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Hand-written tutorials, ordered as a recommended learning path.

1. 41 S3 Policies How S3 bucket policies, IAM policies, and ACLs interact, how to write least-privilege bucket policies, and patterns for cross-account access without footguns. 5 min read →
2. 42 TF State Why Terraform state exists, how it maps configuration to real infrastructure, and how to set up remote backends, locking, and workspaces without losing your mind. 5 min read →
3. 43 IAM Roles and Policies Learn how AWS IAM roles, trust policies, and permissions policies work together. Build a small role from scratch and assume it from another account. 5 min read →
4. 44 CloudFront Learn how Amazon CloudFront works: origins, distributions, cache behaviors, invalidations, signed URLs, and pairing CloudFront with S3 for static sites. 6 min read →
5. 45 IAM Basics Learn AWS IAM fundamentals: root vs IAM users, JSON policies, roles for services, least privilege, and common pitfalls that lead to security incidents. 6 min read →
6. 46 RDS Basics A practical introduction to Amazon RDS: supported engines, instance types, backups and snapshots, multi-AZ deployments, parameter groups, and security. 6 min read →
7. 47 VPC Basics Understand AWS VPC fundamentals: public vs private subnets, internet and NAT gateways, route tables, and the difference between security groups and NACLs. 7 min read →