Why AWS Well-Architected matters - See It in Action

Why AWS Well-Architected Matters

📖 Scenario: You are starting a new cloud project and want to make sure your setup is strong, safe, and efficient. AWS Well-Architected Framework helps you check your cloud design against best practices.

🎯 Goal: Build a simple AWS infrastructure setup and apply AWS Well-Architected principles step-by-step to understand why it matters for your cloud project.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a basic AWS resource dictionary with exact resource names and types

Add a configuration variable to track compliance status

Use a loop to check each resource against Well-Architected best practices

Add a final summary status showing if the setup meets AWS Well-Architected standards

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

AWS Well-Architected Framework helps cloud architects build secure, reliable, and efficient cloud systems by following best practices.

💼 Career

Understanding and applying AWS Well-Architected principles is essential for cloud engineers and architects to ensure high-quality cloud infrastructure.

1

Create AWS Resources Dictionary

Create a dictionary called aws_resources with these exact entries: 'EC2Instance': 't2.micro', 'S3Bucket': 'my-app-data', 'RDSInstance': 'db.t3.micro'

AWS

# Create the aws_resources dictionary with the specified entries
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use curly braces to create a dictionary with keys and values exactly as shown.

2

Add Compliance Status Variable

Add a variable called compliance_status and set it to True to track if all resources meet AWS Well-Architected standards.

AWS

aws_resources = {
    'EC2Instance': 't2.micro',
    'S3Bucket': 'my-app-data',
    'RDSInstance': 'db.t3.micro'
}
# Add compliance_status variable here
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Set compliance_status to True to start assuming all resources comply.

3

Check Resources Against Best Practices

Use a for loop with variables resource and type to iterate over aws_resources.items(). Inside the loop, if type is 't2.micro', set compliance_status to False because this instance type is not recommended for production.

AWS

aws_resources = {
    'EC2Instance': 't2.micro',
    'S3Bucket': 'my-app-data',
    'RDSInstance': 'db.t3.micro'
}
compliance_status = True
# Add for loop to check resource types
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use for resource, type in aws_resources.items(): and check if type == 't2.micro'.

4

Add Final Compliance Summary

Add a variable called final_summary and set it to 'Compliant' if compliance_status is True, otherwise set it to 'Non-Compliant'.

AWS

aws_resources = {
    'EC2Instance': 't2.micro',
    'S3Bucket': 'my-app-data',
    'RDSInstance': 'db.t3.micro'
}
compliance_status = True
for resource, type in aws_resources.items():
    if type == 't2.micro':
        compliance_status = False
# Add final_summary variable here
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use a conditional expression to set final_summary based on compliance_status.