AWS Infrastructure

AWS CLI Basics – Part 3

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Introduction In previous posts on this topic, we learned how to install, configure and use AWS CLI. We also learned how to create a static S3 based website using AWS CLI. Today’s we’ll learn few basics about IAM Users, Groups and permission management. Creating IAM Users is a very common task, however managing each individual … Read more

AWS CLI – Basics

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Introduction You might be using AWS Web Console for managing your infrastructure. However, AWS Web Console is really ideal for once in a while kind of tasks. As you get more serious about building your AWS footprint, you’ll need to automate. Meet AWS CLI, that makes it relatively easy to launch any AWS action from … Read more

AWS Application Deployment Basics – .NET Core Apps

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Introduction In previous two posts in this series, we have setup a VPC with public and private subnets, launched EC2 instances. Setup PostgreSQL database and deploy a Nodejs application which we served via NGINX reverse proxy mechanism. We have the following architecture in place: If you are new to these topics, you can first check … Read more

AWS Applications Deployment Basics – Part 2 (Setup NGINX)

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Introduction In the previous post of this series “AWS Application Deployment Basics”, we setup a PostgreSQL database and then we connect to it via a Nodejs application. However, the Nodejs application is running on the same machine and database access is local for it. It is a totally valid setup and because it is on … Read more

AWS Applications Deployment Basics – Part 1 (VPC and PostgreSQL Setup)

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Introduction In this series about deploying applications in AWS, I will discuss different methods and steps required to run different applications in AWS. We will be covering different moving parts in AWS as needed to run typical applications. This series will be arranged in different parts to discuss different services, topics and/or technologies needed for … Read more

AWS Security Groups Basics

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Introduction Security Groups are one of the fundamental concept you need to learn when you are setting up infrastructure in AWS. Having good understanding of their working will help you not only design proper access for your EC2 instances but you will be also able to quickly spot and deal with issues with existing designs. … Read more

AWS Basics- Bastian Hosts and NATS

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Introduction In previous post on AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Basics, we launched two EC2 instances. One in public subnet and one is private subnet. With security groups configured, we were able to SSH to EC2 in public subnet. In this post, we will continue and setup Bastian Host and NAT instance in our VPC. … Read more

AWS Internet Gateway and VPC Routing

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Introduction In the previous post on AWS VPC Basics, we learned about VPC basics and we also setup a VPC with public and private subnets. In this post, we will learn about another powerful component from AWS, the gift of internet, The Internet Gateway. We will also learn how routing works within VPC, how to … Read more