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How to setup MFA Delete on AWS
There are three ways for an IAM user to interact with the AWS cloud. AWS CLI, REST API and of course, the web console (dashboard). While the console is the…
Create a new CloudTrail with SNS Notification
Cloudtrail with SNS Notification Create a new Trail Under the Trail, you should see an S3 tab. Create an Amazon S3 bucket for the log files. Click on Advanced Options…
AWS and Azure Governance Issues for Large Companies
As your cloud footprint grows, so does your deviation from best practices. Governance is the glue that keeps all your multiple accounts (and resources therein) from flying apart and becoming…
Multiple AWS Environments and Accounts – IAM Strategies
How many AWS top level Accounts should you have? Here are some popular answers: ONE Account – that encompasses all environments. Delineated access to Production and Non-Production occurs through IAM…
Ridonculous Failover Options in the Cloud (AWS)
Let us define some terms before we get started. STANDBY environment - means an active, functioning environment, ready to take over instantly and automatically BACKUP environment - means a passive,…
SAP HANA on AWS
instance type with 4 TB of memory now available! We are excited to announce that the Amazon EC2 instance type with 4 TB memory is now generally available and certified…
Microsoft AD on AWS, Prepare On-Prem AD for 2 Way Trust
Microsoft AD creates a fully managed, Microsoft Active Directory in the AWS cloud and is powered by Windows Server 2012 R2 and operates at the 2012 R2 functional level. When…
Devops Tools Pipeline, Chef versus Puppet
A basic flow of the devops pipeline might look like Git—>Jenkins—>Puppet/Chef/Ansible—>Jenkins—>Nagios—>Docker/VM GIT - Developers develop the code and this source code is managed by Version Control System tools like Git…
AWS Lambda Quick REcap
To be able to invoke Lambda via HTTP, need to setup a URL in API Gateway. The URL can then be invoked logging module to write message to the logs,…
Launching EC2 , typical steps in AWS
Pick an AMI. Create an App if you don’t already have one. Create a new policy - for each new app. Add any Tags – Good practice to have userId…