AWS ☁️

All my posts about Amazon Web Services

9 posts

AWS posts collected over years of running workloads on Amazon Web Services - EC2, ECS, EKS, IAM, S3, Lambda, networking, and the bits of CDK and CloudFormation that show up alongside them. Expect a mix of hands-on tutorials, deeper architecture notes, and post-mortems where things did not go to plan.

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4 Jun 2023

Infrastructure as Code for Beginners is out now

My new book, Infrastructure as Code for Beginners, has been released and is available to buy now.

18 Dec 2016

Thoughts on Amazon Lightsail

Amazon Lightsail offers an easy entry to AWS with instance hosting akin to Digital Ocean. A look at its features, costs, and potential limitations.

19 Nov 2016

Annoying Ansible Quirk

Discover a workaround for an annoying quirk in Ansible playbook execution. Learn why pre-tasks were ignored and how to ensure their execution.

11 Sept 2016

Amazon Web Services with Ansible

Explore how Russ Mckendrick utilizes Ansible to manage Amazon Web Services infrastructure, from VPC creation to EC2 instance deployment and AMI management.

12 Aug 2016

Docker for Amazon Web Services Beta

Explore Docker for Amazon Web Services beta, effortlessly launch Docker Swarm clusters on AWS with CloudFormation templates. Easy scaling and management.

15 Nov 2015

Puppet Enterprise & AWS Security Groups

Russ Mckendrick tackles AWS security group hurdles installing Puppet Enterprise, resolves by temporarily allowing all traffic.

18 Apr 2015

AWS London Summit 2015

Discover the 2015 AWS Summit in London: insights into Amazon EFS, hybrid architectures, and the challenges of navigating the bustling crowd.

2 Feb 2015

Production Ready Images with Packer

Automate AWS instance setup with Packer. Ensure rapid scalability with pre-configured images. Explore Packer's versatility across platforms.

22 Jul 2014

High Availability Central Logging in AWS

Set up high availability central logging in AWS with Amazon CloudWatch Logs. This guide covers installation, IAM permissions, and CloudWatch Logs agent setup.