AWS Simple Storage Service (S3) Labs (LocalStack Pro)

This repository contains hands-on labs demonstrating core Amazon S3 concepts, from foundational storage and data protection to advanced security and lifecycle management. Using LocalStack Pro, we simulate a complete AWS storage environment locally.

🎯 Architecture Goals & Use Cases Covered

Based on AWS best practices (SAA-C03), these labs cover:

• Data Protection: Implementing Versioning to protect against accidental deletes and overwrites.
• Security & Access Control: Securing access via Pre-signed URLs for third parties.
• Lifecycle Management: Automating data transitions and expiration.
• Event-Driven Architectures: Decoupling systems with S3 Event Notifications and SQS.
• Server-Side Encryption: Securing data at rest with SSE-S3 and SSE-KMS.
• Compliance: Enforcing WORM models with S3 Object Lock.
• Content Delivery: Global distribution with Amazon CloudFront.
• Disaster Recovery: Cross-Region Replication for mission-critical data.

⚙️ Prerequisites

• Docker & Docker Compose
• LocalStack Pro account and Auth Token
• awslocal CLI (a wrapper around the AWS CLI for LocalStack)

🚀 Environment Setup

1. Configure your LocalStack Auth Token in .env:

   echo "YOUR_TOKEN=your_auth_token_here" > .env

2. Start LocalStack Pro:

   docker-compose up -d

Important

Cumulative Architecture: These labs are designed as a cumulative scenario. You are building an evolving storage infrastructure.

📚 Labs Index

1. Lab 1: Foundational S3 & Data Protection (Versioning)
2. Lab 2: Compliance & Security (SSE-KMS & Object Lock)
3. Lab 3: Automated Cost Optimization (Lifecycle Policies)
4. Lab 4: Event-Driven Architectures (S3 Event Notifications to SQS)
5. Lab 5: Secure Third-Party Access (Pre-signed URLs)
6. Lab 6: Content Delivery & Edge Caching (CloudFront Origin)
7. Lab 7: Disaster Recovery (Cross-Region Replication)