AWS EC2 Real-Life Challenges
60 Days DevOps Challenge: Day 14
By Sandip Das · · 12 min read
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Today, we go beyond the basics and explore advanced EC2 concepts, real-world use cases, and optimization techniques.
Today, we go beyond the basics and explore advanced EC2 concepts, real-world use cases, and optimization techniques.
💡 Learning Points:
- EC2 Instance Lifecycle – Launch, Stop, Hibernate, Reboot, Terminate.
- EC2 IAM Access – IAM roles and permissions for EC2 instances.
- EC2 Instance Metadata & User Data – Using metadata service and running boot-time scripts.
- EC2 Image Management – AMI Creation, Backup, and Recovery.
- EC2 Storage – EBS (Elastic Block Store) types, performance optimization, and snapshots.
- Networking for EC2 – Elastic IPs, VPC setup, Private vs Public Subnets, Bastion Hosts.
- Scaling EC2 – Auto Scaling Groups (ASG), Load Balancing (ALB/ELB), and Capacity Reservations.
- EC2 Placement Groups, Dedicated Hosts, and Dedicated Instances – Strategies for performance and isolation.
- Monitoring & Logging – CloudWatch metrics, AWS Config, and CloudTrai
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Topics: AWS EC2, Case Studies, News, 60 Days of DevOps