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Basics of the Basics to AWS – Part 3: Databases
Amazon Web Services, or AWS, has over 200 services for different IT resources and use cases. As a beginner in Cloud Computing or AWS, it can get overwhelmingly fast. Welcome to part 3 of my 6-part series called Basics of the Basics to AWS, where I introduce you to [...]
Unified Slack Automation for Purging the Cache
Cached data can sometimes be corrupted, which can lead to performance problems. It can also prevent applications and websites from loading the latest version of their content. That’s why clearing cache is a must, not only does it resolve these issues, it also clears up space. Clearing cache is [...]
Basics of the Basics to AWS – Part 2: Storage
Amazon Web Services, or AWS, has over 200 services for different IT resources and use cases. As a beginner in Cloud Computing or AWS, it can get overwhelmingly fast. Welcome to part 2 of my 6-part series called Basics of the Basics to AWS, where I introduce you to [...]
How to Implement CloudFormation Creation Policy on Ubuntu
Welcome to our guide on implementing AWS CloudFormation Creation Policy on Ubuntu! If you're diving into cloud infrastructure management with AWS CloudFormation, understanding Creation Policies is crucial for ensuring smooth stack creation and resource management. In this article, we'll delve into CloudFormation Creation Policy, a vital attribute for orchestrating [...]
How to Enable Slow Logging in PHP-FPM
In the dynamic field of online development, ensuring that PHP applications run smoothly is paramount, and performing its best is critical. In this article, we will discuss how to effectively identify and address issues that could impact system functionality and user experience, developers must excel in troubleshooting techniques. Logging [...]
Setting Up Real-Time Slack Notifications for Amazon EC2 and EBS Events: A Step-by-Step Guide
Overview Stay updated with your Amazon EC2 and EBS events directly through your Slack channel. This guide will walk you through the process of setting up a system that sends a Slack notification for the following events: Creation of an AMI: Notifies when an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) is [...]
Harnessing Real-Time Slack Notifications for Amazon RDS Event Monitoring
Efficient management and monitoring of database instances are crucial for any business to ensure smooth performance. Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) is a widely used solution for managing relational databases in the cloud. Staying informed about important events and changes within the database instances is a critical aspect of RDS management. Real-time notifications are vital to [...]
Basics of the Basics to AWS – Part 1: Computing
Amazon Web Services, or AWS, has over 200 services for different IT resources and use cases. As a beginner in Cloud Computing or AWS, it can get overwhelmingly fast. Welcome to part 1 of my 6-part series called Basics of the Basics to AWS where I introduce you to [...]
AWS Student Community Day Philippines 2024
April 17, 2024, a day filled with learning and curiosity. This prestigious event was held at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Bulwagang Balagtas. This event served as a guide for budding tech enthusiasts and students who want to learn and dive into the world of cloud computing with [...]
Basics of the Basics to AWS – Part 0: Where do we begin?
This 6-part series is inspired from a talk I gave on the AWS Student Community Day 2024 Philippines. Through this series, I will be teaching you the basics of AWS through a gimmick I call “Build an App with Me”. This gimmick will be about us trying to model [...]

AWS Savings Plan

AWS Savings Plan Cheat Sheet Savings Plan is a flexible pricing model that helps you save up cost on Amazon EC2, AWS Fargate, and AWS Lambda usage. You can purchase Savings Plans from any account, payer or linked. By default, the benefit provided by Savings Plans is applicable to usage across all accounts within an AWS Organization/consolidated billing family. You can also choose to restrict the benefit of Savings Plans to only the account [...]

NEWS: AWS re:Invent 2020 will be Hosted Online and Registration is FREE!

NEWS: AWS re:Invent 2020 will be Hosted Online and Registration is FREE! AWS re:Invent is a conference organized by Amazon Web Services for the cloud computing community. Since 2012, the conference has always been held in Las Vegas, but this time it’s going to be different. This 3-week conference will now be hosted online, and take note that this event is FREE for everyone. To join AWS re:Invent 2020 on November 30 - December [...]

AWS Glue

Bookmarks Use Cases Concepts Populating the AWS Glue Data Catalog Authoring Jobs Glue DataBrew Monitoring Security Pricing Validate Your Knowledge AWS Glue Cheat Sheet A fully managed service to extract, transform, and load (ETL) your data for analytics. Discover and search across different AWS data sets without moving your data. AWS Glue consists of: Central metadata repository ETL engine Flexible scheduler Use [...]

Managing Amazon GuardDuty Security Findings Across Multiple Accounts

In our previous article, we discussed how GuardDuty can help organizations monitor their workloads and AWS accounts from malicious activities and how to monitor findings with Amazon CloudWatch Events. Imagine that your organization has multiple AWS accounts for different workloads, teams, and projects. With every account, you need to monitor GuardDuty findings individually. It will be quite difficult for your security team to monitor these findings with their constant switching between AWS accounts. Amazon [...]

Monitoring GuardDuty Findings with Amazon CloudWatch Events

Large scale cyber attacks are now becoming normal in this age of interconnectivity. As we rely more and more on cloud technologies, companies are looking to tap into digital innovations to improve their businesses. Cyber attacks are costing companies millions of dollars of downtime not to mention the possibility of lawsuits whenever an attack occurs. It is imperative that security teams have the means to prevent, detect, and take actions to ensure that the [...]

Aurora Serverless Tutorial Part 2

In the first part of this tutorial, we gave a walkthrough on Aurora Serverless and its use case. You can read the article here. For this tutorial, we will do some hands-on training and create an Aurora Serverless database. Creating an Aurora Serverless Database: 1. Open the AWS console and go to RDS. Click the button “Create database”. 2. Choose Amazon Aurora. You can either choose MySQL or PostgreSQL compatibility. In this tutorial, we [...]

Aurora Serverless Tutorial – Part 1

What is Aurora Serverless? Before we get into it, let us briefly define Aurora and serverless first. Aurora is a fully managed, closed source relational database that is compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL. According to Amazon, it is five times faster than the standard MySQL and three times faster than PostgreSQL. It uses a distributed architecture that provides fault tolerance and high availability. Serverless is a technique in the cloud that follows the ‘pay-per-use’ [...]

Google Cloud Source Repositories

Google Cloud Source Repositories Cheat Sheet A fully managed git repository where you can securely manage your code. Features You will be able to extend your git workflow with Cloud Source Repositories. Set up a repository as a Git remote. Push, pull, clone, log, and perform other Git operations as required by your workflow. You can create multiple repositories for a single Google Cloud project. This allows you to organize the code associated with [...]

Google Cloud Deployment Manager

Google Cloud Deployment Manager Cheat Sheet Google Cloud Deployment Manager is an infrastructure deployment service that automates the creation and management of Google Cloud resources. Features You can write template and configuration files and utilize them to create deployments that have a variety of Google Cloud services working together, such as: Cloud Storage Compute Engine Cloud SQL A configuration defines the structure of your deployment. You must specify a configuration on a YAML file [...]

Google Cloud Billing

Bookmarks Features Cloud Billing Account & Payments Profile Cloud Billing Reports Cloud Billing Budgets Overview of Cloud Billing roles in IAM Validate Your Knowledge Google Cloud Billing Cheat Sheet You can configure billing on Google Cloud in a variety of ways to meet different needs. To use Google Cloud services, you must have a valid Cloud Billing account, Features If you have a project that [...]