Week 6 Worklog

Week 6 Objectives:

  • Understand RDS, Aurora databases, and multi-account organization structures with AWS Organizations.
  • Deploy a PostgreSQL database instance securely inside private subnets of a VPC.
  • Set up AWS Storage Gateway on-premises and mount File Shares on local servers.

Tasks to be carried out this week:

DayTaskStart DateCompletion DateReference Material
2Study RDS and Amazon Aurora relational database features, and explore AWS Organizations setup.05/25/202605/25/2026https://000115.awsstudygroup.com/
3Provision an Amazon RDS PostgreSQL instance within the private subnets of the custom VPC.05/26/202605/26/2026https://000005.awsstudygroup.com/
4Configure AWS Storage Gateway to bridge on-premises local environments and AWS cloud storage.05/27/202605/27/2026https://000024.awsstudygroup.com/
5Create NFS/SMB File Shares on the Storage Gateway and define appropriate S3 access permissions.05/28/202605/28/2026https://000024.awsstudygroup.com/
6Mount the File Share on a local on-premises server and verify real-time read/write synchronization with S3.05/29/202605/29/2026https://000024.awsstudygroup.com/

Week 6 Achievements:

  • Deployed a highly secure, managed relational PostgreSQL database in private VPC subnets.
  • Configured a hybrid storage architecture that maps local directories directly to Amazon S3.
  • Gained practical experience in corporate cloud structure management using AWS Organizations.