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Tagging EC2 and RDS Instances
After Launch (use CLI) aws ec2 run-instances --tag-specifications aws ec2 run-instances --image-id ami-abc12345 --count 1 \ --instance-type --key-name MyKeyPair \ --subnet-id subnet-6e7f829e \ --tag-specifications 'ResourceType=instance,Tags=' 'ResourceType=volume,Tags=' On Launch Can add…
Why Cloud Migrations Fail (A partial list of questions)
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AWS RDS Read Replica–Inter Region versus Intra Region
Use Case - Your PRIMARY region contains multiple VPCs. So does your BACKUP ; You would like to create a read replica of from a VPC in your PRIMARY region…
Azure Federation
Federation can either involve ADFS or AD Connect (typically setup for Office 365 usage). SAML or OAuth are the two primary underlying technologies that federation uses. As far as AD…
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…
Cloudamize and other Right sizing tools
What IS RIGHT sizing? Traditional on-premises infrastructure is , typically, over-provisioned. Prior to moving your instances to the public cloud, it is recommended that you perform a ‘right sizing’ exercise…
Securing your Infrastructure versus Securing your Applications in the cloud
What about ‘Security’? is perhaps the most frequent question I get around cloud ; I like to break up the ask into two components – Infrastructure Security and Application ;…
GCP resource hierarchy in detail
Resources – Everything’s a Resource At the lowest level, resources are the fundamental components that make up all GCP services. Examples of resources include Compute Engine Virtual Machines (VMs), Cloud…
VPN over AWS Direct connect (or GCP Cloud Interconnect)
Why would you VPN over Direct Connect? Simple – The speed and reliability will outperform an over-the-internet VPN! What do you need to do set this up? This is two…