Introduction

Welcome to the CS 312 Labs! Each lab is a hands-on exercise that builds the skills you need for the corresponding Minecraft ops. The concepts and tools you practice here transfer directly to your assignments.

• Week 1
  • The Bare Metal: Disassemble and reassemble a physical PC.
  • AWS Academy Onboarding: Launch an EC2 instance, connect via SSH, and configure Security Groups.
• Week 2: Manual WordPress Server on EC2: Install Apache and PHP, set up a database tier, and deploy WordPress with proper VPC networking.
• Week 3: Containerizing WordPress with Docker Compose: Replace manual setup with containers and volumes.
• Week 4: ECR, S3 Backups, and Version Switching: Use a private registry, back up to S3, and practice rollbacks.
• Week 5: Terraform: Your First Infrastructure Stack: Define and provision cloud infrastructure as code.
• Week 6: Ansible Playbook and GitHub Actions Pipeline: Automate configuration and build a CI/CD pipeline.
• Week 7: k3s on EC2: First Kubernetes Deployment: Install k3s and deploy with Deployments, Services, and ConfigMaps.
• Week 8: Kubernetes Operations: Add probes, resource limits, rolling updates, and practice failure drills.
• Week 9: Observability Workshop: Deploy Prometheus and Grafana, build dashboards, define alerts, and run an incident drill.
• Week 10: Make-up lab: Open lab for catching up on incomplete work.

Each lab builds practical skills in system administration, automation, and cloud infrastructure.