🌩️ Beginner AWS Tutorial: EC2, S3, Lambda + 6-Week Plan + Quiz

🎯 What You’ll Learn

• 🌐 EC2: Hosting websites with virtual machines

• 🪣 S3: Storing files + hosting static websites

• ⚙️ Lambda: Serverless functions without managing servers

• 🔐 IAM: Manage users and permissions

• 🧪 Practice Project: Deploy a static website using AWS

• 📝 Quiz: Test your cloud knowledge!

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🔹 AWS Core Services — Explained Simply

🖥️ EC2 – Elastic Compute Cloud

• 🧠 What it does: Rent a virtual server in AWS.

• 📦 Use Case: Host a web app, API, or game server.

• 🧪 Example: Deploy a portfolio or WordPress blog.

• 🎨 Analogy: Like renting a powerful remote computer.

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🪣 S3 – Simple Storage Service

• 🧠 What it does: Store and retrieve any file — images, videos, code, backups.

• 📦 Use Case: Host static websites, back up data, store app files.

• 🧪 Example: Host a resume or a portfolio with HTML/CSS.

• 🎨 Analogy: Like an unlimited Dropbox.

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⚙️ Lambda – Serverless Functions

• 🧠 What it does: Run code automatically in response to events (no servers needed).

• 📦 Use Case: Image resizing on upload, form handling, email sending.

• 🧪 Example: Auto-email when a user fills out a contact form.

• 🎨 Analogy: Like a robot that runs your code on command, then disappears.

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📆 6-Week AWS Beginner Study Plan (Free Resources)

🗓️ Week	📘 Focus	✅ Goals
Week 1	☁️ AWS Basics	Sign up for Free Tier, learn console basics, take Cloud Practitioner Essentials
Week 2	💻 EC2	Launch EC2, SSH, install NGINX/Apache, try Qwiklabs EC2 lab
Week 3	🗃️ S3 & Static Websites	Create bucket, upload files, enable static website hosting, make public
Week 4	🧠 Lambda & Serverless	Create function, trigger from S3, view logs in CloudWatch
Week 5	🔐 IAM & Security	Create IAM users, assign permissions, enable MFA
Week 6	🚀 Capstone Project	Host static website with optional Lambda contact form

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🛠️ Capstone Project: Deploy a Static Website

🔧 Tech Stack:

• S3 – Host HTML/CSS

• IAM – Set bucket permissions

• Lambda (Optional) – Serverless backend

• Route 53 (Optional) – Custom domain

🧱 Folder Structure:

/static-website

  ├── index.html

  ├── about.html

  ├── contact.html

  ├── style.css

🌐 Steps:

1. Create S3 bucket.

2. Upload your website files.

3. Enable static website hosting.

4. Set bucket policy to make content public.

5. Test site using AWS-provided URL.

6. (Optional) Use Lambda + API Gateway for contact form logic.

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✅ Quiz: Test Your AWS Knowledge

1. What does EC2 allow you to do?
   A. Store files  
   B. Run virtual machines ✅  
   C. Create databases  
   D. Monitor logs

2. What is S3 best used for?
   A. Running code  
   B. Hosting static content ✅  
   C. Processing video  
   D. User authentication

3. Which AWS service lets you run code without servers?
   A. EC2  
   B. S3  
   C. Lambda ✅  
   D. RDS

4. What is IAM?
   A. A serverless platform  
   B. Object storage  
   C. Access & permissions manager ✅  
   D. Image host

5. Which AWS service is ideal for hosting static websites?
   A. EC2  
   B. Lambda  
   C. S3 ✅  
   D. DynamoDB

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📚 Top Free AWS Resources

📘 Resource	🌟 Description	🔗 Link
AWS Free Tier	Free cloud services for 12 months	aws.amazon.com/free
AWS Educate	Free training for students & beginners	aws.amazon.com/educate
Qwiklabs	Interactive AWS labs	qwiklabs.com
AWS YouTube	Free AWS video tutorials	YouTube - AWS