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# Learning Objectives

Today we are going to learn the following topics:

- How to deploy a sample CoreStack instance to your AWS environment:​
  - Onboard cloud account(s)​
  - Apply templates and enable guardrails to run policy checks​
- Learn about the benefits of the CoreStack solution in the following areas:​
  - **FinOps:** Optimized & Managed Cloud Spend​
  - **SecOps:** Assured Security & Compliance​
  - **CloudOps:** Streamlined & Automated Operations

# Workshop Structure

This workshop is broken into the sections list below. Estimated time for completing the workshop is 2.5 hours.​

- **Prerequisites** ***(30 minutes)*** Access to an AWS account with proper permissions and sign-up for a CoreStack trial account​
- **Setup** ***(30 minutes)*** Install necessary tooling to complete the lab and deploy CoreStack​
- **Workshop Exercises** ***(90 minutes)***
  - ***Provisioning of VM using CFN/Terraform***
  - ***Provisioning a DB using CFN/Terraform​***
  - ***Provisioning a Container using CFN/Terraform***