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Managing an Amazon FSx File System

Difficulty: Beginner
Duration: Up to 45 minutes
Students: 82
Rating: 5/5
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Description

Amazon FSx is a fully managed service that allows developers to easily launch, run, and scale high-performance file systems in a cost-effective manner. Amazon FSx file systems support a wide range of workloads and use cases and are designed to adhere to industry-standard protocols.

In this hands-on lab, you will work with Amazon FSx to create an OpenZFS file system that will be shared between EC2 instances. You will also cover the quick mounting process to provide your EC2 instances access to your files in the system.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this beginner-level lab, you will be able to:

  • Create an Amazon FSx for OpenZFS file system
  • Mount the OpenZFS file system to an EC2 instance
  • Store and retrieve files from the shared file system

Intended Audience

  • Cloud Architects
  • Data Engineers
  • Software Engineers

Prerequisites

Familiarity with the following will be beneficial but is not required:

  • Amazon EC2

The following content can be used to fulfill the prerequisite:

Updates

May 5th, 2025 - Updated screenshots to reflect the latest UI

March 25th, 2024 - Resolved FSx File System creation issue

Covered topics

Storage
Amazon Web Services
Storage for AWS
Amazon FSx
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Lab steps

Logging In to the Amazon Web Services Console
Creating an Amazon FSx for OpenZFS File System
Connecting to the Virtual Machine Using EC2 Instance Connect
Mounting an FSx File System to EC2
Sharing an Amazon FSx File System

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