Cloud Practitioner Labs

Hands-on AWS assignments from Cloud Quest: Cloud Practitioner — building real cloud skills with real services.

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Table of Contents

• About
• Project Structure
• Usage / How to Use
• Features / Highlights
• Technologies Used
• Contributing
• License
• Contact

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About

This repository contains 12 real-world AWS assignments completed as part of Cloud Quest: Cloud Practitioner, a gamified hands-on experience by AWS.
Each lab explores foundational AWS services like EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, DynamoDB, and more.

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Project Structure

cloud-practitioner-labs/
├── a01-cloud-computing-essentials/
│   ├── README.md
│   ├── a01-visual-guide.md
|   └── screenshots/
│
├── a02-cloud-first-steps/
│   ├── README.md
│   ├── a02-visual-guide.md
│   └── screenshots/
│
├── a03-computing-solutions/
│   ├── README.md
│   ├── a03-visual-guide.md
│   └── screenshots/
│
├── a04-networking-concepts/
│   ├── README.md
│   ├── a04-visual-guide.md
│   └── screenshots/
│
├── a05-cloud-economics/
│   ├── README.md
│   ├── a05-visual-guide.md
│   └── screenshots/
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├── a06-databases-in-practice/
│   ├── README.md
│   ├── a06-visual-guide.md
│   └── screenshots/
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├── a07-connecting-vpcs/
│   ├── README.md
│   ├── a07-visual-guide.md
|   └── screenshots/
│
├── a08-first-no-sql-database/
│   ├── README.md
│   ├── a08-visual-guide.md
│   └── screenshots/
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├── a09-file-systems-in-the-cloud/
│   ├── README.md
│   ├── a09-visual-guide.md
│   └── screenshots/
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├── a10-core-security-concepts/
│   ├── README.md
│   ├── a10-visual-guide.md
│   └── screenshots/
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├── a11-auto-healing-and-auto-scaling-apps/
│   ├── README.md
│   ├── a11-visual-guide.md
│   └── screenshots/
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├── a12-highly-available-web-applications/
│   ├── README.md
│   ├── a12-visual-guide.md
│   └── screenshots/
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├── LICENSE
└── README.md

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Usage / How to Use

Each folder contains a lab with:

• Summary of the objective
• Key concepts or AWS services used
• Screenshots or walkthrough notes

Start from A1 and move through for a complete foundational experience.

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Features / Highlights

• Built and hosted a static website on S3
• Launched and connected EC2 instances
• Configured VPC and Internet Gateways
• Peered VPCs and estimated AWS pricing
• Secured access using IAM
• Implemented Auto Scaling and High Availability

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Technologies Used

• AWS Services: EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, IAM, EFS, ELB, DynamoDB, ASG
• Platform: AWS Skill Builder – Cloud Quest (Free sandbox)
• Tools: AWS Console

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Contributing

Not open for contributions — personal practice lab showcase.

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License

This project is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

You are free to:

• Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
• Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially

Under the following terms:

• Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.

🔗 View License

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Contact

Paarth Pandey
LinkedIn | GitHub | paarthdxb@gmail.com

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Author: Paarth Pandey

Note: All labs in this repository are based on the official AWS Cloud Quest: Cloud Practitioner program.
Screenshots and flows are reused respectfully for learning and documentation purposes only.

AWS Cloud Quest: Cloud Practitioner