diff --git a/06-auto-scaling/.gitignore b/06-auto-scaling/.gitignore
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+fidelis.pem
diff --git a/06-auto-scaling/asg-6-1-1.yaml b/06-auto-scaling/asg-6-1-1.yaml
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+AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
+Description: Create basic ec2 instance 
+
+Parameters:
+  LinuxAMI:
+    Type: String 
+    Description: AMI ID for ec2 instance 
+
+  Ec2InstanceType: 
+    Type: String 
+    Description: Instance Type for ec2 
+
+Resources:
+  myEc2Instance:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::Instance
+    Properties:
+      ImageId: !Ref LinuxAMI 
+      InstanceType: t2.micro
+      KeyName: fidelis 
+      SubnetId: !ImportValue fidelisPubSubnet
+      SecurityGroupIds:
+        - !ImportValue InstancegroupID
+Outputs:
+  InstanceID:
+    Description: Instance ID of ec2 instance 
+    Value: !Ref myEc2Instance
diff --git a/06-auto-scaling/asg-6-1-2.yaml b/06-auto-scaling/asg-6-1-2.yaml
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+AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
+Description: Create basic ec2 instance 
+
+Parameters:
+  LinuxAMI:
+    Type: String 
+    Description: AMI ID for ec2 instance 
+
+  Ec2InstanceType: 
+    Type: String 
+    Description: Instance Type for ec2 
+
+  LaunchTemplateVersionNumber:
+    Default: 1
+    Type: String
+
+Resources:
+
+  MyLaunchTemplate:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate
+    Properties:
+      LaunchTemplateData:
+        KeyName: fidelis 
+        InstanceType: !Ref Ec2InstanceType
+        ImageId: !Ref LinuxAMI
+        TagSpecifications:
+          - ResourceType: instance
+            Tags:
+              - Key: user
+                Value: fidelis.ogunsanmi.labs
+              - Key: "stelligent-u-lesson"
+                Value: "6"
+
+  MyAutoScalingGroup:
+    Type: AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup
+    Properties:
+      MinSize: '1'
+      MaxSize: '1'
+      DesiredCapacity: '1'
+      LaunchTemplate:
+        LaunchTemplateId: !Ref MyLaunchTemplate
+        Version: !Ref LaunchTemplateVersionNumber
+      VPCZoneIdentifier:
+        - !ImportValue fidelisPubSubnet       
diff --git a/06-auto-scaling/asg-6-1-3.yaml b/06-auto-scaling/asg-6-1-3.yaml
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+AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
+Description: Create basic ec2 instance 
+
+Parameters:
+  LinuxAMI:
+    Type: String 
+    Description: AMI ID for ec2 instance 
+
+  Ec2InstanceType: 
+    Type: String 
+    Description: Instance Type for ec2 
+
+  LaunchTemplateVersionNumber:
+    Default: 1
+    Type: String
+
+Resources:
+
+  MyLaunchTemplate:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate
+    Properties:
+      LaunchTemplateData:
+        KeyName: fidelis 
+        InstanceType: t2.small
+        ImageId: !Ref LinuxAMI
+        TagSpecifications:
+          - ResourceType: instance
+            Tags:
+              - Key: user
+                Value: fidelis.ogunsanmi.labs
+              - Key: "stelligent-u-lesson"
+                Value: "6"
+
+  MyAutoScalingGroup:
+    Type: AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup
+    Properties:
+      MinSize: '1'
+      MaxSize: '1'
+      DesiredCapacity: '1'
+      LaunchTemplate:
+        LaunchTemplateId: !Ref MyLaunchTemplate
+        Version: !Ref LaunchTemplateVersionNumber
+      VPCZoneIdentifier:
+        - !ImportValue fidelisPubSubnet       
+
diff --git a/06-auto-scaling/asg-6-1-4.yaml b/06-auto-scaling/asg-6-1-4.yaml
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+AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
+Description: Create basic ec2 instance 
+
+Parameters:
+  LinuxAMI:
+    Type: String 
+    Description: AMI ID for ec2 instance 
+
+  Ec2InstanceType: 
+    Type: String 
+    Description: Instance Type for ec2 
+
+  LaunchTemplateVersionNumber:
+    Default: 1
+    Type: String
+
+Resources:
+
+  MyLaunchTemplate:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate
+    Properties:
+      LaunchTemplateData:
+        KeyName: fidelis 
+        InstanceType: t2.medium
+        ImageId: !Ref LinuxAMI
+        TagSpecifications:
+          - ResourceType: instance
+            Tags:
+              - Key: user
+                Value: fidelis.ogunsanmi.labs
+              - Key: "stelligent-u-lesson"
+                Value: "6"
+
+  MyAutoScalingGroup:
+    Type: AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup
+    UpdatePolicy:
+      AutoScalingReplacingUpdate:
+        WillReplace: true
+    Properties:
+      MinSize: '1'
+      MaxSize: '1'
+      DesiredCapacity: '1'
+      LaunchTemplate:
+        LaunchTemplateId: !Ref MyLaunchTemplate
+        Version: !Ref LaunchTemplateVersionNumber
+      VPCZoneIdentifier:
+        - !ImportValue fidelisPubSubnet
+      Tags:
+        - Key: user
+          Value: fidelis.ogunsanmi.labs
+          PropagateAtLaunch: true
+        - Key: "stelligent-u-lesson"
+          Value: "6"
+          PropagateAtLaunch: true       
+
diff --git a/06-auto-scaling/asg-6-2-2.yaml b/06-auto-scaling/asg-6-2-2.yaml
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+AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
+Description: Create basic ec2 instance 
+
+Parameters:
+  LinuxAMI:
+    Type: String 
+    Description: AMI ID for ec2 instance 
+
+  Ec2InstanceType: 
+    Type: String 
+    Description: Instance Type for ec2 
+
+  LaunchTemplateVersionNumber:
+    Default: 1
+    Type: String
+
+Resources:
+
+  MyLaunchTemplate:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate
+    Properties:
+      LaunchTemplateData:
+        KeyName: fidelis 
+        InstanceType: t2.medium
+        ImageId: !Ref LinuxAMI
+        TagSpecifications:
+          - ResourceType: instance
+            Tags:
+              - Key: user
+                Value: fidelis.ogunsanmi.labs
+              - Key: "stelligent-u-lesson"
+                Value: "6"
+
+  MyAutoScalingGroup:
+    Type: AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup
+    UpdatePolicy:
+      AutoScalingReplacingUpdate:
+        WillReplace: true
+    Properties:
+      MinSize: '1'
+      MaxSize: '3'
+      DesiredCapacity: '2'
+      LaunchTemplate:
+        LaunchTemplateId: !Ref MyLaunchTemplate
+        Version: !Ref LaunchTemplateVersionNumber
+      VPCZoneIdentifier:
+        - !ImportValue fidelisPubSubnet
+      Tags:
+        - Key: user
+          Value: fidelis.ogunsanmi.labs
+          PropagateAtLaunch: true
+        - Key: "stelligent-u-lesson"
+          Value: "6"
+          PropagateAtLaunch: true  
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diff --git a/06-auto-scaling/exec.sh b/06-auto-scaling/exec.sh
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+#!/bin/bash 
+
+PROFILE="labmfa"
+STACK_NAME="fidelisvPC"
+TEMPLATE="vpc.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
+
+# create ec2 keypair 
+# aws ec2 create-key-pair --key-name $KEY_NAME \
+#   --query 'KeyMaterial' \
+#     --region $REGION --profile $PROFILE \
+#        --output text > fidelis.pem
+
diff --git a/06-auto-scaling/params.json b/06-auto-scaling/params.json
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+{
+    "Parameters": {
+       "LinuxAMI": "ami-052efd3df9dad4825",
+       "Ec2InstanceType": "t2.small"
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/06-auto-scaling/vpc.yaml b/06-auto-scaling/vpc.yaml
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+AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
+
+Description: This template creates an autoscaling group with EC2 instances in a VPC with 2 public subnets. The instances have an apache web server installed.
+
+Parameters:
+
+  SSHLocation:
+    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.
+    Default: 0.0.0.0/0
+    Description: The IP address range that can be used to access the web server using SSH.
+    MaxLength: '18'
+    MinLength: '9'
+    Type: String
+
+Resources:
+  VPC:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::VPC
+    Properties:
+      CidrBlock: 192.168.0.0/16
+      EnableDnsHostnames: True
+      EnableDnsSupport: True
+      InstanceTenancy: default
+
+  InternetGateway:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::InternetGateway
+    Properties:
+      Tags:
+        - Key: Name
+          Value: fidelisGW
+
+  InternetGatewayAttachment:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::VPCGatewayAttachment
+    Properties:
+      InternetGatewayId: !Ref InternetGateway
+      VpcId: !Ref VPC
+
+  PublicSubnet:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::Subnet
+    Properties:
+      AvailabilityZone: !Select [ 0, !GetAZs '' ]
+      CidrBlock: 192.168.0.0/24
+      MapPublicIpOnLaunch: true
+      Tags:
+        - Key: Name
+          Value: Public Subnet 1
+      VpcId: !Ref VPC
+
+  PublicSubnet2:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::Subnet
+    Properties:
+      AvailabilityZone: !Select [ 1, !GetAZs '' ]
+      CidrBlock: 192.168.1.0/24
+      MapPublicIpOnLaunch: true
+      Tags:
+        - Key: Name
+          Value: Public Subnet 2
+      VpcId: !Ref VPC
+
+  PublicRouteTable:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::RouteTable
+    Properties:
+      Tags:
+        - Key: Name
+          Value: PublicRouteTable
+      VpcId: !Ref VPC
+
+  PublicRoute:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::Route
+    DependsOn: InternetGatewayAttachment
+    Properties:
+      DestinationCidrBlock: 0.0.0.0/0
+      GatewayId: !Ref InternetGateway
+      RouteTableId: !Ref PublicRouteTable
+
+  PublicSubnet1RouteTableAssociation:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::SubnetRouteTableAssociation
+    Properties:
+      RouteTableId: !Ref PublicRouteTable
+      SubnetId: !Ref PublicSubnet
+
+  PublicSubnet2RouteTableAssociation:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::SubnetRouteTableAssociation
+    Properties:
+      RouteTableId: !Ref PublicRouteTable
+      SubnetId: !Ref PublicSubnet2
+
+  InstanceSecurityGroup:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup
+    Properties:
+      GroupDescription: Open HTTP (port 80) and SSH (port 22)
+      VpcId: !Ref VPC
+      SecurityGroupIngress:
+        - IpProtocol: tcp
+          FromPort: 80
+          ToPort: 80
+          CidrIp: 0.0.0.0/0
+        - IpProtocol: tcp
+          FromPort: 22
+          ToPort: 22
+          CidrIp: !Ref SSHLocation
+
+Outputs:
+  VpcID:
+    Description: VPC ID 
+    Value: !Ref VPC
+    Export:
+      Name: fidelisVpc
+
+  PublicSubnetId:
+    Value: !Ref PublicSubnet
+    Export:
+      Name: fidelisPubSubnet
+
+  PublicSubnet2Id:
+    Value: !Ref PublicSubnet2
+    Export:
+      Name: fidelisPubSubnet2
+
+  SecuritygroupID:
+    Value: !Ref InstanceSecurityGroup
+    Export:
+      Name: InstancegroupID 
+