Detailed Guide for 5 "Money-Making" Tasks

Task 1: Launch EC2 Instance - $20 credit

Objective: Create and manage a VM on AWS cloud

Steps to perform:

  1. Go to AWS Console
    • Select task Launch an instance using EC2 Task-1
    • Click Start activity Task-1
  2. Create Instance
    • Enter Instance name Test Instance
    • Click Next Task-1
    • Choose AMI
    • Click Next Task-1
    • Choose Hardware (But in this guide we will keep default Hardware)
    • Click Next Task-1
    • Click Create new key pair Task-1
    • Enter Key pair name first-kp
    • Choose RSA
    • Choose .pem
    • Click Next
    • Click Create key pair Task-1
    • Select the created Key pair
    • Click Next Task-1
    • Select Create security group
    • Keep default Checkbox
    • Click Next Task-1
    • Click Next Task-1
    • Review Settings and choose Launch Instance Task-1
  3. EC2 Instance creation successful
    • Click Next Task-1
    • Click Next Task-1
    • Click Instance id in the success notification Task-1
    • Click Finish Task-1
  4. Clean Up
    • Terminate instance after completion
    • Click Instance state
    • Click Terminate (delete) instance Task-1
    • Click Terminate (delete) Task-1
    • Deletion Success Task-1

Task 2: Amazon Bedrock Playground - $20 credit

Objective: Experience AI/ML with foundation models

Steps to perform:

  1. Find the “Explore AWS” widget on AWS Console Home Task-1
  2. Go to Bedrock Console
    • Select task Use a foundation model in the Amazon Bedrock Task-1
    • Click Start activity Task-1
  3. Choose Model
    • Click Select model Task-1
    • Choose Claude 3 Haiku
    • Click Apply Task-1
    • Fill in valid required details
    • Enter content for Describe your use case
      Development and Testing Environment: Evaluating various foundation models (Claude, Llama, Titan, etc.) to identify the best-fit solution for our web application requirements. This includes testing model performance, response quality, latency, and cost-effectiveness across different use cases.
    • Click Submit use case details Task-1
  1. If you get an error as shown below, then proceed to Raise support for AWS with these steps Task-1
    • Click Create case Task-1
    • Choose Account and billing
    • Service: Account Activation
    • Category: Bedrock Allowlisting
    • Severity: General question
    • Click Next step Task-1
    • Enter Subject: Request approval for Anthropic Claude model access
    • Enter Description
      I submitted my use case details for Anthropic Claude models through the Amazon Bedrock console, but I'm receiving an authorization error when trying to enable model access:

"Your account is not authorized to perform this action."

I have completed the use case submission form with details about my development and testing requirements for web application integration.

Could you please review and approve access to Anthropic Claude models or another models for my account?

Account ID: [Your AWS Account ID]
Region: [your preferred region]

Thank you.
    • Replace [Your AWS Account ID] with your Account ID
    • Replace [your preferred region] with the desired Region Task-1
    • Fill in valid required details
    • Click Next Step Task-1
    • Choose Contact us
    • Choose Web
    • Click Submit Task-1
5. Create Prompt
  • If you have Applied or got Support successfully, continue with:
    • Write any prompt for testing
    • Click Run Task-1
    • Click Next Task-1
    • Review Response and click Finish Task-1

Task 3: Set up AWS Budgets - $20 credit

Objective: Set up monitoring and alerts for costs

Steps to perform:

  1. Find the “Explore AWS” widget on AWS Console Home Task-1
  2. Go to Budgets Console
    • Select task Set up a cost budget using AWS Budgets Task-1
    • Click Start activity Task-1
    • Click Next Task-1
    • Click Next Task-1
    • Enter Email to receive notifications
    • Click Next Task-1
    • Click Create budget Task-1
  3. Budget created successfully Task-1

Task 4: Create Lambda Web App - $20 credit

Objective: Build a serverless web application

Steps to perform:

  1. Find the “Explore AWS” widget on AWS Console Home Task-1
  2. Go to Lambda Console
    • Select task Create a web app using AWS Lambda Task-1
    • Click Start activity Task-1
    • Choose Use a blueprint
    • Click Next Task-1
    • Choose Getting started with Lambda HTTP
    • Click Next Task-1
    • Enter http-function-url-tutorial
    • Click Next Task-1
    • Check Acknowledgment box
    • Click Next Task-1
    • Click Create function Task-1
  3. Create function successful
    • Click Next Task-1
    • Click Finish Task-1
    • Click Actions
    • Click Delete function Task-1
    • Enter confirm
    • Click Delete Task-1
  4. Deletion Success Task-1

Task 5: Create RDS Database - $20 credit

Objective: Set up managed relational database

Steps to perform:

  1. Find the “Explore AWS” widget on AWS Console Home Task-1
  2. Go to RDS Console
    • Select task Create an Amazon RDS Database Task-1
    • Click Start activity Task-1
  3. Create database
    • Choose Easy create
    • Click Next Task-1
    • Choose Aurora (PostgreSQL Compatible)
    • Click Next Task-1
    • Click Next Task-1
    • Click Create database Task-1
    • Click Finish Task-1
    • Wait for Database to become Available Task-1
  4. Clean up
    • Select database-1-instance-1
    • Click Actions
    • Click Delete Task-1
    • Enter delete me
    • Click Delete Task-1
    • Select database-1
    • Click Actions
    • Click Delete Task-1
    • Uncheck Create final snapshot
    • Check Acknowledgment box
    • Enter delete me
    • Click Delete DB cluster Task-1
    • Deletion Success Task-1
  • Congratulations! You have completed all tasks and earned $200 credit Task-1
  • Or check whether you have received the full $200 credit here!
  • If you hit an error in the Bedrock task and got Support successfully, return to the task Use a foundation model in the Amazon Bedrock to complete it, or if not resolved yet, continue with the next parts.