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TASK 1: CHECKING THE

EXISTING ARCHITECTURE

The product catalog is a web application that was recently migrated from on-premises to the AWS
Cloud. This is a fundamental application for The New Company customer. Since it was migrated
using a simple lift and shift process into the AWS Cloud, this application consists of two Amazon
EC2 instances, one for the Web Server and other for the database (MariaDB). Users access the
application via the Internet.

1. Make sure that your AWS console session is using Oregon region. This lab uses Oregon (us-
west-2) as the default region.

2. Open the EC2 console. Service search box > EC2

You will see two EC2 instances, one for the web server and other one for the database:

 Warning

Probably, you will see an additional EC2 instance wa-glue-server. This instance is used as
part of the Lab 5 setup and it will be automatically terminated before you finish Lab 1. You
do not need to take actions with this instance.

3. Now we are going to check that the Product catalog web application (wa-web-server) is
up and running. Select your web server instance and copy the public DNS:
 4. Paste the public DNS in a web browser. You will see that the Product Catalog web
application.

 Info

Please ensure that you are using http to access the Application, as some browsers use https
by default.

5. Add at least 3 products to the list and, when complete, leave this browser window open for
later reference.
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