AWS Glossary
A glossary of terms pertaining to AWS
Cloud and DevOps
A collection of AWS and DevOps posts.
How to install Jenkins on AWS EC2 instance
This post covers the installation of Jenkins on EC2 and configures Blue Ocean plugin for building pipelines.
Build a Jenkins pipeline to upload a file to S3
Configure Jenkins plugins to talk to S3 and Github and build a simple pipeline which will upload a file checked into Github to S3. Each time you make a chang...
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
The Identity and Access Management service, commonly referred to as IAM is a key security service within AWS and is likely the first service you will encount...
Storage fundamentals of AWS part 1
Storage fundamentals of AWS are discussed here. S3 is covered in-depth.
Storage fundamentals of AWS part 2: Glacier, EBS, EFS, EC2 Instance storage
Storage fundamentals of AWS are discussed here. Non-S3 is covered in-depth.
AWS SQS, SNS, SES overview
A high level overview of AWS SQS, SNS, SES
How to explain Docker to your Grandma?
Suppose your gradma caught you twiddling with a Blue Whale Icon on your laptop and you have to explain what that is, how would you explain it?
Build your first image using Dockerfile
Build your first docker image from a Dockerfile and run a simple go binary file inside the container.
Build a python image from a Container
Build a docker image from a Container using the docker commit command and modify the default command using the change flag
Docker Port Mapping by example
What is the difference between Expose, PublishAll and Publish when talking about port mapping in docker? Also learn how to run docker container in detached m...
Docker Networking: bridge, host and none networks
Learn about networking fundamentals in Docker. I explore the three pre-configured networks with examples.
AWS EC2 service overview
AMI, instance types, instance purchase options, tenancy, user data, storage options and security of EC2 instances are covered in this post.
AWS EC2 Instance metadata
Create an Amazon EC2 Linux instance, connect to it and extract instance metadata.
Create a VPC and associated network components: subnet, IGW, routing tables
AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) allows you to provision a logically isolated section of the AWS Cloud where you can launch AWS resources in a virtual network...
Docker on AWS EC2
Install Docker on AWS, find and use images from public docker registry and finally build your docker images using Dockerfiles.
AWS ECS and ECR explained
Amazon EC2 Container Service and Elastic Container Registry are explained.
AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Lambda and Batch
Amazon Elastic Beanstalk, AWS Lambda and AWS Batch are covered in this post.
AWS Key Management Service (KMS)
Many of the AWS services rely on KMS for their encryption needs. KMS allows encryption of data at rest. In this post, we will look at the components that mak...
AWS KMS Key Policies
Key policies are resource based policies which are tied to your CMK. And if you want a principal to be able to access your CMK, then a key policy must be in ...
AWS KMS Key Management
Rotation of CMKs, importing key material for CMKs and Deletion of CMKs are covered in this post.
AWS S3 Encryption Mechanisms
In this post, we will look at 5 ways to encrypt data in S3: SSE-S3, SSE-KMS, SSE-C, CSE-KMS and CSE-C.
AWS Boto3 Example
How to use boto3 to manage S3 and DynamoDB?
AWS DynamoDB Introduction
Basics of DynamoDB, when to use it, when not to use it
Continuous Delivery requirements and tools
Continuous Delivery requirements and tools are discussed extensively in this post.
VPC subnets
Everything about VPC subnets and how to design for high availability and resiliency.
How to configure a static website on S3?
Configure a static website with S3 and distribute it using CloudFront.
Network Access Control Lists and Security Groups
Filter inbound and outbound traffic using NACLs and Security Groups within your VPC.
AWS Elastic Load Balancing Service
Introduction to Elastic Load Balancing and types of ELBs is covered in this post.
AWS Elastic Beanstalk explained
We will explore how AWS Beanstalk can be used to help deploy and scale applications without having to worry about provisioning resources manually.
Introduction to AWS X-Ray Service
Why do we need AWS X-Ray service and what are the key components of X-ray service are covered in this post.
Host a static website on AWS with CloudFront Distribution Enabled
Host a static gallery website on S3 and distribute the content the Edge locations using CloudFront Web Distribution.
AWS Kinesis Overview
Get an overview of Amazon Kinesis to collect, process and analyze real-time streaming data.
Process SNS notifications using AWS Lambda
Learn to process SNS notifications with AWS Lambda function which will upload a file to S3 upon receipt of a message.
AWS ElastiCache Service features and usage scenarios
Learn when to use ElastiCache Service within your applications to improve your overall performance.
The Rise of Cloud Data Lakes
Lets understand the rise and popularity of Data Lakes and the need for modern Cloud-based Data Lakes.
Infrastructure as Code using AWS CloudFormation
IaaC is one of the pillars of Cloud DevOps and CloudFormation is the tool that lets us provision resources using declarative programming.
Fundamentals of Networking in AWS using LucidCharts
Basic Networking resources within AWS is covered through the use of LucidChart diagrams.
AWS Step Function to create a state machine
In this post, we will see what AWS Step Functions are and what types of problems this service is the best suited to solve with an example.
Databases on AWS
AWS RDS and AWS non-relation databases are two main families of Databases offered by AWS. In this post I will introduce the various databases available on AW...
Create your first Amazon RDS Database
Create RDS subnet groups, RDS database clusters, manage access to RDS cluster using security groups and finally connect to your RDS cluster and create tables.
Introduction to AWS ECS
To understand EC2 Container Service AWS ECS, I will approach this from an Architectural Context, then I’ll cover the Computational Context, and then finally,...
Develop, Test and Deploy a Serverless App using Cloud9
Cloud9 is a cloud-based IDE to build Cloud-Native applications. In this post, I will show how to develop, test and deploy a Serverless app using Cloud9.
Overview of AWS Lambda
An overview of AWS Lambda service and its key features.
Process S3 Events using AWS Lambda
Process AWS S3 events using AWS Lambda. A simple example of uploading an image to a bucket will create a zipped version of it in the same bucket with zip pre...
React to AWS CodeCommit events with AWS Lambda
Process CodeCommit events with a Lambda Function to create custom SNS notifications, containing useful information about branch, author and message for each ...
CICD on AWS using CodeBuild, CodeDeploy and CodePipeline
AWS Developer tools: CodeBuild, CodeDeploy and CodePipeline are discussed in the context of a CICD pipeline.
Build RESTful Microservices with AWS Lambda and API Gateway
Learn how to design, configure, secure and test HTTP endpoints, using AWS Lambda as backend.