AWS RELINVENT 2019 Recap – Day #1

This year, Steve Mactaggart, Colin Panisset and James Lewis are representing Cevo at AWS re:Invent. Here’s a recap from Day 1…
Migrating your Database(Admins) to the Cloud: Planning Access and Authorisation 101

This blog will focus on the access and authorisation approach for databases in AWS and how this should be of the first things you look at as you migrate databases from on-premises to the cloud.
Thoughts on AWS Control Tower

In July 2019, AWS launched Control Tower as a method to provision a new AWS account hierarchy and configuration referred to as a “landing zone”. We took a deep dive on AWS account design and AWS Control Tower to see what it all means.
AWS APN Ambassador Global Summit Wrap Up

AWS organised the first ever Ambassador Global Summit for the top 50 partner ambassadors to talk about specific roadmap items around various AWS services. Trent Hornibrook, one of Cevo’s AWS APN Ambassadors, attended the Global Summit and gives his thoughts here.
Using GCP Service Accounts to Access AWS IAM Roles
GCP Service Accounts provide a simple way to acquire and use AWS IAM Role-based credentials, if you know how…and this post shows you!
Integrating CFN-LINT with BuildKite
In this post we explore how to integrate cfn-lint with Buildkite for testing CloudFormation templates, ensuring that the CloudFormation stack will only be deployed if it’s correct.
The Importance of Cloud Compliance: Why it Doesn’t have to be Hard or Expensive
Attain automated remedial security within your AWS Pipeline by using Lambda to help with blast radius reduction and compliance obtainment.
A Year in the Life of a Cevo Accelerator
12 months on from where it all began for me at Cevo…
AWS Summit Sydney 2019

In this post I review some of the great things from the AWS Summit Sydney that took place May 1st – 2nd 2019.
Reducing ALB Costs Using Host-Based Rules

In this article, we show an opportunity to reduce costs when multiple Application Load Balancers (ALB) are in use. By using one of the ALB’s features and minor changes to the environment, it’s possible to save some money on your AWS bill.