Night Mode Labs

Master AWS under a crimson sky

Immerse yourself in dusk-to-dawn missions that blend enterprise-level rigor with the thrill of exploration. Designed to energize students and professionals chasing their next certification or promotion.

Students collaborating on cloud architecture
Mentor guiding professionals through a lab
Engineer reviewing a cloud diagram
Production-ready runbooks
90-minute deep dives
Guidance from architects

50+

Hands-on labs

6

Technical domains

30-120

Minute missions

Real

AWS services

Featured labs

Start with night-class favorites that build muscle memory fast.

Intermediate 90 min

Multi-Account Landing Zone Setup

Deploy AWS Control Tower with Organizations, SSO, and network foundation

Deliverables

Configured Organization
SSO enabled
Network foundation
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Intermediate 90 min

Cost Guardrails in 90 Minutes

Implement automated budget alerts, rightsizing recommendations, and cleanup

Deliverables

Budget alerts
Cost anomaly detection
Unused resource cleanup
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Advanced 120 min

EKS Cluster with Best Practices

Production-ready Kubernetes cluster with security, monitoring, and auto-scaling

Deliverables

EKS cluster
Fargate profiles
IRSA configured
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Intermediatenetworking

Multi-Account Landing Zone Setup

90 min

Deploy AWS Control Tower with Organizations, SSO, and network foundation

Prerequisites

Basic AWS knowledgeAWS Console access
Intermediatesecurity

Cost Guardrails in 90 Minutes

90 min

Implement automated budget alerts, rightsizing recommendations, and cleanup

Prerequisites

AWS accountBasic CloudWatch knowledge
Advancedcompute

EKS Cluster with Best Practices

120 min

Production-ready Kubernetes cluster with security, monitoring, and auto-scaling

Prerequisites

Kubernetes basicsVPC understanding
Beginnernetworking

VPC Design Fundamentals

60 min

Design and deploy a secure VPC with public/private subnets

Prerequisites

Basic networking concepts
Beginnersecurity

IAM Policies and Roles

45 min

Create least-privilege IAM policies and service roles

Prerequisites

AWS account basics
Intermediateserverless

Serverless API with Lambda

75 min

Build a complete REST API with API Gateway and Lambda

Prerequisites

Python or Node.jsAPI concepts
Intermediatedata

Data Lake on S3

90 min

Set up a data lake with S3, Glue, and Athena

Prerequisites

SQL knowledgeS3 basics
Advancedai

SageMaker ML Pipeline

120 min

Deploy an end-to-end ML pipeline with SageMaker

Prerequisites

PythonML basics
Advancedsecurity

Container Security Hardening

90 min

Secure containers with ECR scanning, Secrets Manager, and network policies

Prerequisites

DockerECS or EKS experience
Intermediatenetworking

CloudFront + WAF CDN

60 min

Deploy a global CDN with security protections

Prerequisites

HTTP/HTTPS basics
Advancedserverless

Event-Driven Architecture

105 min

Build event-driven workflows with EventBridge and Step Functions

Prerequisites

Serverless conceptsJSON
Intermediatedata

RDS Multi-AZ Deployment

75 min

Deploy highly available RDS with automated backups and read replicas

Prerequisites

SQLDatabase concepts

Why hands-on labs?

Real AWS Services

Work with production-grade infrastructure in managed sandbox accounts.

Guided Scenarios

Follow expert playbooks with validation checkpoints and remediation tips.

Safe Environment

Automated guardrails prevent surprises so you can experiment with confidence.

Certification Prep

Practice exam scenarios and build stories that stand out in interviews.

Lab FAQ

Do I need my own AWS account?

No. Pro members get pre-configured sandbox accounts. Free tier learners can still join with their own AWS account for select labs.

What about infrastructure costs?

Pro labs run in OneAWS accounts at no extra cost. Self-managed labs average $1-$5 and always include cleanup scripts.

What if I get stuck?

Each mission pairs walkthrough videos with troubleshooting guides, plus community and live mentor support for Pro members.

How do I know if labs are safe?

Every lab ships with automated guardrails, spending limits, and isolated resources - your production workloads stay untouched.

Can I repeat labs?

Absolutely. Re-run missions as often as you like to build muscle memory and track time-to-complete improvements.

Ready to build real skills?

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