diff --git a/05-ec2/ec2-5-1-2.yaml b/05-ec2/ec2-5-1-2.yaml
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+"AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09"
+
+Parameters:
+  WindowsAmi:
+    Type: String
+  LinuxAmi:
+    Type: String
+  instancetype:
+    Type: String 
+
+Resources:
+  MyLaunchTemplate:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate
+    Properties:
+      LaunchTemplateData:
+        KeyName: fidelis
+        InstanceType: !Ref instancetype
+        TagSpecifications:
+          - ResourceType: instance
+            Tags:
+              - Key: user
+                Value: fidelis.ogunsanmi.labs
+              - Key: "stelligent-u-lesson"
+                Value: "5"
+
+
+  MyWindowsInstance:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::Instance
+    Properties:
+      ImageId: !Ref WindowsAmi
+      AvailabilityZone: us-west-1a
+      LaunchTemplate:
+        LaunchTemplateId: !Ref MyLaunchTemplate
+        Version: "1"
+
+  MyLinuxInstance:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::Instance
+    Properties:
+      ImageId: !Ref LinuxAmi
+      AvailabilityZone: us-west-1a
+      LaunchTemplate:
+        LaunchTemplateId: !Ref MyLaunchTemplate
+        Version: "1"
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diff --git a/05-ec2/ec2-5-2-1.yaml b/05-ec2/ec2-5-2-1.yaml
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+"AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09"
+
+Parameters:
+  WindowsAmi:
+    Type: String
+  LinuxAmi:
+    Type: String
+  instancetype:
+    Type: String 
+
+Resources:
+
+  MySecurityGroup:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup
+    Properties:
+      GroupDescription: "Allen F Lab 5 SG"
+      GroupName: sglab521
+      SecurityGroupIngress:
+        - IpProtocol: icmp
+          FromPort: 8
+          ToPort: 0
+          CidrIp: 0.0.0.0/0
+
+  MyLaunchTemplate:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate
+    Properties:
+      LaunchTemplateData:
+        InstanceType: !Ref instancetype
+        SecurityGroupIds: 
+          - !GetAtt MySecurityGroup.GroupId 
+        TagSpecifications:
+          - ResourceType: instance
+            Tags:
+              - Key: user
+                Value: fidelis.ogunsanmi.labs
+              - Key: "stelligent-u-lesson"
+                Value: "5"
+
+  MyLinuxInstance:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::Instance
+    Properties:
+      ImageId: !Ref LinuxAmi
+      AvailabilityZone: us-west-1a
+      LaunchTemplate:
+        LaunchTemplateId: !Ref MyLaunchTemplate
+        Version: "1"
+
+  MyEIP:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::EIP
+    Properties:
+      Domain: vpc
+      InstanceId: !Ref MyLinuxInstance52
+
+Outputs:
+  EIP:
+    Description: "Public IP for Instance"
+    Value: !Ref MyEIP
+    Export:
+      Name: !Join ['', [!Ref "AWS::StackName", "-EIP" ]]
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diff --git a/05-ec2/ec2-5-2-2.yaml b/05-ec2/ec2-5-2-2.yaml
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+"AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09"
+
+Parameters:
+  WindowsAmi:
+    Type: String
+  LinuxAmi:
+    Type: String
+  instancetype:
+    Type: String 
+
+Resources:
+
+  MySecurityGroup:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup
+    Properties:
+      GroupDescription: "Allen F Lab 5 SG"
+      GroupName: sglab521
+      SecurityGroupIngress:
+        - IpProtocol: icmp
+          FromPort: 8
+          ToPort: 0
+          CidrIp: 0.0.0.0/0
+        - IpProtocol: tcp
+          FromPort: 22
+          ToPort: 22
+          CidrIp: 0.0.0.0/0
+
+  MyLaunchTemplate:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate
+    Properties:
+      LaunchTemplateData:
+        InstanceType: !Ref instancetype
+        SecurityGroupIds: 
+          - !GetAtt MySecurityGroup.GroupId 
+        TagSpecifications:
+          - ResourceType: instance
+            Tags:
+              - Key: user
+                Value: fidelis.ogunsanmi.labs
+              - Key: "stelligent-u-lesson"
+                Value: "5"
+
+  MyLinuxInstance:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::Instance
+    Properties:
+      ImageId: !Ref LinuxAmi
+      AvailabilityZone: us-west-1a
+      LaunchTemplate:
+        LaunchTemplateId: !Ref MyLaunchTemplate
+        Version: "1"
+
+  MyEIP:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::EIP
+    Properties:
+      Domain: vpc
+      InstanceId: !Ref MyLinuxInstance52
+
+Outputs:
+  EIP:
+    Description: "Public IP for Instance"
+    Value: !Ref MyEIP
+    Export:
+      Name: !Join ['', [!Ref "AWS::StackName", "-EIP" ]]
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diff --git a/05-ec2/ec2-5-3-2.yaml b/05-ec2/ec2-5-3-2.yaml
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+"AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09"
+
+Parameters:
+  WindowsAmi:
+    Type: String
+  LinuxAmi:
+    Type: String
+  instancetype:
+    Type: String 
+
+Resources:
+
+  MySecurityGroup:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup
+    Properties:
+      GroupDescription: "Allen F Lab 5 SG"
+      GroupName: sglab521
+      SecurityGroupIngress:
+        - IpProtocol: icmp
+          FromPort: 8
+          ToPort: 0
+          CidrIp: 0.0.0.0/0
+        - IpProtocol: tcp
+          FromPort: 22
+          ToPort: 22
+          CidrIp: 0.0.0.0/0
+
+  MyLaunchTemplate:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate
+    Properties:
+      LaunchTemplateData:
+        InstanceType: !Ref instancetype
+        SecurityGroupIds: 
+          - !GetAtt MySecurityGroup.GroupId 
+        TagSpecifications:
+          - ResourceType: instance
+            Tags:
+              - Key: user
+                Value: fidelis.ogunsanmi.labs
+              - Key: "stelligent-u-lesson"
+                Value: "5"
+        UserData:
+          Fn::Base64:
+            !Sub |
+              #!/bin/bash
+              apt-get update -y
+              apt-get  install -y python-pip
+              apt-get install -y wget
+              wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/amazoncloudwatch-agent/ubuntu/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb -O /tmp/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb
+              dpkg -i /tmp/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb
+              easy_install --script-dir /opt/aws/bin  https://s3.amazonaws.com/cloudformation-examples/aws-cfn-bootstrap-latest.tar.gz
+              /opt/aws/bin/cfn-init -v --stack ${AWS::StackId} --resource EC2Instance --region ${AWS::Region} --configsets default
+              /opt/aws/bin/cfn-signal -e $? --stack ${AWS::StackId} --resource EC2Instance --region ${AWS::Region}
+
+
+
+  MyLinuxInstance:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::Instance
+    Properties:
+      ImageId: !Ref LinuxAmi
+      AvailabilityZone: us-west-1a
+      LaunchTemplate:
+        LaunchTemplateId: !Ref MyLaunchTemplate
+        Version: "1"
+
+  MyEIP:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::EIP
+    Properties:
+      Domain: vpc
+      InstanceId: !Ref MyLinuxInstance52
+
+Outputs:
+  EIP:
+    Description: "Public IP for Instance"
+    Value: !Ref MyEIP
+    Export:
+      Name: !Join ['', [!Ref "AWS::StackName", "-EIP" ]]
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diff --git a/05-ec2/ec2-5-3-3.yaml b/05-ec2/ec2-5-3-3.yaml
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+AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'
+Description: 'Template to install CloudWatchAgent on amazon linux. It was validated on amazon linux 2'
+Parameters:
+
+  instancetype:
+    Type: String
+
+  LinuxAmi:
+    Type: String
+
+  IAMRole:
+    Description: EC2 attached IAM role
+    Type: String
+    Default: CloudWatchAgentAdminRole
+
+  SSHLocation:
+    Description: The IP address range that can be used to SSH to the EC2 instances
+    Type: String
+    MinLength: '9'
+    MaxLength: '18'
+    Default: 0.0.0.0/0
+    AllowedPattern: (\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})/(\d{1,2})
+    ConstraintDescription: must be a valid IP CIDR range of the form x.x.x.x/x.
+
+Resources:
+  EC2Instance:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::Instance
+    Metadata:
+      AWS::CloudFormation::Init:
+        configSets:
+          default:
+            - 01_setupCfnHup
+            - 02_config-amazon-cloudwatch-agent
+            - 03_restart_amazon-cloudwatch-agent
+          UpdateEnvironment:
+            - 02_config-amazon-cloudwatch-agent
+            - 03_restart_amazon-cloudwatch-agent
+        # Definition of json configuration of AmazonCloudWatchAgent, you can change the configuration below.
+        02_config-amazon-cloudwatch-agent:
+          files:
+            '/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.json':
+              content: !Sub |
+                {
+                  "metrics": {
+                    "append_dimensions": {
+                      "AutoScalingGroupName": "${!aws:AutoScalingGroupName}",
+                      "ImageId": "${!aws:ImageId}",
+                      "InstanceId": "${!aws:InstanceId}",
+                      "InstanceType": "${!aws:InstanceType}"
+                    },
+                    "metrics_collected": {
+                      "mem": {
+                        "measurement": [
+                          "mem_used_percent"
+                        ]
+                      },
+                      "swap": {
+                        "measurement": [
+                          "swap_used_percent"
+                        ]
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+        # Invoke amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl to restart the AmazonCloudWatchAgent.
+        03_restart_amazon-cloudwatch-agent:
+          commands:
+            01_stop_service:
+              command: /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a stop
+            02_start_service:
+              command: /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a fetch-config -m ec2 -c file:/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.json -s
+        # Cfn-hup setting, it is to monitor the change of metadata.
+        # When there is change in the contents of json file in the metadata section, cfn-hup will call cfn-init to restart the AmazonCloudWatchAgent.
+        01_setupCfnHup:
+          files:
+             '/etc/cfn/cfn-hup.conf':
+               content: !Sub |
+                 [main]
+                 stack=${AWS::StackId}
+                 region=${AWS::Region}
+                 interval=1
+               mode: '000400'
+               owner: root
+               group: root
+             '/etc/cfn/hooks.d/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-auto-reloader.conf':
+               content: !Sub |
+                 [cfn-auto-reloader-hook]
+                 triggers=post.update
+                 path=Resources.EC2Instance.Metadata.AWS::CloudFormation::Init.02_config-amazon-cloudwatch-agent
+                 action=/opt/aws/bin/cfn-init -v --stack ${AWS::StackId} --resource EC2Instance --region ${AWS::Region} --configsets UpdateEnvironment
+                 runas=root
+               mode: '000400'
+               owner: root
+               group: root
+             "/lib/systemd/system/cfn-hup.service":
+                content: !Sub |
+                  [Unit]
+                  Description=cfn-hup daemon
+                  [Service]
+                  Type=simple
+                  ExecStart=/opt/aws/bin/cfn-hup
+                  Restart=always
+                  [Install]
+                  WantedBy=multi-user.target
+          commands:
+            01enable_cfn_hup:
+              command: !Sub |
+                systemctl enable cfn-hup.service
+            02start_cfn_hup:
+              command: !Sub |
+                systemctl start cfn-hup.service
+
+    Properties:
+      InstanceType: !Ref instancetype
+      IamInstanceProfile: !Ref IAMRole
+      KeyName: fidelis 
+      ImageId: !Ref LinuxAmi
+      SecurityGroupIds: 
+          - !GetAtt MySecurityGroup.GroupId 
+      UserData:
+        Fn::Base64: 
+          !Sub |
+            #!/bin/bash
+            apt-get update -y
+            apt-get install -y python-pip
+            apt-get install -y wget
+            wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/amazoncloudwatch-agent/ubuntu/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb -O /tmp/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb
+            dpkg -i /tmp/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb
+            easy_install --script-dir /opt/aws/bin  https://s3.amazonaws.com/cloudformation-examples/aws-cfn-bootstrap-latest.tar.gz
+            /opt/aws/bin/cfn-init -v --stack ${AWS::StackId} --resource EC2Instance --region ${AWS::Region} --configsets default
+            /opt/aws/bin/cfn-signal -e $? --stack ${AWS::StackId} --resource EC2Instance --region ${AWS::Region}
+            
+    CreationPolicy:
+      ResourceSignal:
+        Count: 1
+        Timeout: "PT15M"
+
+  MySecurityGroup:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup
+    Properties:
+      GroupDescription: Enable SSH access via port 22
+      SecurityGroupIngress:
+      - IpProtocol: tcp
+        FromPort: 22
+        ToPort: 22
+        CidrIp: !Ref SSHLocation          
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diff --git a/05-ec2/exec.sh b/05-ec2/exec.sh
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+#!/bin/bash 
+
+PROFILE="labmfa"
+STACK_NAME="fidelisEc2"
+TEMPLATE="ec2-5-1-2.yaml"
+PARAMETER="file://params.json"
+KEY_NAME="fidelis"
+REGION="us-east-1"
+
+# deploy stack
+aws cloudformation deploy --template-file $TEMPLATE \
+     --stack-name $STACK_NAME --profile $PROFILE \
+       --parameter-overrides $PARAMETER \
+         --region $REGION
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diff --git a/05-ec2/params.json b/05-ec2/params.json
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+{
+    "Parameters": {
+        "LinuxAmi": "ami-052efd3df9dad4825",
+        "WindowsAmi": "ami-03e42a81d67097502",
+        "instancetype": "t3.micro"
+    }
+}
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