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  • Reduce AWS costs while maintaining stable operations using this one weird trick!

    Sep 20, 2020 aws cleanup lambda serverless python nodejs index

    aws-auto-cleanup Functional Requirements Reduce operational run-time of resources used within an AWS account for testing\development Reduce cost due to deployed resources Ability to whitelist AWS resources that need to be retained Operating Cost < $2.00/mo for the following: AWS::Events::Rule …

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  • HashiCorp Terraform AWS Provider v3.4.0 now supports aws_emr_managed_scaling_policy

    Sep 8, 2020 iac aws terraform emr hashicorp index

    HashiCorp Terraform AWS-Provider Issue #13952 was highly sought after for a recent implementation of EMR v5.30.0. The requirements included the need for the utilization of AWS Auto Scaling for EMR. We sought out the AWS EMR Managed Scaling feature, but were sad to see that support for that attribute was not in the AWS …

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  • Deployment of HashiCorp Vault using Terraform

    Sep 7, 2020 terraform aws vault iac index

    aws-vault Terraform deployment of HashiCorp Vault. This is a work in progress write-up and will change. Requirements Terraform v0.12.26 SSH KeyPair creation (public key stored in compute\ec2\keypair.tf) AWS Profile with ample IAM permissions, with access key and secret access key stored in ~.aws\credentials and …

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  • Using Hugo & AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CloudFront & S3 to deploy a static site

    Sep 7, 2020 aws hugo cloudfront codebuild s3 iac index

    Retrospective: blog deployment model Goal Deploy a personal blog (in this case, troydieter.com) using the below requirements. I’ve used other deployment models, such as CI/CD pipelines – namely Jenkins to deploy static sites. Previous to the below approach, Ghost blog was used in conjunction with Nginx. …

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  • AWS Certified Big Data: Specialty study guide

    Sep 3, 2020 aws certified big data study index

    AWS Certified Big Data: Specialty study outline In another installment of study blueprints for AWS certification exams; I am happy to provide my suggested outline for what I used to pass the AWS Certified Big Data Specialty certification in December 2019. Deep-dive re:Invent videos: AWS re:Invent 2018: Big Data …

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  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect: Associate - Study Guide

    Sep 3, 2020 aws certified associate sa index

    With scheduling my AWS Certified Solutions Architect: Professional for late September 2019, I figured i’d finally compile all of the notes and gathered content for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect: Associate. As a reference, here is the certification learning path for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect: …

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  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect: Professional - Study Guide

    Sep 3, 2020 aws certified professional sa index

    As a follow up to my previous post regarding AWS Certified Solutions Architect: Associate study guide, I figured I’d provide an update. Here are my key-takeaways for those interested in the AWS Certified Solutions Architect: Professional course: It was long, like very long. It’s definitely an exercise in …

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  • Extending AWS CLI using aws-shell

    Sep 1, 2020 aws aws-shell index

    Do you yearn for auto-completion and manual pages (automatically) within the AWS CLI tool? Look no more, as aws-shell is here to save (or shell?) the day. Here’s an example of using aws-shell: The aws-shell requires python and pip to install. You can install the aws-shell using pip: $ pip install aws-shell If …

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  • Sizing AWS EFS accordingly

    Sep 1, 2020 aws efs index

    AWS Elastic File System is a great tool for using shared storage in auto scaling group situations. There are two throughput modes to choose from for your file system, Bursting Throughput and Provisioned Throughput. With Bursting Throughput mode, throughput on Amazon EFS scales as the size of your file system in the …

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  • Backup AWS Route 53 using AWS Lambda

    Mar 29, 2020 aws route53 iac index

    Need a way to automatically back up your AWS Route53 public DNS zones? Look no further, as a combination of the following AWS products can fit the need: Lambda Route53 CloudWatch S3 This will execute a Lambda function every 6 hours (or whichever you set the CloudWatch event to). It will use the IAM role to export …

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