Week 1 Worklog

Week 1 Objectives:

  • Create and secure an AWS account for learning and practice.
  • Complete the task to receive AWS free credits.
  • Understand the basics of IAM users, user groups, MFA, and Amazon EC2.

Tasks to be carried out this week:

DayTaskStart DateCompletion DateReference Material
2- Create an AWS account.20/04/202620/04/2026https://000001.awsstudygroup.com/
3- Complete the required task to receive 100 USD AWS credits.21/04/202621/04/2026https://000007.awsstudygroup.com/
4- Create IAM users and user groups.22/04/202622/04/2026https://000002.awsstudygroup.com/
5- Enable MFA to improve account security.22/04/202623/04/2026https://000002.awsstudygroup.com/
6- Learn the basic concepts of Amazon EC2.23/04/202624/04/2026https://000004.awsstudygroup.com/

Week 1 Achievements:

  • Successfully created an AWS account and became familiar with the basic AWS sign-in flow.
  • Completed the required task to receive AWS free credits for hands-on practice.
  • Understood why the root account should be protected and not used for daily work.
  • Created IAM users and user groups to manage access more securely.
  • Enabled MFA as an additional security layer for the AWS account.
  • Learned the basic role of Amazon EC2 as a virtual server service in AWS.
  • Understood several EC2 concepts such as instance, AMI, key pair, security group, and region.
  • Built an initial foundation for working with AWS services in the following weeks.