AWS Foundations Workshop

Hosted by Preyas Patel

📅 Friday, Feb 06 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST

📍 Microsoft Teams

Event-Driven Automation with S3, SQS, and Lambda

Duration: 2–3 Hours

Difficulty: Intermediate

Estimated Cost: ~$0.50–$1.00 (Free Tier eligible)

Region: us-east-1 (recommended)

Hands-On Implementation Guide

Table of Contents

• AWS Foundations Workshop
  • Event-Driven Automation with S3, SQS, and Lambda
• Module 1: Architecture Overview
  • What We Are Building
  • Architecture Data Flow
  • Prerequisites
• Module 2: Foundation Setup
  • Step 2.1: Create S3 Buckets
  • Step 2.2: Create SQS Queue with Dead-Letter Queue
  • Step 2.3: Create IAM Role for Lambda
• Module 3: Lambda Function Development
  • Step 3.1: Lambda Layers Overview
  • Step 3.2: Add the Pillow Lambda Layer
  • Step 3.3: Create the Lambda Function
• Module 4: Event-Driven Integration
  • Step 4.1: Grant SQS Permission to Receive S3 Events
  • Step 4.2: Configure S3 Event Notification
  • Step 4.3: Connect SQS to Lambda
• Module 5: Testing & Monitoring
  • Step 5.1: Upload Test Images
  • Step 5.2: Verify Processing via CloudWatch Logs
  • Step 5.3: Monitor SQS Queue Health
  • Step 5.4: CloudWatch Dashboard (Optional)