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Introduction Public cloud is a type of cloud computing that delivers shared computing resources and data over the internet on a pay-as-you-go model. It allows organizations to access and utilize compu…
AWS RDS and Aurora instances are powerful tools for managing your databases in the cloud. However, choosing the right size for your instance can be a challenging task. On one hand, you want to ensure that your instance has enough resources …
When the cloud became a thing, not that I was around when it happened. One of the biggest selling points was cost. “Wait a minute, so I don’t need to pre-buy all of the servers that I think I might n…
Each modern application needs an appropriate database that has basic datastore capabilities or strong analytical capabilities. There is a variety of options to choose from, and choosing a database can…
When we combine the cloud with IaC tools like Terraform and continuous deployment we get the almost magical ability to create resources on demand. For all its benefits, however, the cloud has also int…
Photo from Unsplash by @moneyphotos There are a lot of external monitoring tools for AWS like Lumigo, Epsagon, DataDog, New Relic, Sumologic, etc. They provide extra features in comparison to AWS clou…
The 2021 CNCF survey estimates about 5.6 million Kubernetes developers worldwide, which is a 67% increase compared to the previous year. Around 90% of Kubernetes users use managed services from the ma…
At my current role, we manage just under 20 AWS accounts. Their uses vary from production workloads, to dedicated CI/CD environments, sandboxed areas for our engineers to experiment in, log aggregatio…
Did you know that using 3 Availability Zones (AZs) on AWS can be lower cost than using 2 AZs? Do you know how to fortify your root credentials, even anticipating a case where you'd lose access to your password or MFA token? Did you know mos…
Episode 2 talks about why is it important to manage IT infrastructure, the 7 domains of IT infrastructure and the associated risks. It is extremely important for an organisation to manage their infras…
