AWS Master Roadmap

PHASE 1 - FUNDAMENTALS

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Introduction to AWS

Topics

• [ ] Cloud Computing Concepts
• [ ] AWS Global Infrastructure
• [ ] AWS Free Tier
• [ ] AWS Pricing models (On-demand, Reserved, Spot)
• [ ] Cost Explorer & Billing Dashboard

Practice

• [ ] Create AWS Free Tier account

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IAM AND AWS CLI

Topics

• Identity and Access Management
• Security best practices
• CLI setup and commands

Practice

• [ ] Create IAM users, groups, roles
• [ ] Configure AWS CLI
• [ ] Run basic CLI commands

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STORAGE SERVICES

Topics

• S3 (Simple Storage Service)
• EBS (Elastic Block Store)
• EFS (Elastic File System)

Practice

• [ ] Create S3 buckets
• [ ] Upload and download files
• [ ] Configure bucket policies

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PHASE 2 - COMPUTE AND NETWORKING

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EC2 AND AUTO SCALING

Topics

• EC2 instances and AMIs
• Instance types and pricing
• Auto Scaling concepts
• Multi-AZ architecture
• Failover strategies
• Auto Scaling policies

Practice

• [ ] Launch EC2 instances
• [ ] Connect using SSH
• [ ] Configure Auto Scaling

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VPC AND NETWORKING

Topics

• VPC architecture
• Subnets and routing
• Security Groups and NACL

Practice

• [ ] Create custom VPC
• [ ] Configure subnets
• [ ] Setup routing

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LOAD BALANCING

Topics

• Elastic Load Balancer types
• Health checks
• Traffic routing

Practice

• [ ] Create Application Load Balancer
• [ ] Configure target groups
• [ ] Test load balancing

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DNS & CONTENT DELIVERY

Topics

• Route 53 (DNS)
• CloudFront (CDN)

Practice

• [ ] Configure domain using Route53
• [ ] Deploy static site with CloudFront

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PHASE 3 - DATABASES AND SERVERLESS

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DATABASE SERVICES

Topics

• RDS (MySQL/PostgreSQL)
• DynamoDB
• ElastiCache
• RDS vs DynamoDB (use cases)
• Read Replicas
• Multi-AZ vs Single-AZ

Practice

• [ ] Launch RDS instance
• [ ] Create DynamoDB tables
• [ ] Connect database from EC2
• [ ] Implement caching using ElastiCache

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SERVERLESS COMPUTING

Topics

• AWS Lambda
• API Gateway
• Serverless architecture

Practice

• [ ] Create Lambda functions
• [ ] Build API using API Gateway
• [ ] Integrate services

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EVENT SYSTEMS

Topics

• SNS
• SQS
• Event-driven architecture
• Fan-out pattern
• Retry mechanisms
• Decoupling systems

Practice

• [ ] Create SNS topics
• [ ] Setup SQS queues
• [ ] Build event workflow

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PHASE 4 - DEVOPS AND MONITORING

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DEVOPS SERVICES

Topics

• CloudFormation
• Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
• CodePipeline
• CodeBuild and CodeDeploy

Practice

• [ ] Create CloudFormation template
• [ ] Write Terraform for EC2/VPC
• [ ] Store Terraform state in S3
• [ ] Build CI/CD pipeline
• [ ] Deploy application

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CONTAINERS & ORCHESTRATION

Topics

• Amazon ECR
• Amazon ECS
• Task definitions and services
• Fargate vs EC2 launch type

Practice

• [ ] Build Docker image
• [ ] Push image to ECR
• [ ] Deploy container using ECS
• [ ] Run service with load balancer

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CI/CD & MODERN AUTHENTICATION

Topics

• CI/CD concepts (build, test, deploy)
• GitHub Actions
• OIDC authentication
• IAM Role for GitHub Actions
• STS (temporary credentials)

Practice

• [ ] Setup GitHub Actions pipeline
• [ ] Configure OIDC with AWS
• [ ] Deploy to AWS without access keys
• [ ] Automate Docker build & push to ECR

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REAL WORLD PIPELINE (ECR → ECS)

Flow

• Code push → GitHub
• GitHub Actions builds Docker image
• Push image to ECR
• Deploy updated image to ECS

Practice

• [ ] Build full CI/CD pipeline
• [ ] Auto deploy on push
• [ ] Update ECS service automatically

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MONITORING AND LOGGING

Topics

• CloudWatch
• CloudTrail
• AWS X-Ray
• Logs, Metrics, Alerts
• Distributed tracing

Practice

• [ ] Setup CloudWatch dashboards
• [ ] Enable CloudTrail
• [ ] Monitor applications

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ARCHITECTURE PATTERNS

Topics

• Monolith vs Microservices
• Serverless architecture
• Event-driven systems

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CAPSTONE PROJECTS

Topics

• Highly available systems
• Serverless pipelines

Practice

• [ ] Deploy multi-AZ application
• [ ] Build serverless pipeline

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SECURITY AND BEST PRACTICES

Topics

• AWS security best practices
• Well-Architected Framework
• Cost optimization
• Encryption (at rest & in transit)
• KMS basics
• Disaster Recovery (RTO, RPO, backups, cross-region)

Practice

• [ ] Perform security audit
• [ ] Apply best practices
• [ ] Optimize costs

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PHASE 5 - SYSTEM DESIGN

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SYSTEM DESIGN PRACTICE

Topics

• Design scalable systems
• Trade-offs (cost vs performance)
• High availability architecture
• Fault tolerance

Practice

• [ ] Design URL shortener
• [ ] Design food delivery system
• [ ] Design chat system
• [ ] Design file upload system

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HAPPY AWSing!