Overview:

This lab walks you through creating EC2 instances and a lambda function that will send an email notification to the user about the instance's state. We will test it in the AWS management console.

What Will You Learn?

Upon completion of this lab you will be able to:

• Create an IAM Role and add required IAM Policies to it.
• Create two EC2 instances.
• Create an SES Email address.
• Verify the SES Email address.
• Create a Lambda function.
• Create a Cloudwatch event.
• Test the lab and check the email.

Prerequisites:

No prior experience is required for performing this lab.

Lab Steps:

1. Starting a lab

• Every AWS lab on the QwikSkills platform has a uniform user interface. You will see the below screen whenever you open up any lab. 
• The blue-colored “Start Lab” button will set up the temporary username and password and assign the required cloud permissions in the background. Click on the button to start the lab.  

2. Opening AWS Portal

• After you have clicked the start button, the cloud environment is created for the lab and you can use your temporary AWS cloud interface using the provided username and password s