In this tutorial, we will automate the tagging of new EC2 instances using CloudFormation templates. In the previous tutorial, we learnt how to tag AWS EC2 instances when they are created. We created an event rule in EventBridge to trigger a Lambda function to tag new EC2 instances with the name of the user that […]
In this tutorial, we will learn to tag AWS EC2 instances when they are created using Lambda function, written in Python. We will create a rule in EventBridge to trigger a Lambda function whenever a user creates a new AWS EC2 instance. The Lambda function will tag new EC2 instances with the name of the
Have you ever had a surprise AWS bill for things that you forgot to shut down or delete? No more fumbling through the management console to find resources in an AWS account. AWS Resource Explorer was released in November 2022, it is a managed capability that simplifies the search and discovery of AWS resources. The
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In this tutorial, we will deploy docker containers on Amazon ECS using AWS Fargate. We will be using ECS-CLI to build the stack step by step. Amazon ECS Command Line Interface (CLI) is a command line tool for Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) that provides high-level commands to simplify creating, updating, and monitoring clusters
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This post is on how to create a CloudTrail Trail with S3 and CloudWatch in CloudFormation. In my previous article, I had provided 8 tips on how to configure CloudTrail for secure logging and auditing via the AWS management console. In this post, I have covered the same secure options using the much preferred and
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In this tutorial, you will create AWS CloudFormation templates to build a serverless web application using AWS lambda, Amazon API Gateway, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Cognito and AWS Amplify. This application enables users to request rides from the Wild Rydes fleet. The application will present users with an HTML-based user interface for indicating the location where
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In the previous tutorial, I showed how to use AWS SDK and Python to deploy an existing Lambda function and configure a trigger for an Amazon S3 bucket. In this tutorial, we will repeat the same steps but using AWS CloudFormation template instead of AWS SDK and Python. Every time we add an object to
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In this tutorial, you will use the AWS SDK and Python to create a Lambda function and configure a trigger for an Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket. Every time you add an object to your Amazon S3 bucket, your lambda function runs and outputs the object type to Amazon CloudWatch Logs. You can
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In this tutorial, you will learn how to set up your AWS account and development environment on a macOS with Visual Studio Code using AWS SDK and AWS CLI. This will allow you to interact with your AWS account and programmatically provision any resources you need. Note: Follow the instructions in the order below as
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You can configure an Amazon S3 bucket to function like a webpage. In this tutorial, you will learn how to set up S3 with Route 53 and CloudFront to host a web page. This tutorial walks you through the steps of: You can also use CloudFront without using Route 53, follow the instructions at –
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