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Cloud-9.9: Using Amazon CloudFront for Your Site in Amazon EC2

2025-06-12T10:54:23+00:00

Hey, this is Step 9 of our 9-step website portfolio building with AWS! Got lost? Click here to go to the main article, and here for the eighth step! In this final step of the series, we’ll guide you through integrating Amazon CloudFront, a global Content Delivery Network (CDN), with your WordPress website hosted on Amazon EC2. Amazon CloudFront will help accelerate content delivery, reduce latency, and enhance the overall performance and security of your site, making it even more robust. Let’s dive in!   What Is a Content Delivery Network (CDN) and Why Is It Important? A Content Delivery [...]

Cloud-9.9: Using Amazon CloudFront for Your Site in Amazon EC22025-06-12T10:54:23+00:00

Cloud-9.8: Setting Up Web Caching Using Amazon ElastiCache for Your Amazon EC2-Hosted WordPress Website

2025-06-12T08:50:02+00:00

Hey, this is Step 8 of our 9-step website portfolio building with AWS! Got lost? Click here to go to the main article, and here for the seventh step! WordPress has proven itself as a powerful Content Management System (CMS) tool. However, as traffic increases, its performance can be compromised and slow down, especially when running on a single Amazon EC2 instance. In this article, I'll show you how to use Amazon ElastiCache to enable web caching and improve your website's performance. This step applies not just to those who are creating their website portfolio but to anyone who runs [...]

Cloud-9.8: Setting Up Web Caching Using Amazon ElastiCache for Your Amazon EC2-Hosted WordPress Website2025-06-12T08:50:02+00:00

Beyond the Limits: Writer Palmyra X5 & X4 on Amazon Bedrock

2025-05-31T02:24:45+00:00

As organizations increasingly adopt generative AI to streamline operations, boost productivity, and provide personalized experiences at scale, the demand for domain-specific, enterprise-grade language models has never been greater. Introducing Writer’s Palmyra X5 and X4—two powerful foundation models designed specifically for business applications. Writer has pioneered AI development that comprehends language, business context, compliance requirements, tone, and brand-specific language. These models are now available through Amazon Bedrock, AWS’s fully managed service that simplifies the process of building and scaling generative AI applications using various top-tier foundation models via API, all without the need for infrastructure management. In this blog, we will: [...]

Beyond the Limits: Writer Palmyra X5 & X4 on Amazon Bedrock2025-05-31T02:24:45+00:00

Cloud-9.7: Your Guide to WordPress Plugins and Templates

2025-06-12T08:42:13+00:00

Hey, this is Step 7 of our 9-step website portfolio building with AWS! Got lost? Click here to go to the main article, and here for the sixth step! WordPress is a robust Content Management System (CMS) that anyone, regardless of technical skill, can simply use. Plugins and themes are two of this CMS tool's features; with a few clicks and tweaks, anyone may create their own website. These features enable you to manage and configure your website without having to write any code from scratch. In this article, we'll go over the capabilities of these two features, how they [...]

Cloud-9.7: Your Guide to WordPress Plugins and Templates2025-06-12T08:42:13+00:00

Cloud-9.6: Getting Started with WordPress Dashboard

2025-06-12T08:40:50+00:00

Hey, this is Step 6 of our 9-step website portfolio building with AWS! Got lost? Click here to go to the main article, and here for the fifth step! WordPress is one of the most powerful and best-used platforms on the market for web construction and management. It's a content management system (CMS) that gives users everything they need to build, modify, and manage websites without necessarily requiring technical know-how. As much as WordPress has an abundance of features, one of WordPress's most prominent is the Dashboard—a user-friendly interface from which all of the functions of website management are managed [...]

Cloud-9.6: Getting Started with WordPress Dashboard2025-06-12T08:40:50+00:00

From Alert Fatigue to Intelligent Response: Using AWS Bedrock for Incident Management

2025-05-05T08:52:52+00:00

3 AM Again? Transform Your On-Call Experience with AWS Bedrock Incident Response It's 3 AM, your phone buzzes with another CloudWatch alert, and you're frantically trying to understand what went wrong with limited context. Sound familiar? Usually, cloud operations teams face this overwhelming challenge daily: alerts that lack context, information scattered across multiple systems, and the constant pressure to resolve incidents quickly. Fortunately, AWS Bedrock incident response capabilities now offer a revolutionary solution to this common problem. Why Traditional Incident Response Methods No Longer Work In today's increasingly complex cloud environments, traditional approaches to incident response clearly show their limitations: [...]

From Alert Fatigue to Intelligent Response: Using AWS Bedrock for Incident Management2025-05-05T08:52:52+00:00

Cloud-9.5: Troubleshooting Common WordPress Website Issues

2025-06-12T08:35:32+00:00

Hey, this is Step 5 of our 9-step website portfolio building with AWS! Got lost? Click here to go to the main article, and here for the fourth step!   When working on a project, there is no avoidance of bugs, which sometimes is frustrating, especially when getting stuck over a recurrent issue. This article discusses common mistakes and bugs, the strategies that can be effectively used to troubleshoot them, and tips on how to solve them more efficiently and confidently.   1. Common Mistake: Keeping the Default 8GB Storage Size for Your Amazon EC2 Instance When launching an Amazon [...]

Cloud-9.5: Troubleshooting Common WordPress Website Issues2025-06-12T08:35:32+00:00

How AWS MCP Servers Are Transforming Code Assistants with Deep Cloud Expertise

2025-04-29T05:45:02+00:00

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping how software is built today, providing opportunities to increase the speed of workflows, improve code quality, and bring about greater operational efficiency. Armed with that knowledge, AWS has introduced a game-changing innovation: AWS MCP Servers – purpose-built utilities that roll out the power of code assistants by embedding deep AWS-specific knowledge and best practices. In this post, you'll learn all about the AWS MCP Servers, what they do, and why they will be a game changer for cloud developers. What Are AWS MCP Servers? AWS MCP Servers are advanced Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers designed to integrate AWS-specific [...]

How AWS MCP Servers Are Transforming Code Assistants with Deep Cloud Expertise2025-04-29T05:45:02+00:00

Cloud-9.4: Installing NGINX, PHP, MySQL, and WordPress via Shell Script

2025-04-30T20:05:42+00:00

Hey, this is Step 4 of our 9-step website portfolio building with AWS! Got lost? Click here to go to the main article, and here for the third step! Exciting times ahead as we get closer to completing our website setup! In this article, we’ll guide you through a simple and efficient way to install the essential tools you need: NGINX, PHP, MySQL, and WordPress. All of this will be done using a shell script for an automated setup, saving you time and ensuring a smooth installation. What We’ll Be Installing Using Shell Script: NGINX: A powerful, high-performance web server [...]

Cloud-9.4: Installing NGINX, PHP, MySQL, and WordPress via Shell Script2025-04-30T20:05:42+00:00

Avoiding Unintended Costs: A Cautionary Guide to Enabling Amazon QuickSight

2025-04-22T13:54:38+00:00

I still remember the day I first explored Amazon QuickSight on the AWS Console. I was excited, eager to dive into the world of data analytics, and ready to experiment with creating dashboards. Without thinking much, I clicked a few buttons, followed the prompts, and before I knew it, I had enabled QuickSight for my account. What I didn’t realize was that simply enabling the service would lead to an automatic subscription, with charges quietly accumulating in the background. Days later, when I checked my AWS bill, I was shocked to see an unexpected charge. I had never even used [...]

Avoiding Unintended Costs: A Cautionary Guide to Enabling Amazon QuickSight2025-04-22T13:54:38+00:00

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