AWS Cost Optimization Best Practices
While AWS has a number of advantages over traditional on-premise infrastructure, its inherent elasticity and scalability can lead to uncontrollable ..
Extend AWS Observability Beyond CloudWatch
It’s essential to choose the right tool for the job. I have an old, sturdy screwdriver that I use for lots of odd DIY jobs around my house, ..
A Step-by-Step Guide to Secure and Protect AWS S3 Buckets
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Simple Storage Service (S3) provides an easy option for storing documents, data and other information in the cloud. ..
Azure Monitor vs. AWS CloudWatch
Cloud computing is an incredible asset to new and seasoned companies alike. With pricing and infrastructure that can accommodate any demand, ..
Setting up CI/CD With AWS Lambda and Python
The software development lifecycle is shrinking. It used to be that new versions of source code would be released every month or so. But now, ..
Leveraging AWS Glue for organizing an ETL data pipeline
Organizing an ETL (extract, load, transfer) data pipeline is a complex task, made even more challenging by the necessity of maintaining ..
What Are AWS Application Patterns?
The cloud-native approach is not just about compute power and cloud services. A “set it and forget it” attitude won’t work with cloud ..
Auditing IAM Users in AWS
Checking your AWS account to see how many IAM (Identity and Access Management) users you have is a great and very simple way to get started ..
How to Seamlessly Update an Application on AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Before you begin, you need to: Open a web browser and log into your AWS Elastic Beanstalk dashboard. Consider the following scenario: ..
How to Deploy an AWS EC2 Instance Using Terraform
Deploying AWS EC2 instances with Terraform is an excellent way to build infrastructure as code, and automate the provisioning, deployment ..
How to Create an AWS Lightsail Virtual Machine
To create a new server on AWS using LightSail, you’ll first need to sign into your AWS account and head to the main AWS dashboard. ..
How to Pass Input Data to an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Lambda PowerShell Script
The ability to execute PowerShell scripts with AWS Lambda functions is exciting. In this article, I’m going to show you how to pass ..
How to Set Up a PowerShell Development Environment for AWS Lambda on Windows
To set up a PowerShell environment with AWS Lambda, you’re going to need to do three things: • Install PowerShell Core v6 or higher ..
Using AWS Config Rules to Manage Resource Tag Compliance
Amazon Web Services (AWS) introduced AWS Config in 2014 to help users of their services track changes to the configuration of EC2 instances ..
Common AWS Security Threats and How to Mitigate Them
AWS security best practices are crucial in an age when AWS dominates the cloud computing market. Although moving workloads to the cloud ..
Choosing Between an ELB and an ALB on AWS
If you use AWS, you have two load-balancing options: ELB and ALB. And while choice is always a good thing, the ELB vs. ALB debate can be intimidating. ..
IAM Roundup: AWS vs. Azure vs. GCP
Every major cloud provider has some form of Identity and Access Management (IAM) that is used to secure resources within their platform. ..
Biggest AWS Security Breaches of 2017
Early on, one of the most common reasons cited for not taking advantage of public cloud computing was security concerns. In general, that ..
Best Practices for AWS Config
AWS Config was introduced by Amazon Web Services in 2014 as an auditing tool to help consumers of AWS resources actively track and monitor ..
AWS Security Best Practices: Log Management
AWS is the leading cloud vendor today, with one out of three companies that operate in the cloud using its services. It’s a safe bet that ..