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Launch this lab in the IP Lab Portal, then follow the steps below in the AWS console. Open IP Lab Portal

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Overview

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Prerequisites

  1. Good Knowledge of AWS services
  2. AMAZON EC2
  3. AMAZON CLI
  4. Laptop/Desktop
  5. Internet Browser
  6. Good Internet Connection

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Challenge Instructions

  1. Region: Make sure to use us-east-1 region to create all the resources.
  2. You will be provided with the requirements of the challenge.
  3. If you are new to AWS Cloud, we recommend you go through our hands-on Labs before taking this challenge.
  4. Challenge Duration: 90 minutes.

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How to Submit Labs

  1. After building the infrastructure, click on the Check my work button, to validate if you have built the required infrastructure and completed the challenge successfully.
  2. Validation status:
    • Success - You have completed the challenge successfully.
    • Failed - You have failed to complete the challenge.
  3. Once you have successfully validated the challenge, click on End lab button to end the challenge.

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Launching Challenge Environment

  1. Click Launch lab in the IP Lab Portal.
  2. To launch the challenge environment, Click on the Launch lab button.
  3. Please wait until the cloud environment is provisioned. It will take less than a minute to provision.
  4. Once the Challenge is started, you will be provided with IAM user-name, Password, Access Key, and Secret Access Key.
You can only start one challenge at any given time.

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Lab guide

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Sign in to AWS Management Console

  1. Click Open console to launch the AWS Management Console in a new browser tab.
  2. On the login page:
    • Retain the default Account ID (12-digit number; do not edit).
    • Input the provided IAM Username and Password.
    • Click Sign In.
  3. In the Console, select us-east-1 (N. Virginia) from the top-right region dropdown.

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Architecture

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Cloud Challenge Details

XYZ Company wants to manage its servers using command-line tools for faster setup and automation. Your job is to launch an EC2 instance, connect to it, use AWS CLI to create a key pair, security group, and another EC2 instance, view the new instance, validate, and terminate it. AWS CLI lets you control AWS resources from a terminal. Here’s how to do it with key steps and hints:
  • Launch an EC2 instance:
    • AMI: Amazon Linux 2023
    • Instance type: t2.micro,
    • create security group with SSH (port 22).
    • Attach the IAM pre-configured IAM Role to EC2.
  • SSH into the EC2 Instance:
    • Create a keypair in us-east-1 using AWS CLI
    • Create a Security group with port22 using CLI inside EC2:
    • Launch an EC2 Instance with AMI AMAZON LINUX 2023 using CLI
      • Instance type t2.micro
  • View the EC2 instance:
    • Go to EC2 > Instances, look for cli-created, verify it’s “Running”. Hint: Refresh if the instance doesn’t appear.

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Validation of the Lab

  • Make sure everything is correct. In the IP Lab Portal, click Check my work to check if both CloudFormation stacks created the VPCs and subnets correctly.

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End lab

  1. Sign out of the AWS Management Console by clicking your username (top-right) and selecting Sign out.
  2. In the lab console, click End lab from your dashboard and wait for it to finish.
  3. You’ve completed the EC2 CLI commands challenge!

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What gets checked

When you press Check my work, the platform verifies each of these:
  • Launch an EC2 Instance — Check whether an EC2 Instance is launched or not.
  • Validate EC2 Instance Type t2.micro — Check whether the EC2 instance type is t2.micro.
  • Launch EC2 AMI type Amazon Linux — Check whether the EC2 instance is launched using an Amazon AMI.