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About Amiel Palacol

Amiel is a Senior DevOps Engineer based in the Philippines. He has solid hands-on experience in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and loves broadening his technical horizons in the cloud. Currently holds 6 AWS Certifications and outside tech, he loves coffee, games and music.
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Retrieving Parameter Values from SSM Parameter Store through AWS Lambda

2023-03-27T04:01:09+00:00

In today's world, serverless computing is gaining popularity as it offers technologies for running code, managing data, and integrating applications, all without managing servers. It eliminates the infrastructure management tasks so developers can focus on application development. One of the requirements of serverless development is storage for configuration data management and secrets management. Developers need to store data such as passwords, database strings, etc., at some point. Luckily, Parameter Store, a capability of AWS Systems Manager, provides secure, hierarchical storage for configuration data management and secrets management that works well in serverless development. Developers can store values as plain text [...]

Retrieving Parameter Values from SSM Parameter Store through AWS Lambda2023-03-27T04:01:09+00:00

Secure EC2 Instances Connections Leveraging Session Manager

2023-03-20T01:27:23+00:00

As more workloads are being migrated to the cloud, security should always be a top priority. Some organizations fail to consider security and therefore paid the price of having their workloads compromised. For example, an EC2 instance that has its SSH inbound port open to the world, therefore, providing unrestricted access to attackers globally. Luckily, AWS has a service that allows you to connect to your EC2 instances without opening any inbound port, eliminating this particular security risk, and that is AWS Systems Manager Session Manager. Session Manager is a fully managed AWS Systems Manager capability. You can use an [...]

Secure EC2 Instances Connections Leveraging Session Manager2023-03-20T01:27:23+00:00

Benefits of Being AWS Certified

2023-05-23T08:43:28+00:00

Have you ever heard of AWS Certifications? Are you wondering if it is beneficial to get one? Is an AWS certification enough to land a cloud-related job? These are typical questions that aspirants ask and wonder if it’s favorable to commit to studying. For this article, we will discuss the benefits of being AWS certified and whether it’s worth it to invest time and effort. Let’s get started. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive, broadly adopted, and leading cloud platform that offers the most functionality than any other cloud provider. It has the largest community of customers [...]

Benefits of Being AWS Certified2023-05-23T08:43:28+00:00

What Is The AWS Community Builders Program And How To Apply

2023-04-26T07:57:39+00:00

Are you passionate about creating technical content like blog posts, videos, etc., especially in Amazon Web Services (AWS)? Ever heard of AWS Community Builders Program? You might be interested in becoming an AWS Community Builder. In this article, we will discuss what AWS Community Builders Program is about, its benefits, and how to apply to become an AWS Community Builder. So what is AWS Community Builders Program? AWS Community Builders Program is an initiative by AWS that aims to encourage technical enthusiasts and emerging thought leaders to share knowledge and connect to the technical community by providing education, networking opportunities, [...]

What Is The AWS Community Builders Program And How To Apply2023-04-26T07:57:39+00:00

Automatic SSH Key Pair Rotation via AWS Systems Manager Fleet Manager

2023-04-27T03:52:52+00:00

Automatic SSH Key Pair Rotation via AWS Systems Manager Fleet Manager AWS Systems Manager has an extensive collection of features and capabilities to manage your AWS and hybrid systems. This service allows you to centralize operational data from various AWS services and automate manual tasks on both your on-premises and AWS resources. One of its capabilities is the AWS Systems Manager Fleet Manager, which provides a unified user interface experience to help organizations remotely manage their servers (nodes) that are running on AWS or on-premises. The AWS Systems Manager Fleet Manager lets you view the performance status and overall health [...]

Automatic SSH Key Pair Rotation via AWS Systems Manager Fleet Manager2023-04-27T03:52:52+00:00

Whitelisting Access to Application Load Balancer Through The Use of AWS WAF

2023-05-26T05:14:45+00:00

Load balancing an application is a common approach to distributing traffic among multiple servers. It has a breadth of benefits that can optimize performance, including availability and responsiveness, as it spreads the workload from one server to another, preventing server overload. AWS has a wide variety of load balancer types. But one of the most commonly used for web servers is the Application Load Balancer (ALB), as it functions at the application layer, the seventh layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model. After setting up an ALB, it is also essential to consider security as it’s one of the [...]

Whitelisting Access to Application Load Balancer Through The Use of AWS WAF2023-05-26T05:14:45+00:00

Building Dynamic Start and Stop Scheduler Functions for Non-Distributed Applications Under Auto-Scaling Group

2023-05-26T04:50:32+00:00

In AWS, it’s of utmost importance to consider the cost in every aspect. In fact, cost optimization is one of the 6 pillars of a well-architected framework, therefore, it must be included in every step in building solutions in AWS. There are infinite ways to reduce bills but one of the most popular ones for EC2 instances is to start or stop them, especially if they don't need to run 24/7. But constantly doing this manually can be quite tedious and can significantly increase the operational load. It involves human intervention and hence, piling up its risks for human errors. [...]

Building Dynamic Start and Stop Scheduler Functions for Non-Distributed Applications Under Auto-Scaling Group2023-05-26T04:50:32+00:00

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional Exam Guide Study Path DOP-C02

, 2024-05-29T06:39:05+00:00

Bookmarks Study Materials AWS Services to Focus On Common Exam Scenarios Validate Your Knowledge This certification is the pinnacle of your DevOps career in AWS. The AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional (or AWS DevOps Pro) is the advanced certification of both AWS SysOps Administrator Associate and AWS Developer Associate. This is similar to how the AWS Solutions Architect Professional role is a more advanced version of the AWS Solutions Architect Associate.  Generally, AWS recommends that you first take (and pass) both AWS SysOps Administrator Associate and AWS Developer Associate certification exams before taking [...]

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional Exam Guide Study Path DOP-C02, 2024-05-29T06:39:05+00:00

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