EC2 automation with Amazon EventBridge

1. About this course
   Are you passionate about cloud computing? Do you want to learn a new skill that you can test right away? Do you have limited time to study? This concise step-by-step lab is designed to help individuals in cloud operations roles understand and execute EC2 Automaton using Amazon EventBridge. It covers a full-cycle automation process, from creating an IAM Service Role and configuring a trust relationship for automation to checking execution with AWS Systems Manager. At the end of this course, learners can run EC2 Automation at regular intervals of their choice.

   IMPORTANT MESSAGE: Your time is important to us, and to offer the best value out of this course to our learners, we did not include tutorials on creating an AWS account, Admin User, and launching an EC2 instance. Instead, we are providing some reference materials should you need to set up your AWS resources to take this course.

2. What you will learn in this course

   • Understand the benefits of EC2 automation

   • Create a custom IAM role to execute automation

   • Create a rule for Amazon EventBridge to start EC2 instance

   • Create a rule for Amazon EventBridge to stop EC2 instance

   • Test execution status with AWS Systems Manager

3. Course Format

   • This course is offered in hands-on lab format

   • The course content in written format is attached to each labs as PDF files.

4. Intended Audience

   • Individuals in Cloud Operations Roles

   • SysOps Administrators

   • Anyone interested in gaining technical knowledge of EC2 Automation

5. Prerequisites

   Learners are expected to have a core knowledge of AWS Services, including EC2, IAM Role and IAM Policy.

6. What you will need for this course

   • IAM user account with administrator permissions

   • Launched EC2 Instance

Who this course is for:

• SysOps Admininistrators
• Cloud Operations Specialists
• Anyone interested in gaining knowledge of EC2 Automation