Management is impressed with your work and is now convinced that cloud is the best option to achieve strategic goals.

Management is impressed with your work and is now convinced that cloud is the best option to achieve strategic goals. However, the managers want to see a prototype, or proof of concept, so you decide to build a simple cloud solution as a demonstration. In your presentation, you had recommended AWS as a provider, so you will build your solution on AWS.

Your task is to develop a proof of concept by building a virtual machine on the AWS cloud platform to host the company’s current infrastructure. For the purpose of the lab, you will use Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) to create your own VPC and launch a web server to host the company’s web server. You will also create security groups for an EC2 instance, configure and customize the EC2 instance to run the web server, and launch it into the VPC. 

For this project, you will need to complete the “Build a Virtual Private Cloud and Launch a Web Server” hands-on activity and include screenshots of your work in the project. Read the report template before starting the activity for instructions on required screenshots.

Use the Proof-of-Concept Report Template to prepare a report that shows the steps and results for the proof of concept. In the template, you will see specific instructions. Delete the instruction text before you submit the project.