Why use terraform for managing DNS records? If you're responsible for managing DNS records on Cloudflare across multiple domains, you know how repetetive it can be to keep updating DNS records all the time. You log into the Cloudflare dashboard, go to the DNS settings, and manually change

Introduction ECS is a popular container orchestration service provided by AWS. You can run any application on EC as long as you can containerise it. HTTP based applications or applications that consume messages from a queue - any use case - it just works, with no drama. When evaluating a

It’s almost impossible to build a meaningful web application without object storage these days. Often in our apps we require access to files on s3 bucket. Working with AWS S3 often requires building interfaces to provide secure and accessible ways for interacting with stored files. However, creating such interfaces

Introduction Imagine this: You're working on a cool new website or app on your computer, and you can’t wait to show it to a client or get some feedback from a team member. But here's the catch—you don’t want the hassle of setting

Introduction Running Kubernetes in production can be hard. Even with the managed options Kubernetes isn’t a bed of roses. AWS recently launched EKS Auto Mode which aims to offload some pain. While the features offered by the auto mode can be useful, almost all of them were already used

In a world where data breaches and unauthorized access are just a news headline away, encryption isn't optional—it's a must-have. But here's the thing: encryption is only as good as the keys securing it. Imagine locking your most valuable belongings in a high-tech

Introduction Amazon EC2 is a widely used service for running applications in the cloud. Keeping track of its performance is important to make sure your applications run without issues. EC2 provides metrics like CPU usage and network activity by default. However, memory usage is not included, and this can be

Introduction Setting up a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) in AWS can be challenging, especially when you have services in both public and private subnets. Recently, I worked on a project that required exactly this. We had a mix of services, some accessible from the internet and others tucked away in

What is AWS Config? Did you know you can track every change in your AWS account, enforce compliance, and spot issues before they become problems. AWS Config gives you the power to monitor and manage your resources, ensuring they’re secure and compliant. AWS Config helps you keep an eye

Introduction Recently AWS switched to IMDSv2 as the default for EC2 instances (Amazon EC2 Instance Metadata Service IMDSv2 by default | Amazon Web Services) . This change, which was meant to improve security, ended up causing quite a bit of trouble for a lot of AWS Clients who had been using old

Introduction Virtual networking stack offered by GCP is fundamentally different from AWS. While AWS got stuck with their initial design, GCP got time to learn from their mistakes and build a well thought VPC system that supports interconnectivity across regions by default. In this blog we're going to

Introduction One common challenge that developers face while working with AWS (Amazon Web Services) involves connecting to a private database that isn’t publicly accessible. This database is hosted inside a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and can only be accessed within the VPC. To overcome this problem, we can utilize

As Cloud-DevOps engineers, we’re always on the lookout for technologies that boost performance, enhance security, and improve availability. The AWS Nitro System is one such innovation, yet surprisingly most Engineers I interact with remain unaware of its capabilities. AWS Introduced Nitro in 2017 and since then they have introduced