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Setting Up AWS Billing Alerts on Slack
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Setting Up AWS Billing Alerts on Slack

Carlo Acebedo2023-06-16T03:19:15+00:00

Introduction Let's first get familiar with the AWS Cost Explorer. It's essentially a dedicated financial advisor for your AWS expenses, helping you make sense of where your spending goes. With an easy-to-use interface, AWS Cost Explorer provides detailed visual analytics of your past, present, and predicted AWS usage and costs. Why Slack for AWS bill? We've all been there, trying to stay on top of our monthly bills. AWS does provide budget alerts, which are pretty handy in preventing spending overruns. But those alerts only chime in when you hit certain thresholds. If you want to see how your [...]

Setting Up AWS Billing Alerts on SlackCarlo Acebedo2023-06-16T03:19:15+00:00

Securing Your Repositories with AWS CodeGuru: How Machine Learning Can Improve Your Code Quality and Security
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Securing Your Repositories with AWS CodeGuru: How Machine Learning Can Improve Your Code Quality and Security

Amiel Palacol2023-06-12T14:35:26+00:00

Ensuring code quality and security is of utmost importance in the ever-evolving field of software development. However, traditional code review practices can be time-consuming and prone to errors, often resulting in overlooked vulnerabilities. Fortunately, the combination of machine learning (ML) and cloud computing has given rise to innovative solutions like AWS CodeGuru, empowering developers to significantly improve code quality and security. This article explores the capabilities of AWS CodeGuru and how it utilizes ML to safeguard your repositories and enhance your development process. Understanding AWS CodeGuru AWS CodeGuru is a cloud-based service that employs ML algorithms to analyze code [...]

Securing Your Repositories with AWS CodeGuru: How Machine Learning Can Improve Your Code Quality and SecurityAmiel Palacol2023-06-12T14:35:26+00:00

Enhance Your Security Posture: Configure SNS Notifications for AWS Secrets Manager Rotation Events
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Enhance Your Security Posture: Configure SNS Notifications for AWS Secrets Manager Rotation Events

Amiel Palacol2023-06-12T03:10:01+00:00

In the ever-changing digital landscape, maintaining robust security measures is crucial for businesses utilizing cloud services like Amazon Web Services (AWS). As the significance of secure data storage grows, it becomes essential to prioritize the management and regular rotation of sensitive information. AWS Secret Manager offers a secure solution for storing and rotating secrets, and by configuring Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) notifications for Secrets Manager rotation events, organizations can enhance their security measures significantly. Securing Secrets with AWS Secret Manager AWS Secrets Manager is a managed service that provides a secure and convenient approach to storing, retrieving, and [...]

Enhance Your Security Posture: Configure SNS Notifications for AWS Secrets Manager Rotation EventsAmiel Palacol2023-06-12T03:10:01+00:00

How to Migrate GoDaddy to AWS Lightsail
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How to Migrate GoDaddy to AWS Lightsail

Cerbie Dela Cruz2023-06-07T07:11:40+00:00

What is GoDaddy? GoDaddy is a website and domain hosting service that uses WordPress on most of its sites. It is easy to use, but it can also be expensive. On the other hand, AWS LightSail provides me with the opportunity to save $3 off with the first three months free while offering greater control over my site and improved support from AWS. Before we start, you will need to have All-In-One WP Migration and the All-In-One WP Migration Unlimited Extension. It is helpful since you can use the plugin on all your websites at just one price. You can [...]

How to Migrate GoDaddy to AWS LightsailCerbie Dela Cruz2023-06-07T07:11:40+00:00

Efficient Log Monitoring: Filter CloudWatch Logs with Metric Filters and Get SNS Notifications
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Efficient Log Monitoring: Filter CloudWatch Logs with Metric Filters and Get SNS Notifications

Amiel Palacol2023-06-05T01:49:15+00:00

Monitoring logs efficiently is essential in today's fast-paced and data-centric world, especially for cloud-based applications and services. Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a robust solution called CloudWatch Logs, which enables centralized log monitoring, analysis, and management. One of the key functionalities of CloudWatch Logs is the ability to filter logs effectively using metric filters and receive notifications through Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS). This combination empowers users to streamline log analysis, identify critical events, and take proactive measures to ensure smooth application operation. Understanding CloudWatch Logs Before delving into the details of using metric filters and SNS notifications, let's gain [...]

Efficient Log Monitoring: Filter CloudWatch Logs with Metric Filters and Get SNS NotificationsAmiel Palacol2023-06-05T01:49:15+00:00

Adding Logs Insights Queries To Your CloudWatch Dashboard
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Adding Logs Insights Queries To Your CloudWatch Dashboard

Carlo Acebedo2023-05-29T02:37:32+00:00

Introduction Widgets are the building blocks of a CloudWatch dashboard. They come in various types that can help you interpret metrics in a way that's not only meaningful but also tailored to your specific needs. While they are typically used for visualizing metrics, widgets can also display the results of Logs Insights queries on your dashboard. Logs Insights queries as a checklist You can save Logs Insights queries to create a "troubleshooting checklist" for various situations. For example, if there's a sudden increase in your application's load, you might wanna check your logs first for any high number of requests, [...]

Adding Logs Insights Queries To Your CloudWatch DashboardCarlo Acebedo2023-05-29T02:37:32+00:00

Cost Allocation Tags on Amazon S3 Buckets and Using AWS Cost Explorer
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Cost Allocation Tags on Amazon S3 Buckets and Using AWS Cost Explorer

Kenneth Samonte2023-05-27T12:51:02+00:00

Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is one of the most popular cloud-based storage solutions by AWS. Amazon S3 offers flexibility for various applications and is widely used across multiple use cases as it offers durability, availability, and cost-effectiveness. It allows users to store, manage, and securely access petabyte-scale data from the AWS cloud. By default, Amazon Billing shows how much data and cost is incurred for the cumulative storage cost and usage of all S3 buckets in each region. Because it is very easy to create multiple S3 buckets and upload objects to them, customers such as startups, small [...]

Cost Allocation Tags on Amazon S3 Buckets and Using AWS Cost ExplorerKenneth Samonte2023-05-27T12:51:02+00:00

Enhancing S3 Bucket Security by Prohibiting Uploads of Unencrypted Objects
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Enhancing S3 Bucket Security by Prohibiting Uploads of Unencrypted Objects

Amiel Palacol2023-05-22T01:34:06+00:00

Amazon S3 is a widely used object storage service that allows users to store and retrieve large amounts of data. S3 is known for its scalability, durability, and cost-effectiveness, making it an ideal choice for many organizations. However, as with any cloud-based service, security is a crucial concern. One way to enhance the security of S3 buckets is by prohibiting the upload of unencrypted objects. In this article, we will explore why this is important and how it can be implemented. Why Prohibit Uploads of Unencrypted Objects? Unencrypted objects in S3 buckets can be vulnerable to data breaches, which can [...]

Enhancing S3 Bucket Security by Prohibiting Uploads of Unencrypted ObjectsAmiel Palacol2023-05-22T01:34:06+00:00

Connecting your Lambda Function to a Private Database
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Connecting your Lambda Function to a Private Database

Carlo Acebedo2023-05-15T02:11:53+00:00

If you want your Lambda function to interact with resources (e.g., RDS database, EC2 instance) inside a private subnet, you won't be able to do so by default. The reason for this is that Lambda functions live in an isolated and secured VPC managed by AWS. This is why when you create a Lambda function, you don’t go through any networking configurations (VPC, subnet, ENIs), unlike when creating EC2 instances. Also, you cannot establish a VPC peering connection between the VPC where Lambda functions are run and the VPC where your private resources are located because the former is not [...]

Connecting your Lambda Function to a Private DatabaseCarlo Acebedo2023-05-15T02:11:53+00:00

Using Origin Access Control (OAC) to Secure S3 Object Access to CloudFront
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Using Origin Access Control (OAC) to Secure S3 Object Access to CloudFront

Amiel Palacol2023-04-26T07:50:35+00:00

What is Amazon S3 Object Access? Amazon S3 is one of the most popular AWS service organizations use, as it offers industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance for object storage. S3 is utilized to store and protect any amount of data for a range of use cases, such as data lakes, websites, mobile applications, backup and restore, archive, enterprise applications, IoT devices, and big data analytics. One of the frequent use cases of Amazon S3 is for storing static media content. It works well together with CloudFront distribution, especially if the content needs to be delivered around the world. [...]

Using Origin Access Control (OAC) to Secure S3 Object Access to CloudFrontAmiel Palacol2023-04-26T07:50:35+00:00