AWS Cloud Engineer milestones

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Terraform Admin Tasks Checklist

Documentation and Best Practices

• Document Ansible playbooks and roles
• Maintain a README with setup and usage instructions
• Follow Ansible best practices and coding standards
• Conduct regular code reviews and knowledge sharing sessions

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Management

• Write and update Terraform configuration files #89
• Organize and manage Terraform modules #90
• Use Terraform workspaces for environment isolation #91
• #92
• Gitlab commit commands #31
• Manage state file locking to prevent concurrent operations
• Encrypt sensitive data in state files

Deployment and Provisioning

• Plan and apply infrastructure changes
• Perform Terraform validations (terraform validate)
• Format and lint Terraform code (terraform fmt, terraform validate)
• Destroy infrastructure when no longer needed
• Use Terraform import to bring existing resources into management
• Manage provider plugins and versions

Version Control and Collaboration

• Implement version control for Terraform code
• Use Git branches and pull requests for changes
• Review and merge changes through code reviews
• Tag and release versions of Terraform configurations

Automation and CI/CD

• Integrate Terraform with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• Automate Terraform runs with CI/CD tools
• Use terraform plan and terraform apply in CI/CD pipelines
• Implement approval gates for Terraform changes

Security and Compliance

• Manage secrets securely (e.g., using Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
• Implement role-based access control (RBAC) for Terraform operations
• Conduct regular security scans of Terraform code
• Ensure compliance with organization policies using Sentinel or similar tools

Monitoring and Troubleshooting

• Enable logging for Terraform operations
• Monitor Terraform runs for errors and performance issues
• Troubleshoot and resolve Terraform configuration issues
• Implement notifications for Terraform run statuses

Documentation and Best Practices

• Document Terraform code and infrastructure architecture
• Maintain a README with setup and usage instructions
• Follow Terraform best practices and coding standards
• Conduct regular code reviews and knowledge sharing sessions

Ansible Admin Tasks Checklist

Playbook and Role Management

• Write and update Ansible playbooks
• Organize and manage Ansible roles
• Use Ansible Galaxy to download and manage roles
• Implement Ansible role dependencies
• Structure Ansible inventories and host files

Configuration Management

• Configure and manage SSH keys for Ansible
• Use Ansible Vault to encrypt sensitive data
• Manage Ansible configurations in ansible.cfg
• Implement dynamic inventories for cloud environments
• Use Ansible tags for selective task execution

Deployment and Provisioning

• Run Ansible playbooks to configure systems
• Perform dry-run checks with --check flag
• Use ansible-pull for pull-based configuration management
• Automate playbook runs with cron or systemd timers
• Implement idempotent playbook tasks

Automation and CI/CD

• Integrate Ansible with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• Automate Ansible runs with CI/CD tools
• Use Ansible Lint in CI/CD pipelines
• Implement approval gates for Ansible changes

Security and Compliance

• Manage secrets securely with Ansible Vault
• Conduct regular security scans of Ansible playbooks
• Ensure compliance with organization policies
• Implement role-based access control (RBAC) for Ansible Tower/AWX
• Monitor and audit Ansible playbook executions

Monitoring and Troubleshooting

• Enable logging for Ansible playbook runs
• Monitor Ansible runs for errors and performance issues
• Troubleshoot and resolve Ansible playbook issues
• Implement notifications for Ansible run statuses

AWS Cloud Engineer Admin Tasks Checklist

Instance Management

• Launch EC2 instances #25
• Stop/start/reboot EC2 instances #26
• Terminate unused EC2 instances #27
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• #30

Security and Compliance

• #32
• #33
• Set up and manage security groups #34
• #35
• Enable and review CloudTrail logs #36
• Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) for IAM users #37
• Set up windows patching

Networking

• #38
• #39
• #40
• #41
• #42
• #43

Storage Management

• #44
• #45
• #46
• Configure and manage AWS Backup #47
• Manage Amazon EFS and FSx file systems #48
• #49

Monitoring and Logging

• Configure and review CloudWatch alarms and metrics #50
• #51
• #52
• #53
• Review and manage AWS Trusted Advisor recommendations #54

Automation and DevOps

• Write and manage AWS CloudFormation templates #55
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• #57
• #58
• #59

Database Management

• Launch and configure RDS instances
• Perform backups and restores of RDS databases
• Monitor RDS performance and metrics
• Manage DynamoDB tables and indexes
• Set up and manage Amazon Redshift clusters
• Manage AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) tasks

Cost Management and Optimization

• Monitor AWS cost and usage reports
• Set up and review AWS Budgets
• Analyze cost optimization recommendations from AWS Cost Explorer
• Implement Reserved Instances and Savings Plans
• Tag resources for cost allocation

Disaster Recovery and High Availability

• Set up and test AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery
• Implement cross-region replication for S3 and RDS
• Configure multi-AZ deployments for RDS
• Implement Route 53 health checks and failover
• Set up Auto Scaling groups for EC2 instances

Miscellaneous

• Stay updated with AWS announcements and new services
• Conduct regular security audits
• Provide training and support for AWS users
• Document AWS architecture and processes
• Participate in AWS Well-Architected reviews