AWS Learner Deploys EC2, Nginx, S3 CLI Transfers and Lambda Trigger in One Session

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A developer documented their second AWS training session, covering hands-on work with Amazon EC2, Nginx, Amazon S3, AWS CLI, and AWS Lambda. They launched an EC2 instance, connected via SSH, and installed Nginx to confirm the server could serve web pages through its public IP. Using the AWS CLI, they practiced transferring files in both directions between the EC2 instance and an S3 bucket, using a sample CSV file to verify each transfer. They then created an AWS Lambda function and configured it with an S3 event trigger set to execute automatically whenever an object was deleted from the designated S3 bucket. The session provided practical exposure to core AWS services and their integration through command-line and console-based workflows.

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