AWS Essentials: Amazon EC2 & VPC Networking for Beginners

AWS Essentials: Amazon EC2 & VPC Networking for Beginners | Udemy [Update 05/2026]
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Learn Amazon EC2 and VPC with load balancing and Auto Scaling. Cloud Practitioner hands-on prep!

What you’ll learn:
Configuring and launching EC2 instances
Creating custom VPCs with public and private subnets
Using Elastic Load Balancers to distribute incoming traffic to multiple EC2 instances
Using EC2 Auto Scaling to scale instance capacity and achieve reliability
Attaching & mounting EBS volumes and EFS file systems on EC2 instances
Granting Internet access to private subnets
Accessing AWS services firectly from VPCs
Creating custom Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) and EC2 launch templates
Understanding instance types and families
Learning about instance pricing models and placement options
Testing your understanding with frequent quizzes
Practicing how to explain concepts in business-like scenarios via AI Role Plays
Building a strong foundation for progressing toward AWS certifications and deeper AWS learning

This course contains the use of artificial intelligence. AI tools were used only in a few quiz questions, Role Play scenarios, and images. All were reviewed and edited by the instructor.

Build the AWS compute and networking foundation you need before moving into certification, DevOps, architecture, or advanced AWS courses.

Amazon EC2 and Amazon VPC are two of the most important services to understand if you want to build a strong foundation in AWS.

In this hands-on AWS Essentials course, you will learn

How EC2 instances work

How networking works inside a VPC

How storage services like Amazon EBS and Amazon EFS work with your EC2 instances

How Elastic Load Balancing and EC2 Auto Scaling help your applications become more reliable and scalable

This course is the second part of my AWS Essentials series. The first course, AWS Essentials:Cloud,AWS IAM, &Amazon S3 for Beginners, covers cloud computing and AWS foundations, AWS IAM, and Amazon S3 essentials. This course continues the learning path by covering compute, networking, storage, load balancing, and scaling concepts essential to understanding AWS.

Both courses are designed around the foundations required for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam, but the goal is not only memorization. It is to help you understand AWS step by step through clear explanations, visual learning, and hands-on practice.

You will start with Amazon EC2 basics, launch and connect to EC2 instances, work with key pairs, instance details, IAM roles, User Data, AMIs, Elastic IP addresses, instance types, pricing models, tenancy, and capacity reservations.

Then, you will learn AWS storage concepts with Amazon EBS and Amazon EFS. You will create and attach EBS volumes, mount them on EC2 instances, work with snapshots, understand encryption, and compare EBS with EFS through practical examples.

After that, you will build your networking foundation with Amazon VPC. You will learn CIDR blocks, subnets, route tables, internet gateways, public and private IP addresses, security groups, network ACLs, NAT gateways, VPC endpoints, AWS PrivateLink, and VPC Flow Logs.

Finally, you will learn the essentials of Elastic Load Balancing and EC2 Auto Scaling. You will create launch templates, launch multiple EC2 instances, place them behind an Application Load Balancer, create an Auto Scaling Group, test scalability, and test reliability by observing how AWS replaces failed instances.

By the end of this course, you will have a practical foundation in the AWS services that appear again and again in real-world AWS architectures, certification courses, DevOps workflows, and cloud engineering projects.

Enroll in the course and let’s begin!

Who this course is for:
Learners preparing for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam
Learners who completed the first AWS Essentials course and want to continue the series
Beginners who want to understand Amazon EC2 and Amazon VPC step by step
Developers, DevOps learners, and cloud beginners who need stronger AWS foundations