Skip to content
hands-on lab

Managing Tasks With Amazon EventBridge Scheduler

Difficulty: Beginner
Duration: Up to 1 hour
Students: 140
Rating: 5/5
Start lab
Get guided in a real environmentPractice with a step-by-step scenario in a real, provisioned environment.
Learn and validateUse validations to check your solutions every step of the way.
See resultsTrack your knowledge and monitor your progress.

Description

Amazon EventBridge Scheduler is a serverless offering of AWS that enables you to schedule automated tasks in the cloud. It is a fully managed service that can be used to schedule tasks that run at regular intervals or at a specific time in the future. EventBridge scheduler can also be used to schedule tasks that run once or multiple times. It is a great tool for automating tasks such as backups, database snapshots, and report generation.

In this lab, you will create a scheduled task with Amazon EventBridge Scheduler. You will also learn how to programmatically schedule tasks using AWS Lambda.

Learning objectives

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

  • Create a scheduled task with Amazon EventBridge Scheduler
  • Define a Lambda function that schedules a task in response to an event

Intended audiences

  • Candidates for AWS Certified Developer - Associate Certification
  • Cloud Architects
  • Software Engineers

Prerequisites

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

  • Amazon EventBridge
  • AWS Lambda

The following content can be used to fulfill the prerequisites:

Environment before

Environment after

Covered topics

Messaging
Development
Monitoring
Amazon Web Services
Development for AWS
Monitoring for AWS
Amazon EventBridge

Lab steps

Logging In to the Amazon Web Services Console
Managing an Amazon EventBridge Schedule
Programmatically Scheduling Tasks With AWS Lambda

Lab Rules