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LABINTERMEDIATE

S3 Backup and Restore Runbook

Build and execute a documented S3 backup, lifecycle management, and restore runbook.

45 minutes
aws/devops
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Lab Overview

In this lab you will configure S3 versioning, lifecycle policies with Glacier transitions, cross-region replication for disaster recovery, and execute restore procedures from archived storage tiers.

You will:

  • Enable versioning and MFA delete on a source bucket
  • Configure lifecycle rules transitioning objects to Glacier after N days
  • Set up cross-region replication (CRR) to a DR bucket
  • Manually restore objects from Glacier and verify integrity
  • Write and execute a documented restore runbook with verification steps

Region: us-east-1, DR region: us-west-2. Instance type: t3.small workstation.

What You'll Learn

Enable S3 versioning and configure MFA delete protection on a source bucket

Create and apply lifecycle policies that transition objects to S3 Glacier storage classes

Configure cross-region replication (CRR) to a disaster recovery bucket in us-west-2

Restore objects from Glacier using expedited/standard/bulk retrieval

Execute a documented restore runbook and verify data integrity post-restore

Prerequisites

basic-aws-cli-familiarity

aws-associate-level-knowledge

completed-aws-devops-cli-operations-baseline-lab

Technologies Covered

awss3backuprestorelifecycleglacierreplicationrunbookdop-c02

Part of a Course

This lab is part of the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional (DOP-C02) course

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