Build a recoverable document vault
Turn S3 versioning into a small cloud portfolio project with recovery evidence, an architecture diagram, and a tested cleanup plan.
- Amazon S3
- AWS IAM
Cloud projects.
Real proof of learning.
Start with a problem. Build the architecture. Test your decisions and document what you learned.
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Build an authenticated AWS study helper with Bedrock
Host a small study app on Amplify, protect its API with Cognito, and call one Bedrock model through a tightly scoped Lambda role.
- Amazon Bedrock
- Amazon Cognito
- AWS Amplify
- Amazon API Gateway
- AWS Lambda
- AWS IAM
- Amazon CloudWatch
Campus event registration data model
Design and test a DynamoDB data model for a college event, then defend its access-pattern tradeoffs.
- Amazon DynamoDB
- AWS IAM
Campus fundraiser analytics
Build an Athena analysis of sample fundraiser orders, apply a correction, and verify repeatable reporting.
- Amazon S3
- Amazon Athena
- AWS Glue
Investigate a registration incident
Combine a test Lambda function, structured logs, and a reproducible incident report that explains the root cause.
- AWS Lambda
- Amazon CloudWatch
- AWS IAM
Investigate security groups and network ACLs
Build a two-instance test network, break one control at a time, and explain why stateful security groups and stateless subnet ACLs produce different results.
- Amazon VPC
- Amazon EC2
- AWS CloudFormation
Observe an EC2 workload with managed Prometheus and Grafana
Instrument a small Python service, send metrics with an EC2 IAM role, and build a managed Grafana dashboard without Kubernetes.
- Amazon EC2
- Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus
- Amazon Managed Grafana
- AWS IAM
- AWS IAM Identity Center
- AWS Systems Manager
Release a GitLab project to private S3 with CodePipeline
Connect GitLab.com to AWS, package each main-branch revision, and verify versioned release archives in a private S3 bucket.
- AWS CodeConnections
- AWS CodePipeline
- Amazon S3
- AWS IAM
- AWS KMS
Review and reduce an IAM role's S3 access
Turn a broad disposable-bucket role into a read-only report reviewer, then prove allowed and denied operations with temporary credentials.
- AWS IAM
- IAM Access Analyzer
- Amazon S3
- AWS STS
Run a private SonarQube code-quality lab on EC2
Deploy SonarQube Community Build with PostgreSQL on private EC2, reach it through Session Manager, and analyze a small Python project.
- Amazon EC2
- Amazon VPC
- Amazon EBS
- AWS Systems Manager
- AWS IAM
Each guide includes its architecture, prerequisites, verification steps and cleanup. Review the cost section before creating resources in your AWS account.
Continue with AWS
Browse AWS tutorials (opens in a new tab)Official AWS tutorials
Explore additional projects and service walkthroughs published by AWS. These links open on the AWS website.
- Serverless foundations
Create your first Lambda function
Create a function, invoke it with test data, inspect its logs and remove the resources when you finish.
Start with the current Developer Guide. The older Hello World tutorial uses an earlier runtime.
Open AWS tutorial Earlier Hello World tutorial (opens in a new tab) Web hosting Publish a static website
Connect a repository to Amplify Hosting, publish a site and see how a new commit triggers deployment.
Uses Amplify Hosting. Follow the tutorial’s cleanup steps and review hosting charges.
Open AWS tutorial- Compute and operations
Connect with Session Manager
Prepare instance permissions, network access and SSM Agent so you can administer an EC2 instance through a managed session.
Use a currently supported operating system. The earlier managed-node tutorial still selects Amazon Linux 2.
Open AWS tutorial Earlier managed-node tutorial (opens in a new tab) - Relational databases
Create and connect to PostgreSQL
Create an RDS PostgreSQL database, connect from an EC2 client and understand the network path between them.
Review instance sizes, access rules and database cleanup before creating resources.
Open AWS tutorial - Application development
Build an authenticated web application
Work through a React application with Amplify, user sign-up, a Lambda authentication trigger and stored user data.
The current modules use Amplify and Cognito. You will need Node.js, Git and local development tools.
Open AWS tutorial - Full-stack projects
Build a full-stack React notes app
Combine a React interface with authentication, application data and file storage using AWS Amplify.
Allow time to configure local tools and the Amplify sandbox before working through the application.
Open AWS tutorial - Generative AI projects
Explore a generative AI recipe app
Explore how an authenticated Amplify application connects to Amazon Bedrock to generate recipes from ingredients.
Check current model availability, Region, invocation format and inference costs before using the sample.
Open AWS tutorial
Review each tutorial’s prerequisites, current service availability, pricing and cleanup steps. References reviewed 23 September 2026.