I sat on several calls today -- on a day off, no less. Sigh. We shouldn't really even need to be making a case for automated deployments, but unfortunately I find myself (still) doing so regularly. Today was to be spent studying for an AWS exam and doing some other productive things. Like most other [...]
Create an EC2 Instance from a Snapshot
A Use Case for this is when you have a dedicated instance that you'd like to reuse for another purpose. There is a quicker way to clone an instance when using on-demand instances. That is by creating and using an AMI. Prior to Setup Determine the Availability Zone you want to use. Note the Security [...]
Auto Scaling Metrics: A Brief Overview
While studying for the AWS Solutions Architect Professional exam, I wanted to memorize the Auto Scaling Metrics. It was suggested that knowing these metrics cold would be helpful on the exam. During a review, it became obvious that for Auto Scaling metrics, there were three broad categories of Size, Capacity, and Instances. Each Category could [...]
Muster 005 DC: Experience
Most photos from Jocko's Twitter feed If you don't know who Jocko Willinck is, here's the synopsis. Born and raised in New England. Dreamt of being a commando (his words). Became one as a Navy Seal. Fought in Ramadi, Iraq in 2006 in what is known as the Battle of Ramadi where fighting was considered [...]
A Look at Elastic Beanstalk’s Launch Activities
A quick look at the creation and teardown of a .NET Web Application using Elastic Beanstalk.
Create an EC2 Instance Supporting Custom Metrics using the CLI
Prerequisite You will need an existing keypair to access your EC2 instance via SSH. (How can I see my existing keypairs?) Overview In this example, we'll create an EC2 instance that supports writing memory metrics to CloudWatch. You don't get those metrics by default with EC2 instances, but setting them up is a breeze using [...]
The Red Wristband
(From July 2016 - Edited February 2018) We're not supposed to like things. Things are, well, shallow. But sometimes, things do bring us comfort. It might be a nice car or a beautiful house. Maybe it's your favorite coffee mug or a pair of jeans. It could be a red wristband. My bone graft went well – a [...]
A First Dressage Show Experience
I'll admit it. I was a bit of an elitist. Dressage, a French word meaning "training", is what I did and do. Train, train, train. Not only in dressage, but Muay Thai and strength training. Especially with horses, we may get taught along the way, by other elitists, that it's in the best interest of [...]
grep your EC2 Instances in a Region Using the CLI
Assuming you have the AWS CLI installed, you can easily grep instances in a Region. To see your Default region name, type aws configure and hit Enter twice. To allow grep to work nicely with the output, enter "text" for the Default output format aws configure AWS Access Key ID [*******************]: AWS Secret Access Key [*******************]: [...]
Passing the AWS Associate Exam
Looking for advice on passing an AWS Architecture Associate Exam? I had been looking for that advice very recently. Fortunately, there are plenty of good resources out there to help. (And yes, I did pass the exam recently.) Advice isn't in the form of exam answers. Well, it is if you're willing to dig in. I followed [...]
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