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tags: EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, Security, Storage, Compute, CostOptimization, AWS, ImmersionDay
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# **Amazon Technical Essentials - Immersion Day**

Welcome to the Amazon Technical Essentials - Immersion Day!

This is our list of hints and tips for this workshop.

# JOIN EVENT: https://catalog.workshops.aws/join

1. Select frist option - Email one-time password (OTP).

2. **Code will be on the TV** screen for you to type.

3. Read "Terms and Conditions", select "**I agree with the Terms and Conditions**" and click "**Join event**".

4. On the next page, click "**Open AWS Console**" URL link to get access to AWS Console when completing labs.

# Schedule

The event will be delivered as follows:

| Activity | Topics | Duration | Start Time |
|---------|-----------------------------|--------|---------|
| Coffee! | Welcome & Introductions :coffee: | 15 | 9:30 |
| **Presentation** | **Intro to Amazon Cloud & Compute Overview** | 30 | 9:45 |
| Lab One | Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) – Windows – Hands on Lab | 45 | 10:15 |
| **Presentation** | Storage in AWS | 25 | 11:00 |
| Break | Quick Break! :coffee: | 5 | 11:25 |
| Lab Two | Simple Storage Service (S3) Hands on Lab | 30 | 11:30 |
| **Presentation** | Security in AWS | 30 | 12:00 |
| Lunch! | Food Provided :sandwich: | 30 | 12:30 |
| Lab Three | Identity and Access Management (IAM) Hand on Lab | 30 | 13:00 |
| **Presentation** | Overview of Networking & Networking Deep Dive | 45 | 13:30 |
| Lab Four | Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Hands on Lab | 30 | 14:15 |
| Break | Quick Break! :coffee: | 15 | 14:45 |
| **Presentation** | Cost Management | 20 | 15:00 |
| **Presentation** | Monitoring | 25 | 15:20 |
| Lab Five | CloudWatch - Monitoring Hands on Lab | 25 | 15:45 |
| **END** | Conclusion & Networking | - | 16:30 |

# Workshop Notes

## Issues/Workarounds (Please read carefully)

Some sections in the Labs have known issues and the following are specific workarounds that can assist in progressing with the labs.

### High Level:
- Make sure you are using AWS Region: **us-east-1** (Only this region will work in the lab).
- Where possible - select instance types that are either **t2.large** or **m5.medium** - otherwise, continue as instructed.
- <u>**DO NOT CLEAN UP YOUR RESOURCES!**</u>

### EC2 Windows Hands On Lab:
**PLEASE BE AWARE THAT**
**Section**: Launch Web Server Instance
- **Step**: Expand the Advanced Details tab at the bottom of the screen and enter the following values in the **User data** field.
- **Workaround**: Use the following User data script:

<powershell>
Import-Module ServerManager;
Install-WindowsFeature Web-Server -IncludeManagementTools -IncludeAllSubFeature
 
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-WebServerRole
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-WebServer
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-CommonHttpFeatures
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-HttpErrors
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-HttpRedirect
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-ApplicationDevelopment
 
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -online -FeatureName NetFx4Extended-ASPNET45
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-NetFxExtensibility45
 
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-HttpLogging
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-LoggingLibraries
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-RequestMonitor
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-HttpTracing
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-Security
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-RequestFiltering
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-Performance
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-WebServerManagementTools
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-IIS6ManagementCompatibility
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-Metabase
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-ManagementConsole
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-BasicAuthentication
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-WindowsAuthentication
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-StaticContent
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-DefaultDocument
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-WebSockets
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-ApplicationInit
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-ISAPIExtensions
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-ISAPIFilter
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-HttpCompressionStatic
 
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-ASPNET45
remove-item -recurse c:\inetpub\wwwroot\*
New-Item c:\inetpub\wwwroot\index.html -ItemType File
Set-Content c:\inetpub\wwwroot\index.html '<html>Welcome to your basic web page</html>'


 
</powershell>

## I've completed all of the labs. What do I do now?

Please complete the **short** survey which is linked below. Your feedback is critical to help shape future customer events and drive continuous improvement in our customer interactions.

If you've reached this far, you can continue with additional labs listed below. The lab environments will be open until Sunday morning (72 hours from the Thursday start time.)

Try your hands at additional content that is listed in the workshop, such as:
- EC2 Linux Hand on Lab
- Auto Scaling on AWS
- Amazon RDS MySQL Hands on Lab
- Amazon RDS SQL Hands on Lab
- Amazon Elastic File System
- Amazon API Gateway Hand on Lab
- Provisioning AWS CloudFormation Introduction (deploy in **us-east-2** region)

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# Useful Links

[AWS Well-Architected Framework](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/framework/welcome.html)

[AWS Quick Starts - Automate Deployments to the AWS Cloud](https://aws.amazon.com/quickstart)

[AWS Architecture Center - Reference architecture examples and diagrams](https://aws.amazon.com/architecture)

[AWS Skill Builder - Your learning center to build in-demand cloud skills](https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn)

[AWS Sydney Summit 2024 - Registrations Open!](https://aws.amazon.com/events/summits/sydney/)

[AWS Immersion & GameDay Series - Adelaide - Register Now!](https://pages.awscloud.com/aws-ps-immersion-gameday-southaustralia-2024.html)

[Automate Start and Stop of Amazon EC2 Instances to Save costs](https://github.com/aws-samples/aws-cfn-save-costs-auto-start-stop-ec2)

# Post-Workshop Follow Up Items
This section has specific follow up items for the team.

# Survey

https://pulse.aws/survey/M2X5W3LP