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Implementing IP Blocking and Unblocking Using AWS Lambda, Slack, and AWS Systems Manager

2024-11-04T09:25:13+00:00

Blocking IP addresses is a crucial security measure for protecting an organization's infrastructure from various cyber threats, including DDoS attacks, brute-force login attempts, and unauthorized access. By blocking malicious or suspicious IPs, organizations can prevent system compromise, reduce unwanted traffic, and ensure that only trusted networks access critical resources. This helps maintain the performance and stability of the systems while ensuring compliance with security policies. Automating IP blocking using AWS Lambda and AWS Systems Manager (SSM) allows for a quick and efficient response to threats, securing environments with minimal manual intervention. Managing IP access is an essential aspect of securing [...]

Implementing IP Blocking and Unblocking Using AWS Lambda, Slack, and AWS Systems Manager2024-11-04T09:25:13+00:00

Streamline Your Workflow: Automating User Email Retrieval in WordPress with AWS SSM and Lambda via Slack command

2024-10-24T11:16:45+00:00

In today’s fast-paced digital environment, operational efficiency and security are important. This blog post explores a streamlined approach to retrieving user emails from specific IPs in WordPress using Slack Slash commands powered by AWS Systems Manager (SSM) and AWS Lambda. Automating this process significantly reduces the operational overhead associated with running SQL commands manually. Additionally, this method enhances security by allowing users who lack access to production environments to execute necessary scripts through Slack commands, ensuring they can perform their tasks without compromising system integrity. Retrieving User Emails in WordPress via MySQL To retrieve user emails from WordPress based on [...]

Streamline Your Workflow: Automating User Email Retrieval in WordPress with AWS SSM and Lambda via Slack command2024-10-24T11:16:45+00:00

Unified Slack Automation for Purging the Cache

2024-05-15T11:29:22+00:00

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 also a way to protect privacy since cache can hold sensitive information. About the task Currently, when purging the cache for both TD Portal and TD Main Site, 4 slack commands have to be used: For TD Portal: /clear-w3 portal /clear-fastcgi portal For TD Main Site: /clear-wprocket main /clear-fastcgi main Using [...]

Unified Slack Automation for Purging the Cache2024-05-15T11:29:22+00:00

AWS AppConfig

2024-04-12T13:51:35+00:00

Bookmarks Key Features Benefits Use Cases Pricing Reference AWS AppConfig Cheat Sheet AWS AppConfig allows software developers to quickly and securely adjust application behavior in production environments without needing to deploy code. It enhances the frequency of software releases, improves application resilience, and enables rapid response to emergent issues. Key Features Feature Flags: Allows gradual release of new capabilities to users and measures the impact of those changes before full deployment. Dynamic Configurations: Enables updates to block lists, allow lists, throttling limits, logging verbosity, and other operational tuning to quickly respond to [...]

AWS AppConfig2024-04-12T13:51:35+00:00

Managing Non-EC2 Servers using AWS Systems Manager

2023-06-21T02:38:50+00:00

Introduction AWS Systems Manager is like a Swiss army knife for your cloud infrastructure, bundling a wide range of features into a single service. You can use it to effectively manage not only your entire AWS ecosystem but also extends its capabilities to your on-premises infrastructure. Here's a quick rundown of what it offers: Operations Management: AWS Systems Manager collects and aggregates operational data, offering you insights for understanding your system's overall performance and maintaining consistent performance and security profiles. Application Management: This tool aids in automating the packaging and deployment of applications. Its Parameter Store securely manages secrets and [...]

Managing Non-EC2 Servers using AWS Systems Manager2023-06-21T02:38:50+00:00

Default Host Management Configuration on AWS Systems Manager

2023-04-10T03:01:04+00:00

AWS Systems Manager’s Fleet Manager is a useful tool for managing Amazon EC2 instances on your account. It allows you to establish a private session to your instances, view detailed information about the instance, run automation such as patch installations, or execute specific Run commands to the instance’s operating system. It can also be used to manage on-premises servers or virtual machines. Using AWS Systems Manager tools requires that an IAM role is created and attached as an instance profile to your EC2 instances. It also requires that the Systems Manager Agent is installed on the instances. The Systems Manager [...]

Default Host Management Configuration on AWS Systems Manager2023-04-10T03:01:04+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

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

AWS Systems Manager

2024-01-18T07:50:28+00:00

Bookmarks Features Capabilities Monitoring Security Pricing Validate Your Knowledge AWS Systems Manager Cheat Sheet Allows you to centralize operational data from multiple AWS services and automate tasks across your AWS resources. Features Create logical groups of resources such as applications, different layers of an application stack, or production versus development environments. You can select a resource group and view its recent API activity, resource configuration changes, related notifications, operational alerts, software inventory, and patch compliance status. Collects information about your instances and the software installed on them. Allows you to safely [...]

AWS Systems Manager2024-01-18T07:50:28+00:00

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