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🧭 COMPLETE AWS EC2 HANDS-ON ROADMAP

(Beginner → Intermediate → Advanced → Real-World)

🟢 PHASE 1: EC2 FOUNDATIONS (YOU DID MOST OF THESE)

• ✅ LAB 1 – Launch EC2 Instance
• ✅ LAB 2 – Connect to EC2 using SSH
• ✅ LAB 3 – Install Apache & Host Website
• ✅ LAB 4 – Elastic IP (Static IP)
• ✅ LAB 5 – Domain mapping using Amazon Route 53

📘 Extra Topics Covered

• 🔑 What is a Key Pair in EC2?
• 🔐 What “Key Pair” Means Internally (Big Picture)

🟡 PHASE 2: EC2 CORE CONCEPTS (VERY IMPORTANT)

• 🔲 LAB 6 – Security Groups (Inbound / Outbound rules)
• 🔲 LAB 7 – Network ACLs (NACL) & difference vs Security Group
• 🔲 LAB 8 – Key Pairs (create, delete, recover access)
• 🔲 LAB 9 – EC2 User Data (boot-time automation)
• 🔲 LAB 10 – EC2 Instance Lifecycle (start, stop, reboot, terminate)

📘 Extra Topics Covered

• 🔐 EC2 Security Group – SSH, Ports, and IP Access

🟠 PHASE 3: STORAGE & DATA (REAL PROJECT SKILLS)

• 🔲 LAB 11 – EBS Volume (attach, detach, resize)
• 🔲 LAB 12 – Take Snapshot & Restore EC2
• 🔲 LAB 13 – AMI Creation (custom image)
• 🔲 LAB 14 – Root vs Additional Volumes
• 🔲 LAB 15 – EBS vs Instance Store

🔵 PHASE 4: SCALING & HIGH AVAILABILITY (INTERVIEW FAVORITE)

• 🔲 LAB 16 – Launch EC2 in Multiple AZs
• 🔲 LAB 17 – Application Load Balancer (ALB)
• 🔲 LAB 18 – Target Groups & Health Checks
• 🔲 LAB 19 – Auto Scaling Group (ASG)
• 🔲 LAB 20 – High Availability Architecture

🔴 PHASE 5: MONITORING, LOGGING & ACCESS

• 🔲 LAB 21 – CloudWatch Metrics
• 🔲 LAB 22 – CloudWatch Alarms
• 🔲 LAB 23 – EC2 Logs & Troubleshooting
• 🔲 LAB 24 – IAM Role for EC2 (NO access keys)
• 🔲 LAB 25 – Session Manager (SSH without key)

🟣 PHASE 6: SECURITY & BEST PRACTICES (REAL WORLD)

• 🔲 LAB 26 – Private EC2 + Bastion Host
• 🔲 LAB 27 – EC2 in Public vs Private Subnet
• 🔲 LAB 28 – Patch Management for EC2
• 🔲 LAB 29 – EC2 Backup Strategy
• 🔲 LAB 30 – EC2 Security Best Practices

⚫ PHASE 7: COST, PERFORMANCE & REAL PROJECTS

• 🔲 LAB 31 – EC2 Pricing (On-Demand / Reserved / Spot)
• 🔲 LAB 32 – Spot Instance Hands-on
• 🔲 LAB 33 – Instance Rightsizing
• 🔲 LAB 34 – Free Tier Safety Practices
• 🔲 LAB 35 – Production EC2 Architecture (End-to-End)

🏁 FINAL REAL-WORLD PROJECTS

• 🔲 LAB 36 – Host Full Web App (Frontend + Backend)
• 🔲 LAB 37 – EC2 + RDS Architecture
• 🔲 LAB 38 – EC2 Zero-Downtime Deployment
• 🔲 LAB 39 – EC2 Failure Recovery Simulation
• 🔲 LAB 40 – EC2 Interview Scenario Questions