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How to Build Sparse EBS Volumes for Fun and Easy Snapshotting
By Ian Scofield, Partner Solutions Architects – AWS By Mike Ruiz, Partner Solutions Architect – AWS If you are familiar with Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) and the EBS volume snapshotting process, you may know that we recommend initializing – that is, reading every block – on volumes that have been created from snapshots […]
Oracle Database Encryption Options on Amazon RDS
Follow an AWS expert’s research on various encryption options such as Oracle Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) and Oracle Native Network Encryption (NNE), as well as SSL options on Amazon RDS. This post explains how Amazon RDS supports Oracle TDE, Oracle NNE, and SSL. If you’re an architect or a developer, this will help you plan and configure storage and network encryption on Amazon RDS. You should be aware of the need to encrypt data at rest and how Oracle TDE, Oracle NNE, and SSL can help you achieve your encryption goals.
Amazon VPC for On-Premises Network Engineers – Part 2
Editor’s note: This is the second of a popular two-part series by Nick Matthews. Read Part 1 >> By Nick Matthews, Partner Solutions Architect, CCIE #23560 In the previous post on Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), we covered the basic anatomy of a VPC and the different ways to connect a VPC to the outside world. […]
AWS CodeDeploy Deployments with HashiCorp Consul
The following is a guest post from Cameron Stokes, Solutions Engineer at AWS DevOps Competency Partner HashiCorp. AWS CodeDeploy automates code deployments to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and on-premises instances, allowing developers to customize deployment steps as needed per their application requirements. HashiCorp Consul is an open-source tool providing service discovery and orchestration […]
Amazon VPC for On-Premises Network Engineers – Part 1
Editor’s note: This is the first of a popular two-part series by Nick Matthews. Read Part 2 >> By Nick Matthews, Partner Solutions Architect, CCIE #23560 I relate better to networking when people use words and phrases I know, such as “router on a stick,” “MPLS WAN,” and “VRF,” and then show me a packet […]
Terraform: Beyond the Basics with AWS
Editor’s note: This post was updated in March 2018. By Josh Campbell and Brandon Chavis, Partner Solutions Architects at AWS Terraform by HashiCorp, an AWS Partner and member of the AWS DevOps Competency, is an infrastructure as code (IaC) tool similar to AWS CloudFormation that allows you to create, update, and version your Amazon Web […]