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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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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