The awstronaut program celebrates community leaders who are passionate about learning and committed to helping others succeed. awstronauts have achieved all 12 active AWS certifications and actively support others on their cloud journey.
To submit your profile:
- You must be fully certified on AWS
- You must have officially claimed your awstronaut title
- Then, follow the steps below to get listed!
👉 More info on awstronaut
🚨 Important: You must fork this repository, make your changes, and submit them via a Pull Request (PR).
Do NOT attempt to push changes directly to the main branch — they will be automatically rejected.
Your Pull Request should include:
- ✅ One new JSON entry at the bottom of
users.json - 🖼️ One avatar image uploaded to the
avatars/folder
Please add your profile using the following format in users.json:
{
"name": "Yongkang He",
"github": "yongkanghe",
"certs": ["awstronaut"],
"city": "Melbourne",
"country": "Australia",
"date": "2024-07-01",
"bio": "Founder @KSUG.AI | Creator @kubestrong & @awstronaut | kubestronaut | Akamai Advocate | AWS Builder | Azure MVP | Google GDE | Alibaba MVP | Multi-Cloud | Community Reach | DevRel | 100K Social Reach",
"twitter": "yongkanghe",
"linkedin": "yongkanghe",
"website": "https://ksug.ai",
"avatar": "/avatars/yongkanghe.png"
}
| Field | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
name |
✅ | Full name or display name |
github |
✅ | GitHub username (used for fallback avatar) |
certs |
✅ | Certification codes (e.g., CKA, CKAD, awstronaut) |
city |
✅ | City of residence |
country |
✅ | Country (must match naming in the map) |
date |
✅ | Certification date (YYYY-MM-DD) |
bio |
❌ | Short description or personal motto |
twitter |
❌ | Twitter handle (omit @) |
linkedin |
❌ | LinkedIn username (not full URL) |
website |
❌ | Personal or portfolio website |
avatar |
❌ | Path to avatar image in /avatars/ folder |
- Place your avatar in the
avatars/folder (e.g.,avatars/yourgithubusername.png) - Max size: 500 KB
- Recommended dimensions: 200×200 px (square images render best)
- The image MUST be square. It will fail automated testing if it is not
- Allowed formats:
.png,.jpg
If no avatar is uploaded, your GitHub profile picture will be used by default.
- ✅ Add your profile to the end of
users.json - ✅ Ensure your JSON is valid (use a JSON validator)
- ✅ Use a clear commit message, e.g.:
add: alicejohnson to certified list
Check out this official guide:
👉 GitHub Pull Request Guide
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