Week 9: DevOps Meets Cloud – AWS Skills for Modern Engineering

TL;DR:
This week I focused on AWS in my DevOps Bootcamp: provisioning secure infrastructure, automating with the CLI, and preparing for large-scale deployments. Next up is tying it all together with CI/CD and container orchestration!

📝 Week 9 Highlights
What I Learned:
AWS Identity & Access Management (IAM)

Created secure users and policies for the team

Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Designed networks for real-world apps

EC2 Compute

Deployed services and Docker apps

AWS CLI Automation

Scripted infrastructure as code for repeatability

Key Lessons
Security is job zero: Used IAM and security groups for layered defense.

Automation first: Everything in AWS can be scripted and version-controlled.

Think global: Regions and Availability Zones make apps reliable and fast everywhere.

DevOps synergy: Easy to plug pipelines and CI/CD tools into AWS.

Sample CLI Automation
bash

Quick: Create a new VPC

aws ec2 create-vpc --cidr-block 10.0.0.0/16

Launch an EC2 for Docker-based app

aws ec2 run-instances --image-id ami-xxxxxx --instance-type t2.micro --key-name devops-key

Attach security groups and SSH in for provisioning

From Learning to Real-World Readiness
The hands-on AWS module gave me confidence in:

Setting up secure, auditable cloud environments

Automating server setup at scale

Preparing for advanced topics: container orchestration, scaling, and cloud-native monitoring

Next week:
Getting Jenkins pipelines deploying directly to AWS for true continuous delivery.

Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamdevdave/ | https://awsndevops.hashnode.dev/week-9-from-zero-to-aws-hero-core-cloud-skills-in-the-devops-bootcamp