A developer's post-mortem on a Terraform outage and a guide on why and how to use separate tfstate files per environment.
A developer shares lessons on managing multiple AWS environments, networking, and security automation, debunking outdated practices.
A developer shares their initial two-week experience with Terraform, detailing the highs of versioned infrastructure and the lows of debugging and module refactoring.
AWS explains its infrastructure and disaster preparedness to ensure high availability and reliability for hosted applications during major weather events.
A developer's experience and lessons learned from using Kubernetes for Docker container orchestration in a data processing project.
Guide to using AWS ElastiCache with RedisSessionStateProvider for scalable, shared ASP.NET session state, eliminating sticky sessions.
Explains how to use AWS cross-account IAM roles and the AssumeRole API (Use-STSRole) in Windows PowerShell for multi-account strategies.
A guide to configuring a Linux swap device on AWS instances using Cloud-Init's cloud-config syntax for persistent setup.
A guide on using tcpdump to capture network traffic and sending the logs to AWS CloudWatch for debugging Apache server issues.
Explains AWS authentication options like root accounts and IAM users, focusing on security best practices and access control.
A technical guide on loading detailed AWS billing data into a SQL Server data warehouse for advanced cost analysis.
A technical guide on using AWS tags and PowerShell scripts to automate cost allocation and chargeback for multiple project teams.
Explores using AWS Import/Export to bulk migrate VMware/Hyper-V VMs to EC2, bypassing slow uploads with shipped drives and PowerShell.
A cautionary analysis of the Code Spaces hack, explaining how similar cloud security breaches can happen on AWS, Azure, or any host, and outlining basic mitigation steps.
A guide to automating hostname configuration for Windows AMIs using PowerShell and EC2 tags during the SysPrep specialize phase.
Explores common misunderstandings about cloud auto-scaling, explaining why it's not magic and why existing apps often can't use it directly.
A technical guide on using PowerShell to download and analyze AWS billing reports from S3, focusing on cost and usage data.
A guide to free trials, APIs, and SDKs for learning cloud development on major platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
A guide to creating consistent Windows Server backups on AWS by combining Windows Server Backup with scheduled EBS snapshots using PowerShell.
A critique of AWS based on a Sydney event, focusing on documentation gaps, lack of public roadmap, and suggestions for smaller customers.
