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CLF-C02 Hands-on Labs — practise in a simulated AWS Management Console
Learn it. Practise it. Make it stick.
36 practical tasks + 3 troubleshooting challenges. Familiar administration workflows, gradual hints and explanations. Independent simulation — no real tenant, device or cloud resources.
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Certificate of Completion
Finish the course. Prove it.
Complete all 36 labs and you can download a certificate of completion with your name, the skills you practised and a unique ID. Challenges are optional. Anyone can check it on a public verification page — and add it to LinkedIn in one click.
- Not self-declared. Before issuing, our server re-runs the grader on every lab you saved, so a checkbox in your browser is not enough.
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- Honest. It certifies that you completed this course. It is independent training, not an official certification.
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Certificate of Completion
Cloud Fundamentals
Hands-on skills course · CLF-C02 track · 36 graded labs
Alex Morgan
has completed every hands-on lab of the course. Each task was graded on the end state left in a simulated cloud console — not on the clicks made.
Cloud conceptsIdentity & accessStorageNetworkingComputeDatabasesCost & billingSecurity & support
Completed
4 October 2026
4 October 2026
36/36labs
Certificate ID
CPR-7K4Q-2M9D-X8
CPR-7K4Q-2M9D-X8
Verify at examitlab.com/verify/CPR-7K4Q-2M9D-X8. This is a certificate of course completion issued by ExamIT Lab. It is independent training and not an official certification of any vendor.
Sample certificate — name and ID are fictional.
Your learning path
Work through the tasks in order — each one builds on the last.
LAB 01 · FREE
Tour the console and create your first S3 bucket
S3 · 6–8 min
Open lab →LAB 02 · FREE
Name the benefit: six Fabrikam situations
Cloud benefits · 6–8 min
Open lab →LAB 03 · FREE
Decide who is responsible: EC2, RDS and Lambda
Shared responsibility · 6–8 min
Open lab →LAB 04 · FREE
Place the workload: Regions, AZs, edge, Local Zones, Wavelength
Global infrastructure · 8–10 min
Open lab →LAB 05 · FREE
Build a VPC with public and private subnets
VPC · 12–15 min
Open lab →LAB 06 · LOCKED
Match the Well-Architected pillar
Well-Architected · 6–8 min
Included with full CLF-C02 lab access
LAB 07 · LOCKED
Plan the migration: strategy and tool for each workload
Migration Hub · 8–10 min
Included with full CLF-C02 lab access
LAB 08 · LOCKED
Read the bill: fixed vs variable cost, rightsizing
Cost Explorer · 8–10 min
Included with full CLF-C02 lab access
LAB 09 · LOCKED
Create an IAM user, group and least-privilege policy, enable MFA
IAM · 12–15 min
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LAB 10 · LOCKED
Protect the root user
IAM · Account · 8–10 min
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LAB 11 · LOCKED
Encrypt at rest and in transit: KMS key and S3 default encryption
KMS · 10–12 min
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LAB 12 · LOCKED
Federate and share: IAM Identity Center, cross-account role, Secrets Manager
IAM Identity Center · 10–12 min
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LAB 13 · LOCKED
Pick the security service for the job
Security services · 8–10 min
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LAB 14 · LOCKED
Protect data and identities: Macie, Detective, Network Firewall, Firewall Manager, Cognito, CloudHSM, RAM and Directory Service
Security services · 10–12 min
Included with full CLF-C02 lab access
LAB 15 · LOCKED
Find the evidence: CloudTrail, Config, Artifact
CloudTrail · 10–12 min
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LAB 16 · LOCKED
Read Trusted Advisor and act on the security checks
Trusted Advisor · 8–10 min
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LAB 17 · LOCKED
Allow HTTPS only: security group and network ACL
VPC · Security groups · 10–12 min
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LAB 18 · LOCKED
Launch a small EC2 instance in the private subnet
EC2 · 12–15 min
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LAB 19 · LOCKED
Scale out with an Auto Scaling group behind a load balancer
EC2 · Auto Scaling · 12–15 min
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LAB 20 · LOCKED
Launch a managed database: RDS Multi-AZ with backups
RDS · 12–15 min
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LAB 21 · LOCKED
Choose compute: EC2 type, ECS/EKS, Fargate, Lambda, ASG, ELB
Compute chooser · 8–10 min
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LAB 22 · LOCKED
Choose the database and the migration tool
Database chooser · 8–10 min
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LAB 23 · LOCKED
Choose storage: S3 classes, EBS, EFS, FSx, Storage Gateway, Backup
Storage chooser · 8–10 min
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LAB 24 · LOCKED
Set an S3 lifecycle rule and read the storage classes
S3 · Lifecycle · 8–10 min
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LAB 25 · LOCKED
Point the domain at the app: Route 53 record and CloudFront distribution
Route 53 · 10–12 min
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LAB 26 · LOCKED
Alarm and notify: CloudWatch alarm to an SNS topic
CloudWatch · 10–12 min
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LAB 27 · LOCKED
Connect and access: VPN, Direct Connect, console, CLI, SDK, IaC
Access & connectivity · 8–10 min
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LAB 28 · LOCKED
Deploy the same bucket three ways: console, CloudShell (CLI), CloudFormation
CloudShell · 12–15 min
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LAB 29 · LOCKED
Pick the AI/ML, analytics, integration and other services
Service chooser · 10–12 min
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LAB 30 · LOCKED
Match the AI/ML and analytics service to the task: Rekognition, Polly, Textract, Transcribe, Translate, Comprehend, EMR, MSK, OpenSearch, Redshift, Data Exchange
Service chooser · 10–12 min
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LAB 31 · LOCKED
Govern and operate at scale: Control Tower, Service Catalog, Systems Manager, Compute Optimizer, License Manager, Tag Editor
Management and governance · 10–12 min
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LAB 32 · LOCKED
Compare purchasing options for three workloads
EC2 pricing · 8–10 min
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LAB 33 · LOCKED
Estimate and commit: Pricing Calculator, Reserved Instance flexibility, RI sharing in Organizations
Pricing Calculator · 10–12 min
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LAB 34 · LOCKED
Create a budget, tag for cost allocation, read consolidated billing
Billing · Budgets · 12–15 min
Included with full CLF-C02 lab access
LAB 35 · LOCKED
Choose the Support plan and the right AWS resource
Support Center · 6–8 min
Included with full CLF-C02 lab access
LAB 36 · LOCKED
Stay informed and get help: Health Dashboard, abuse reports, Professional Services and Partners
AWS Health Dashboard · 10–12 min
Included with full CLF-C02 lab access
Troubleshooting challenges
Inspect evidence, identify the cause, make a safe fix and verify it. 3 separate exercises, included with full CLF-C02 lab access.
The root user signed in last night
6–8 min
Locked · Full lab access required
An S3 bucket is public
6–8 min
Locked · Full lab access required
The bill tripled: Spot, On-Demand or forgotten?
6–8 min
Locked · Full lab access required
CLF-C02 hands-on labs — questions
- Can I practise CLF-C02 without an AWS account?
- Yes. All 36 labs run in a simulated AWS Management Console. You can practise with the supplied resources without creating an AWS account or incurring AWS charges.
- Are the CLF-C02 labs free?
- The first 5 labs in the learning order are free, repeatable and never expire — no credit card and no sign-up required to start. The full course of 36 labs plus 3 troubleshooting challenges is a one-time purchase with no subscription.
- What does a CLF-C02 lab look like?
- Each lab opens a realistic simulation of the AWS Management Console — S3, IAM, VPC, EC2, RDS, CloudWatch, Billing and Cost Management, plus cloud-concept decision and evidence tasks. You get a task brief, a guided or independent mode, progressive hints and a "Check configuration" button that grades the actual end state you left behind — not just the buttons you clicked.
- Do the labs cover the current CLF-C02 exam outline?
- The labs practise cloud concepts, security and compliance, cloud technology and services, and billing, pricing and support. Use the official AWS CLF-C02 exam guide to review the objectives in each domain.
- Is there a certificate at the end?
- Yes. When all 36 labs are complete you can issue a certificate of completion in your account: a PDF with your name and a unique ID, an Add to LinkedIn link and a public verification page. Before issuing, the server re-runs the course grader on every lab you saved, so it reflects work you really did. It certifies completion of this course; it is independent training, not an official certification.
- How does this compare with an AWS training account?
- Each browser exercise supplies fictional resources, evidence and a repeatable starting state with automatic result checks. It supports the described operations; it cannot create AWS resources, execute arbitrary CLI commands or policy documents, change a real account or prove deployment. Use an AWS training account for operations outside the supported simulation.
Access is per course. Sign in for account progress. After paid access expires, your saved progress is retained and the first five tasks remain free.