AWS EventBridge
Master AWS EventBridge cron and rate schedules, UTC behavior, question-mark syntax, targets, retries, and production patterns.
What you will learn
- Write AWS EventBridge cron(...) and rate(...) expressions.
- Explain UTC behavior and day-field question marks.
- Choose cron or rate syntax for the right use case.
- Design scheduled AWS targets with retries and operational visibility.
Course lessons
1. EventBridge scheduling model
Understand when to use EventBridge rules and managed schedules.
Exercise: Convert an hourly Linux cron job into an AWS rate expression.
2. AWS cron syntax
Read six-field AWS cron expressions and avoid Unix cron assumptions.
Exercise: Create a weekday 18:00 UTC schedule with cron(...).
3. UTC and business schedules
Translate local business requirements into UTC schedules safely.
Exercise: Document a schedule name that includes the intended UTC time.
4. Targets, retries, and failures
Operate scheduled AWS jobs reliably.
Exercise: Design failure handling for a scheduled Lambda report generator.
5. EventBridge best practices
Use clear schedules, ownership, observability, and safe target behavior.
Exercise: Review an EventBridge schedule for timezone and retry risks.