Performing Rolling Updates in Terraform with CloudFormation
In this post we look at one of the most common problems Terraform encounters – managing rolling updates to AWS AutoScaling Groups – and how you can utilise CloudFormation to solve this.
Continuous Delivery 101 [DevOps Series]
This is the first part of many items in our DevOps 101 blog series. We’re going to break down the what, why, and the how of modern DevOps practices. Today, we’re starting with Continuous Delivery.
How to Tag Instances Consistently (and without user interaction)
Take the challenge out of remembering how to tag your instances by letting a few AWS Services do it for you.
Remoting into EC2s with SSM Session Manager
Simple Systems Manager (SSM) in AWS has a feature called Session Manager, which allows you to remote into EC2 instances on Windows and Linux command line through the browser
Amazon Macie, Trusted Advisor & new EC2 instance types – AWS Cost Management Update
Given the speed and pace of new releases coming out of the AWS services factory, one could be forgiven for struggling to keep up.
5 DevOps things that have changed because of COVID-19
Thursday night 21st May 2020 saw the return of the DevOps Sydney meetup. This months meetup was the first since the working isolation has been enforced around Covid-19.
OUR FIRST DRIVE OF AWS CHATBOT
AWS recently announced ChatBot integration with Chime and Slack… let’s see how easy it is to set up and get running.
Automating DMS Endpoint S3 Target with a CloudFormation Custom Resource
Whether you are establishing an AWS Data Lake, or migrating services to the cloud, the AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) should be a tool in your toolkit. DMS is a relatively straight forward service to configure and supported by AWS Cloudformation, however there is a specific pattern that requires a customised process. Enter CloudFormation Lambda backed Custom Resources which we can leverage to automate these processes and continue to reap the benefits of deployed resources via CloudFormation
Easy remote workforce hacks for maintaining engagement and velocity within Agile Delivery Teams
With the current environment world-wide requiring more and more of our workforce to work from home (remotely), businesses are increasingly worried about losing delivery velocity due to employee disengagement as a result of large periods of remote only contact.
Getting Started with AWS CodeCommit
Cevo uses federated access to our AWS accounts via the Google SAML based Single Sign On (SSO) – we want to start using AWS CodeCommit to store our version controlled codebases – how well will git play with this combination of tools?