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AWS Well-Architected Labs

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A collection of workshops and hands-on labs designed to help users learn, measure, and build infrastructure using architectural best practices based on the six pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework. Includes documentation on Cloud Intelligence Dashboards, AppResiliency for testing EC2, RDS, and S3, and guides for configuring AWS credentials.

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  2. Overview of Cloud Intelligence Dashboards

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    Cloud Intelligence Dashboards is an open-source framework designed to provide actionable insights and optimization opportunities at scale. It is supported by the AWS Well-Architected framework and helps organizations drive financial accountability, optimize costs, track usage goals, implement governance best practices, and achieve operational excellence.

    Dashboards can be deployed using:

    • CloudFormation templates
    • Command-line tools in your local environment.

  3. Overview of Hugo Learn Theme features

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    The Hugo Learn Theme provides several built-in features for documentation sites, including:

    • Navigation: Unlimited menu levels and automatic next/prev buttons for navigating menu entries.
    • Search: Automatic search functionality.
    • Content Elements: Mermaid diagrams (flowcharts, sequence, gantt), Tip/Note/Info/Warning boxes, Expandable sections, and Buttons.
    • Media: Image resizing and shadows, and support for attachment files.
    • Localization: Multilingual mode.
    • Customization: Customizable look, feel, and theme variants.

  4. Automating Serverless Best Practices with Dashbird

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    This lab demonstrates how to use Dashbird to continuously run best practice checks against serverless workloads. It provides actionable advice to improve applications in alignment with AWS Well-Architected best practices by monitoring logs, metrics, and configurations at scale.

    Architecture Overview

    The lab uses a serverless web application composed of:

    • AWS Amplify: Static Web Hosting.
    • AWS Cognito: Authentication to secure the backend API.
    • Amazon API Gateway: Securing the REST API.
    • AWS Lambda: Running code without provisioning infrastructure.
    • Amazon DynamoDB: Fully managed NoSQL database.

    Lab Workflow

    1. Deploy Blue Car application: Use the provided deployment script to set up the environment.
    2. Dashbird Well-Architected Insights: Connect your AWS account to Dashbird to discover insights based on best practices.
    3. Modern Load Test: Perform a load test to trigger further observability insights.
    4. Tear down: Remove resources to avoid unnecessary costs.

  5. Key features of the Learn theme

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    The Learn theme provides several built-in features for documentation sites:

    • Automatic Search: Integrated search functionality.
    • Multi-language Support: Built-in i18n capabilities.
    • Infinite Menu Nesting: Support for deeply nested navigation structures.
    • Automatic Pagination: 'Next' and 'Previous' buttons for menu items.
    • Mermaid Diagrams: Support for flowcharts, sequence diagrams, and gantt charts via Mermaid.
    • Shortcodes: Includes shortcodes for buttons, attachments, listing child pages, expand/collapse sections, and notice messages (Tip, Note, Info, Attention).

  6. Use the AWS CUR Query Library for cost analysis

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    The AWS CUR Query Library provides a collection of curated SQL queries designed to help you analyze Cost and Usage Report (CUR) data.

    Key usage notes:

    • Customization Required: Because cost analysis is unique to every business, these queries are intended to be modified to suit your specific organizational needs.
    • Validation Recommended: Queries are provided "as is". Before making any financial decisions, you should validate the query results by comparing them against your monthly AWS bill and AWS Cost Explorer.
    • Accessing the Library: The library is hosted on AWS Workshop Studio.

  8. Main features of the Hugo Learn theme

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    The Hugo Learn theme is designed specifically for documentation and includes the following features:

    • Automatic Search: Built-in search functionality.
    • Multilingual mode: Support for multiple languages.
    • Navigation: Unlimited menu levels and automatic next/prev buttons for menu entries.
    • Media & Diagrams: Image resizing/shadows, attachment files, and Mermaid diagram support (flowchart, sequence, gantt).
    • Content Organization: Ability to list child pages.
    • UI Components: Buttons, Tip/Note/Info/Warning boxes (via notice shortcode), and Expandable sections.
    • Customization: Customizable look, feel, and theme variants.

  11. Use Hugo shortcodes to extend Markdown functionality

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    Hugo uses Markdown for content, but Markdown has limitations regarding complex layouts or features. Instead of using raw HTML—which can make source files difficult to read—you should use shortcodes.

    A shortcode is a simple snippet inserted into a page that Hugo expands into more complex HTML during rendering. The Hugo-theme-learn theme provides several custom shortcodes on top of the standard Hugo shortcodes to enhance content presentation.