AWS · hands-on lab
AWS Lab 2: Tags and the EC2 lifecycle
Use tags to separate dev and prod instances, then manage their state the way a CloudOps engineer does.
- 45 minutesTime in the lab
- BeginnerLevel
- 5 tasksChecked automatically
- CertificateVerifiable link when you finish
The situation
Finance wants to know which servers belong to development and which to production, and development servers must not run at night.
What you will do
- Two tagged instances
- Find them by tagquestion
- Stop development for the night
- Automatic schedulesquestion
- Cost allocationquestion
How it works
The lab opens in your browser: a real cloud console or terminal, nothing to install. Work through the tasks, press Check after each one and the portal verifies your work. Stuck? Ask for a hint. Finish every task and you get a certificate page with its own verification link for LinkedIn or your CV.