.

Cloud•Aug 29, 2026

AWS CLI First #13: Managed Relational & NoSQL Databases: RDS PostgreSQL Multi-AZ & DynamoDB via CLI

Provision managed databases from the terminal: configure private DB Subnet Groups, deploy high-availability RDS PostgreSQL with Multi-AZ standby failover, tune custom Parameter Groups, authenticate via IAM database tokens, and create on-demand DynamoDB NoSQL tables.

Cloud•Sep 9, 2026

AWS CLI First #12: S3 Mastery & Distributed Files: Bucket Policies, Lifecycle, Encryption & EFS

Master cloud storage from the terminal: enforce S3 bucket policies with TLS and KMS CMK encryption, configure tiered lifecycle rules, optimize multi-threaded CLI sync, and mount Multi-AZ Elastic File System (EFS) shares.

Cloud•Sep 8, 2026

AWS CLI First #15: Serverless from the Terminal: Lambda Functions & HTTP API Gateways

Master serverless architecture entirely from the command line: package deployment artifacts, configure fine-grained IAM execution roles, deploy ARM64 Python/Node.js Lambda functions, and expose ultra-low latency endpoints via HTTP API Gateway v2.

Cloud•Sep 11, 2026

AWS CLI First #9: Zero-Trust Fleet Operations: AWS Systems Manager (SSM) Session Manager & Run Command

Eliminate Port 22 SSH forever. Learn how to manage EC2 instances with zero open inbound ports using AWS Systems Manager (SSM) Session Manager, enable encrypted CloudWatch session auditing, tunnel private ports, and run fleet-wide remote commands via CLI.

Cloud•Sep 1, 2026

AWS OpenTofu #101: AWS Fundamentals Before Infrastructure as Code

Understand AWS core architecture—accounts, regions, availability zones, ARNs, and APIs—and discover why declarative Infrastructure as Code with OpenTofu transforms cloud engineering.

Cloud•Sep 14, 2026

AWS OpenTofu #102: Your First OpenTofu Project

Set up a clean OpenTofu workspace, configure the AWS provider with default resource tagging, provision your first S3 bucket, and master the complete init, plan, apply, and destroy lifecycle.

Cloud•Sep 15, 2026

AWS OpenTofu #103: Build a Proper S3 Bucket with Security Defaults

Fortify Amazon S3 using modern OpenTofu resource decomposition. Configure versioning, default AES-256 encryption, bucket ownership controls, and the four golden public access block rules.

Cloud•Sep 15, 2026

AWS OpenTofu #104: Variables, Outputs & Locals

Eliminate hardcoded values and copy-paste debt. Master typed input variables with custom validation rules, compute DRY naming conventions with locals, and expose critical attributes with outputs.

Cloud•Sep 15, 2026

AWS OpenTofu #106: Launch Your First EC2 Instance

Step into cloud compute. Provision a hardened Amazon EC2 virtual machine with OpenTofu, configure virtual firewall security groups, encrypt root EBS storage, and bootstrap a live web server with user data.

Cloud•Sep 15, 2026

AWS OpenTofu #107: Secure EC2 Management with IAM & SSM

Eliminate SSH key management, open port 22 vulnerabilities, and bastion hosts. Build IAM roles, attach instance profiles, and manage private EC2 instances securely with AWS Systems Manager Session Manager.

Cloud•Sep 15, 2026

AWS OpenTofu #108: IAM Policies & Least Privilege

Eliminate wildcard security vulnerabilities. Master granular IAM policies using OpenTofu policy documents, understand Principal-Action-Resource-Effect mechanics, and enforce explicit deny guardrails.

Cloud•Sep 16, 2026

AWS OpenTofu #109: VPC Fundamentals

Leave the default VPC behind. Architect and provision a secure, multi-AZ custom Virtual Private Cloud from scratch with CIDR partitioning, public/private subnets, Internet Gateways, and route tables.

Cloud•Sep 16, 2026

AWS OpenTofu #105: Data Sources & AWS Discovery

Stop hardcoding regional IDs and AMI strings. Learn how to query live AWS infrastructure dynamically using OpenTofu data sources, discover active Availability Zones, and look up golden AMIs safely.

Cloud•Sep 15, 2026

AWS OpenTofu #110: EC2 Inside Your Own VPC

Unite networking, compute, and security. Provision an Amazon EC2 instance inside a custom multi-AZ VPC, manage it via SSM with zero open ports, and trace the complete end-to-end packet flow.

Cloud•Sep 16, 2026

AWS OpenTofu #111: Security Groups & Network Troubleshooting

Master systematic AWS network debugging. Diagnose and resolve intentionally broken infrastructure: missing routes, blocked security group rules, stateless NACL traps, and absent public IPs.

Cloud•Sep 16, 2026

AWS OpenTofu #114: Build a Mini AWS Environment

Assemble VPC, multi-AZ subnets, EC2 web servers, IAM least-privilege, SSM access, and S3 into a complete modular environment with variables, locals, outputs, and validation.

Cloud•Sep 16, 2026

AWS OpenTofu #115: Final Level 100 Challenge

The ultimate capstone exam: Design and provision a compliant AWS environment from an unassisted RFP specification, remediate live drift, and execute a zero-waste audit.

Cloud•Sep 16, 2026

AWS OpenTofu #112: Understanding OpenTofu State

Deconstruct the terraform.tfstate JSON file. Master state inspection commands, resource metadata tracking, sensitive data handling, and safe state manipulation.

Cloud•Sep 16, 2026

AWS OpenTofu #113: Drift Detection & Resource Import

Detect out-of-band ClickOps changes with tofu plan and refresh, reconcile infrastructure drift, and adopt unmanaged AWS resources into code using the modern import block.

Cloud•Sep 16, 2026

AWS OpenTofu #201: From Lab Configuration to Infrastructure Project

Transition from monolithic lab scripts to a professional, Git-friendly OpenTofu project. Master file separation, version pinning, naming conventions, and common tags.

Cloud•Sep 17, 2026

AWS OpenTofu #202: Your First Reusable OpenTofu Module

Package infrastructure into modular, encapsulated components. Build a reusable multi-AZ VPC child module with clear input contracts, outputs, and local sources.

Cloud•Sep 17, 2026

AWS OpenTofu #203: Compose Infrastructure Modules

Orchestrate multi-tiered architectures by composing focused child modules. Pass outputs as inputs across networking, security, and compute layers, and master dependency graphs.

Cloud•Sep 17, 2026

AWS OpenTofu #204: for_each, count, and Dynamic Infrastructure

Eliminate list index shift bugs with for_each maps, generate flexible nested configuration using dynamic blocks, and master conditional resource provisioning.

Cloud•Sep 17, 2026

AWS OpenTofu #205: Resource Lifecycle and Safe Changes

Prevent accidental downtime and data loss using lifecycle meta-arguments: create_before_destroy, prevent_destroy, ignore_changes, and replace_triggered_by.

Cloud•Sep 17, 2026

AWS OpenTofu #206: Remote State with S3

Transition from insecure local state to an enterprise-grade remote S3 backend with bucket versioning, server-side encryption, TLS-enforced bucket policies, and seamless state migration.

Cloud•Sep 17, 2026