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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Infrastructure as Code for Beginners is out now

Book 📚Author 📚

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.

AWS ☁️Cloud ⛅️

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.

Ansible 👨‍💻AWS ☁️

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.

Infrastructure as Code 🤖Ansible 👨‍💻

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.

Cloud ⛅️AWS ☁️

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.

Automation 🤖AWS ☁️

Puppet Enterprise & AWS Security Groups

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

AWS ☁️Conference 📢

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.

AWS ☁️Automation 🤖

Production Ready Images with Packer

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

High Availability Central Logging in AWS

Code 🐛Tools 🧰

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.