DSDonovan Searlesinblog.dsearles.com·Nov 8, 2021 · 6 min readIs College the Only Option?Get good grades, go to college, get a good job, and work for retirement: This is a message that was given to me and many others in our youth. This is a message that was supplied by teachers, parents, and our role models. Does this path work, and w...01C
DSDonovan Searlesinblog.dsearles.com·Apr 25, 2021 · 7 min readCreating a Simple CloudFormation Template That Deploys a Basic Apache WebsiteOverview CloudFomation makes it easy to deploy infrastructure as code. It allows us to create a template containing logical resources and deploy it as a "stack" in 1 step. This is faster, repeatable and more consistent than deploying resources manual...00
DSDonovan Searlesinblog.dsearles.com·Apr 23, 2021 · 2 min readMy Experience With the AWS "Build a Modern Web App" ProjectI recently stumbled across this interesting project on aws.amazon.com. The project/tutorial walks you through setting up a well-architected modern web application called Mythical Mysfits that enables visitors to adopt a fantasy creature (mysfit) ...00
DSDonovan Searlesinblog.dsearles.com·Nov 16, 2020 · 7 min readHow I Built an AWS Dynamic, BGP Based, Highly-Available Site-to-Site VPNAs the title suggests, I was able to setup and implement a Site to Site VPN from an AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) to a simulated on-premise environment utilizing the Border Gateway protocol (BGP) to configure the routes. This article details how I...00
DSDonovan Searlesinblog.dsearles.com·Nov 14, 2020 · 8 min readMy Experience with the Cloud Resume ChallengeA few months ago, one of my LinkedIn connections introduced me to the cloud resume challenge. The challenge instructs participants to build a "serverless" resume website using HTML/CSS and AWS cloud infrastructure, deploy the infrastructure using IaC...00
