This page is the curated entry point for AWS content on TurboGeek. The posts here are the ones that show up when you have an actual cloud problem in front of you — a broken EC2 launch, an RDS upgrade you’d rather not get wrong, an account you need to close cleanly. Pick a pillar and dive in.
TL;DR
- Coverage spans eight pillars: compute, storage, databases, networking, identity, IaC & CDK, observability, day-2 ops.
- Hands-on tutorials with the actual commands and console steps — not service overviews.
- Cross-cuts include account hygiene (closing accounts, decommissioning Control Tower) that you only do once but really want to do right.
- If you’re new to AWS, start with the CLI. If you’re running prod, jump to Identity and Well-Architected.
What is AWS?
Amazon Web Services is the largest public cloud provider, offering more than 200 individual services across compute, storage, networking, databases, machine learning and operations. In practice you’ll only ever touch a small handful of them on any given project — but knowing which service to reach for, and how the underlying primitives connect, is the difference between cloud that works and cloud that surprises you on the bill.
The pillars on this page mirror how AWS itself organises content in the official documentation. Each pillar covers the services TurboGeek has hands-on tutorials for. If a service isn’t listed yet, the AWS docs are still the canonical source — these articles fill in the practical gaps that the docs deliberately leave for you to discover the hard way.
Start with the problem in front of you
New to AWS
Install the CLI first — Install and update the AWS CLI on Windows, macOS or Linux — then keep the AWS CLI cheat sheet open while you work. Set up your first IAM users via IAM Identity Center rather than long-lived access keys.
Running production workloads
Get the foundation right with the Well-Architected Framework. Lock down credential handling using AWS-Vault. If you run RDS, schedule the RDS SSL certificate rotation work before AWS reminds you.
Migrating between accounts or out of AWS
Migrate DynamoDB tables between AWS accounts and copy SSM parameters between accounts for the cross-account moves. Decommission a Control Tower landing zone and close an AWS account for clean exits.
The full AWS reading list, grouped
Get started
Compute and networking
- Build an Amazon WorkSpace
- AWS VPC peering made easy
- Create an IPv6 VPC using AWS CDK
- EC2 launch troubleshooting — a technical deep dive
Storage and data
- Create and secure an S3 bucket
- Amazon Aurora architecture, demystified
- Migrate DynamoDB tables between AWS accounts
Identity and security
- Introduction to IAM Identity Center
- AWS-Vault security best practices
- Secure cloud security — the operating model
RDS and databases
IaC and CDK
Account hygiene and Well-Architected
- AWS Well-Architected Framework
- Decommission an AWS Control Tower landing zone
- Close an AWS account cleanly
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