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AWS Automation with Boto3

Automate EC2, S3, CloudWatch, and Lambda workflows with Python and Boto3 using production-ready error handling patterns.

60 minutes
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Lab Overview

🛠 Lab from the Platform Engineering Bootcamp. Used in Week 14. Bootcamp landing page: https://academy.tekanaid.com/bootcamps/platform-engineering-bootcamp Parent course(s):

  • Week 14: Python for Platform Engineering: Part 1 (slug: python-platform-engineering-part-1)

This is a generic AWS/Boto3 automation lab against your own pooled AWS account, not tied to the TaskFlow project.

Master AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) by automating EC2, S3, CloudWatch, and Lambda operations. Learn production-ready patterns for cloud infrastructure automation and platform engineering workflows.

What You'll Learn

Master AWS SDK for Python (Boto3)

Automate EC2 instance management

Automate S3 bucket operations

Monitor resources with CloudWatch

Create and manage Lambda functions

Handle AWS API errors and exceptions

Write production-ready AWS automation code

Prerequisites

Week 14 Lab 1 (Python Programming for Automation) completed

Week 10 AWS Cloud Computing (EC2, S3 concepts)

Understanding of AWS IAM and security

Technologies Covered

awspythonboto3automationec2s3lambdacloudwatchplatform-engineering

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