Lab - Launching and Managing a Web Application with AWS CloudFormation

Explore web application deployment with AWS CloudFormation

Explore AWS CloudFormation through hands-on web application deployment, from creating an S3 bucket and PHP application to applying templates and introducing IAM roles, Auto Scaling Groups, and Elastic Load Balancing.

Discover how to manage and scale application infrastructure

Connect these practical tasks to see how CloudFormation supports repeatable infrastructure changes and scalable application environments.

You’ll access learning content and practical activities online through Amazon Web Services (AWS), alongside your FutureLearn course experience, giving you direct access to AWS learning as you progress.

This course is ideal for architects, developers, and DevOps engineers

This course is ideal for architects, developers, and DevOps engineers

• Create an Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) bucket using AWS CloudFormation
• Provision a simple PHP web application using an Amazon Linux AMI
• Apply an AWS CloudFormation template to an existing application
• Modify an existing application using AWS CloudFormation
• Add IAM roles and Elastic Load Balancing to the application using AWS CloudFormation