Lambda vs. Fargate: The Cost of Running 24/7
A quick comparison of AWS Lambda and Fargate to see which option is the more affordable for running regularly occurring, long-running processes.
Caleb Gosnell |
April 27, 2022
Connect GitHub Actions and AWS using OIDC
With OpenID Connect (OIDC) Identity Provider for GitHub Actions, GitHub Actions simply and conveniently interacts with AWS. In this post, you’ll see an example Terraform configuration for setting up the authentication and an Actions workflow that uses it.
Caleb Gosnell |
March 30, 2022
The Importance of Precise Error Messages
Using the S3 Presigned URLs and Presigned Posts features almost had the Six Feet Up team stumped, but after some troubleshooting, uploads were a breeze.
Dave O'Connor |
December 15, 2021
Secrets of Building Python Container Images for AWS Lambda
Today, developers can use container images for AWS Lambda code — a helpful way to run much more complex code in a familiar package. However, there are some non-obvious differences that can make building Python app images for AWS Lambda frustrating.
Peter Hull |
August 12, 2021
An Official Cloud Migration Cookbook
Whether you are responsible for a single application, a large environment or somewhere in between, it’s likely you’ve wanted to know how to maximize your cloud service providers’ capabilities. Explore templates, critical considerations and techniques to successfully tackle a cloud migration.
Caleb Gosnell |
May 21, 2021
Serverless Django: Exploring the State of the Art on AWS
As deployment options for web apps have multiplied in the past few years, AWS Lambda continues to stand out as a powerful, simple way to run a web app with minimal maintenance and cost — if there is low traffic.
Shane Hathaway |
April 12, 2021
Terraforming Parts Unknown: Strategies for Expanding Your Terraform Repertoire
Anyone using Terraform to increase repeatability/reliability of an infrastructure has experienced the need — and urgency — to deploy resources that are entirely new.
Caleb Gosnell |
March 12, 2021
Data Warehousing in Microsoft Azure
Data Warehousing is the process of storing and processing large amounts of data from many disparate sources.
Glenn Franxman |
February 11, 2021
Off-site Post: The Data Center of Tomorrow
My talk with Josh Hilliker of Intel about machine learning in the data center.
Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
December 21, 2020
Monolith to Cloud with Plone and AWS
Whether or not that's the right move for your company is a complicated question, but let's review what exactly it means to "move to the cloud.”
Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
December 9, 2020
Pure Storage presents Portworx at Cloud Field Day 9
Pure Storage recently acquired Portworx, developers of a cloud-based software defined storage solution.
Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
December 1, 2020
Scality debuts Zenko at Cloud Field Day 9
Scality develops several different products to use in the cloud, including Ring, Zenko, and MetalK8s
Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
December 1, 2020
Red Hat shows off OpenShift at Cloud Field Day 9
OpenShift is a complete multi-cloud management platform designed to run on any of the major cloud providers.
Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
November 30, 2020
AWS Containerizations in the Spotlight at Cloud Field Day 9
A name that is well-known at Cloud Field Day is AWS. They presented on the various containerization solutions which they offer.
Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
November 25, 2020
Introduction to Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
Terraform is an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool, which streamlines the provisioning and management of cloud infrastructure...
Caleb Gosnell |
October 13, 2020
How to start with Machine Learning
Machine Learning initiatives can be powerful when you need to analyze large amounts of data, especially when it makes sense to analyze data points together to gain greater insights or find patterns...
Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
June 3, 2019
Quick Intro to Cloud Custodian
The Open Source Cloud Custodian can keep your cloud clean and tidy, here's how to get started.
Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
February 4, 2019
Top 10 News from Amazon re:Invent 2018
Amazon’s re:Invent conference was impressive this year again with a whole slew of future-oriented talks and over 40,000 expected attendees. Here’s a re:cap of the most notable re:Invent 2018 announcements...
Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
December 12, 2018
Alexa Enhancements, Autonomous Traffic at AI Summit
Amazon hosted an AI Summit as part of their re:Invent event. Geared towards a more general group of people interested in Artificial Intelligence, the Summit strove to explore forward thinking topics such as Alexa Enhancements and Mixed Autonomous Traffic...
Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
December 7, 2018
How to Build AWS VPCs with SaltStack Formulas
Use SaltStack to automatically build cloud infrastructure on your behalf...
Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
September 19, 2017
Getting Started with AWS VPCs from the Console and CLI
How to customize the layout of your VPC to meet your applications needs from a security and availability standpoint...
Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
September 14, 2017
Repeatable Development Environment with Vagrant
Vagrant is a tool to get developers set up quickly and easily on a project. It makes sure the virtual machine includes all the dependencies as they should be, and allows developers to use their own editing tools as they work on a project...
Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
August 8, 2016
FreeNAS to Add Bhyve Support
We can now run hybrid cloud services that combine the storage and virtualization layer to simplify hosting operations...
Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
April 12, 2016