Week 2 Worklog

Week 2 Objectives:

  • Advanced Networking: Deploy AWS Transit Gateway to manage routing between multiple VPCs.
  • Storage Solutions: Hands-on with FSx for Windows and Storage Gateway for Hybrid environments.
  • Data Protection: Establish automated AWS Backup strategies for resources.
  • S3 Mastery: Master Amazon S3 (Static Web, CloudFront, Versioning, Replication).
  • Compute Optimization: Optimize costs and performance with EC2 Instance Types and Purchasing Options.

Tasks to be carried out this week:

Day Task Start Date Completion Date Reference
1 - AWS Transit Gateway Practice:
  + Create Transit Gateway
  + Create Transit Gateway Attachments
  + Create Transit Gateway Route Tables
  + Add Transit Gateway Routes to VPC Route Tables
15/09/2025 15/09/2025 https://000020.awsstudygroup.com/
2 - Deployment Practice: FSx for Windows:
  + Create SSD and HDD Multi-AZ file systems
  + Create File Shares, test and monitor performance
  + Enable deduplication and shadow copies
  + Enable storage quotas and continuous access sharing with throughput and storage scaling capacity;
16/09/2025 16/09/2025 https://000025.awsstudygroup.com/vi/
3 - Deployment Practice: AWS Backup for systems:
  + Create S3 Bucket & deploy infrastructure
  + Create Backup plan, setup notifications
  + Verify operation
17/09/2025 17/09/2025 https://000013.awsstudygroup.com/vi/
4 - Attend Vietnam Cloud Day 2025: Ho Chi Minh City Connect Edition for Builders (Track 1: GenAI & Data)
- Explore EC2 Instance Types & Purchasing Options
18/09/2025 18/09/2025 https://pages.awscloud.com/vietnam-cloud-day-hcmc-connect-edition
https://000051.awsstudygroup.com/vi/
5 - Deployment Practice: AWS Storage Gateway:
  + Create S3 Bucket & EC2 for Storage Gateway
  + Create Storage Gateway and File Shares
  + Connect File shares on On-premise machine
18/09/2025 18/09/2025 https://000024.awsstudygroup.com/vi/
6 - Practice Getting Started with Amazon S3:
  + Create S3 bucket and upload sample web data
  + Enable static website hosting and verify
  + Accelerate Static Website with Cloudfront
  + Bucket Versioning and Cross-Region Replication
20/09/2025 20/09/2025 https://000057.awsstudygroup.com/vi/

Week 2 Achievements:

  • Network Hub: Successfully configured Transit Gateway for inter-VPC traffic routing.
  • Hybrid Storage: Deployed FSx and Storage Gateway, successfully connected from On-premise.
  • Robust Backup: Automated backup system using AWS Backup is stable and operational.
  • S3 & CDN: Static website on S3 integrated with CloudFront and Replication is ready.
  • Cost Efficiency: Mastered EC2 instance selection strategies and purchasing options for cost optimization.