📚 Weekly Reading & Watching Plan
This file contains a curated reading and video list, broken down by week, to support my Cloud & Platform Engineering roadmap.
Week 1: Setup & Orientation
- 📖 Terraform Docs: Getting Started with AWS
- 📖 Terraform CLI Commands Reference
- 🎥 FreeCodeCamp: 1hr Terraform Crash Course
- 📖 Terraform Up & Running by Yevgeniy Brikman – Chapters 1–3
Week 2: EC2 + Terraform State
- 📖 Terraform Up & Running – Chapters 4–5 (Variables, Outputs, State)
- 📖 AWS Docs: EC2 Overview, AMI selection, instance types
- 🎥 Neal Davis AWS Course: EC2 + IAM sections
- 📖 Blog: Understanding Terraform State
Week 3: IAM + S3 with Terraform
- 📖 Terraform Up & Running – Chapter 6 (Modules)
- 📖 AWS Docs: S3 Overview + IAM Policies
- 🎥 Neal Davis AWS Course: S3 + IAM segments
- 🎥 Optional: AWS re:Invent video – IAM best practices
Week 4: VPC and Networking
- 📖 Terraform Up & Running – Chapter 7 (Remote State Storage)
- 📖 AWS Docs: VPCs, Subnets, Internet Gateways
- 🎥 Neal Davis AWS Course: VPC section
- 🛠️ Optional: Build VPC manually in AWS Console, then with Terraform
Week 5: Wrap-up & Cleanup
- 📖 Review:
terraform import,taint,state rm - 🎥 Terraform Tips & Tricks (HashiCorp YouTube)
- 🧠 Personal review of Weeks 1–4, consolidate notes
(Will extend Docker, Kubernetes, and Observability phases as I progress.)