Brian Beach is a developer advocate, speaker, and author leading the Developer Experience community at AWS, helping teams improve productivity with infrastructure as code, DevOps, and generative AI.
142 articles from this blog
Explains DNS resolution challenges and solutions for a private AWS EKS cluster without internet access, using Route 53 Resolver endpoints.
Covers best practices for migrating Microsoft SQL Server databases to AWS, including hybrid architecture and migration methods like AWS DMS.
A technical guide on integrating Amazon AppStream 2.0 with a Learning Management System using AWS Chalice and LTI to stream applications to students.
A hands-on workshop from AWS re:Invent 2018 on using PowerShell to automate AWS infrastructure, featuring practical challenges.
A guide to writing unit tests for AWS Chalice applications using local mode and pytest.
A guide to building a secure, automated AWS Account Factory using AWS Organizations, IAM, and CloudFormation for scalable account management.
A technical guide on how to disable Intel Hyper-Threading Technology on Windows Server 2016 instances running on Amazon EC2 for specific performance tuning.
Learn how to use AWS CloudFormation custom resources to create Amazon Route 53 DNS records across different AWS accounts in a multi-account setup.
University of Georgia uses AWS serverless tech to automate fitness tracker data collection for an online physical education course.
Explains the various timeout configurations in AWS Elastic Beanstalk Worker Environments and how they interact with SQS.
A guide on how to disable Intel Hyper-Threading Technology on Amazon Linux EC2 instances for specific workloads like HPC.
Guide to creating consistent Windows Server backups using AWS EBS Snapshots, Microsoft VSS, and AWS Systems Manager for scheduling.
A simple Python tutorial for sending emails using AWS SES with MIME formatting and helper functions.
A guide to using an AWS CloudFormation template for standardizing the configuration of new linked accounts, including security and administrative roles.
AWS explains its infrastructure and disaster preparedness to ensure high availability and reliability for hosted applications during major weather events.
A user's experience configuring and troubleshooting Amazon S3 backups from a WD My Cloud EX2 NAS, including cost-saving lifecycle policies.
A technical guide on configuring an AWS VPN connection with a Cisco router behind a home NAT, including configuration modifications for NAT traversal.
Guide to using AWS ElastiCache with RedisSessionStateProvider for scalable, shared ASP.NET session state, eliminating sticky sessions.
A technical guide on configuring Squid proxy to control and route access to Amazon S3 buckets and Yum repositories within an AWS VPC.
A guide to programmatically identify the Windows OS version on AWS EC2 instances without logging in, using PowerShell and system logs.
