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Week 7 Worklog

Week 7 Objectives:

Configure DNS and HTTPS for AWS-hosted applications.
Improve monitoring, auditing, and governance with AWS operational services.
Understand event-driven serverless integration.
Learn backup, disaster recovery, and cost optimization practices.
Review AWS architectures using the AWS Well-Architected Framework.

Tasks to be carried out this week:

Day	Task	Start Date	Completion Date	Reference Material
1	Study DNS and HTTPS on AWS - Learn hosted zones, records, routing policies, and health checks in Amazon Route 53. - Request and validate a certificate with AWS Certificate Manager. - Configure a custom domain and HTTPS for a CloudFront Distribution. - Verify DNS resolution and secure access.	01/06/2026	01/06/2026	Amazon Route 53 AWS Certificate Manager
2	Study Monitoring and Governance - Learn AWS CloudTrail events, trails, and audit history. - Learn AWS Config rules, resources, and compliance status. - Review CloudWatch Logs, Metrics, and Alarms. - Compare the roles of CloudTrail, Config, and CloudWatch.	02/06/2026	02/06/2026	AWS CloudTrail AWS Config Amazon CloudWatch
3	Study Event-driven Serverless Architecture - Learn events, event buses, rules, and targets with Amazon EventBridge. - Learn workflow states, executions, and error handling with AWS Step Functions. - Connect EventBridge with Lambda and SQS/SNS. - Compare synchronous and asynchronous processing.	03/06/2026	03/06/2026	Amazon EventBridge AWS Step Functions
4	Study Backup, Disaster Recovery, and Cost Optimization - Learn backup plans, recovery points, and vaults with AWS Backup. - Review RDS snapshots, Multi-AZ, and recovery strategies. - Learn Cost Explorer, AWS Budgets, and Trusted Advisor. - Compare backup, high availability, and disaster recovery objectives.	04/06/2026	04/06/2026	AWS Backup AWS Cost Explorer AWS Trusted Advisor
5	Study Cloud Concepts and AWS Well-Architected Framework - Review cloud computing concepts and service models: IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS. - Learn AWS Regions, Availability Zones, scalability, elasticity, and the shared responsibility model. - Study the six Well-Architected pillars: Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, and Sustainability. - Understand how the framework supports cloud architecture decisions and continuous improvement.	05/06/2026	05/06/2026	AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials AWS Well-Architected Framework AWS Well-Architected Tool

Week 7 Achievements:

Configured DNS records and understood HTTPS certificate validation for AWS-hosted applications.
Used CloudTrail, AWS Config, and CloudWatch for auditing, compliance monitoring, and operational visibility.
Understood event-driven processing with EventBridge, Step Functions, Lambda, and SQS/SNS.
Learned backup, disaster recovery, high availability, and AWS cost optimization practices.
Understood core cloud concepts, AWS global infrastructure, the shared responsibility model, and the six pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework.