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Custom Telegram Notifications for EC2 CPU Utilization

I am DevOps Engineer working on US based construction management company’s application. After I proposed the cost and work benefits of using AWS services to the product owner, most of our workloads are AWS-based servers and RDS database instances. My team lead asked me I could setup a system to send custom alerts to telegram […]

September 7, 2024
Automatically Start and Stop Amazon EC2 Instances using AWS Systems Manager (SSM) Maintenance Windows

In this blog, we are going to configure the following scenario: Two selected EC2 Instances should automatically start at 9am and stop at 6pm during office hours from Monday to Friday . The architecture diagram is shown as above. — First thing we are going to do is to launch two EC2 instances with name […]

March 7, 2024
Quick Connect Remote (EC2 instance) and Host (User PC) through SSH command in Linux

How quickly can you connect your Remote Server from your host computer? In this blog, we are going to connect AWS EC2 instance from our personal laptop using the SSH and keygen command. This quick tip helps to instantly fire linux commands and start EC2 instance within seconds. Settings in remote server First ensure we […]

February 7, 2024
Using Amazon S3 and CloudFront to Host a Static Website

Amazon S3 and CloudFront offers easy on budget and easy to configure and setup a static website. If you simply wish to have a simple portfolio website or personal website that works like your online visiting card, content of which do not change so frequently, then this blog is for you. Initially we setup on […]

January 7, 2024
Automated CICD Jenkins Pipeline for Web Application on AWS with Docker

AI and automation are two trending topics these days and same things are going on with software development processes. To deliver quick and quality software, CICD pipelines workflows and integration of multiple service providers is necessary. So, lets learn today how to create declarative CICD Jenkins Pipeline for Web Application using the Ubuntu AMI on […]

December 7, 2023
From Amazon ECR to Amazon ECS: Understanding Container Deployment with AWS

Hello guys, today we are going to learn how to deploy container images from Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) to Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS). It is very important to learn the concepts of containerization for DevOps Engineers and system administrators, but first let’s see start from the basic concepts. What is Amazon ECS? As […]

November 7, 2023
Building Microservices with Docker and Pushing Images to Amazon ECR: A Step-by-Step Guide

Microservices architecture offers flexibility, scalability, and ease of deployment and has gained popularity and is a must-have skill for DevOps Engineers. In this blog, we will explore how to create two microservices: Service1 and Service2, using Docker, and push their images to Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR). We’ll also set up nginx as a reverse […]

October 7, 2023
Let’s Unlock the Power of Amazon Route 53 Domains for Your Website

Hello my fellow learners, have you heard about Amazon Route 53? Let’s learn about this reliable and secure AWS service today that acts like a guardian of our home ensuring our domain is safe, stable, and completely under our control. It’s part of a bigger family called AWS, where a bunch of IT experts make […]

September 7, 2023
Easily migrate DNS services from a third-party DNS provider to Amazon Lightsail

Amazon Lightsail service offers instant installation of WordPress CMS. After installing wordpress, in this blog, we will see how to migrate name server of domain from third party DNS provider to Amazon Lightsail. So, lets start the steps! First step: Simply login to your AWS Account using AWS best practices and open the Amazon Lightsail […]

June 24, 2023
Cloud Connection: Networking on AWS Cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a robust set of networking services that enable organizations to establish reliable connections, design intricate architectures, and optimize network performance. Here, we explore the major networking services offered by AWS, that help in building a resilient and efficient network in the cloud. Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC): Amazon VPC acts […]

June 17, 2023