What can I build with Google Cloud in 10 minutes?
Great GCP 101 video from Evan Jones, Technical Curriculum Developer, Google Cloud
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AWS – Route 53 (DNS)
Amazon Route 53 is a highly scalable Domain Name System (DNS) web service that converts word-based website addresses like www.example.com into IP addresses like 11.22.33.44. Amazon Web Services operates worldwide DNS servers at 50+ edge locations. AWS domain queries are automatically routed to the nearest DNS server that will provide the quickest response time, which will help to lower update latency for […]
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In this post I provide a guide for setting up and using VPCs in order to help guide your AWS setup. This AWS VPC tutorial is based on my experience from using VPN in AWS deployments. A VPC is a virtual network dedicated to your AWS account that’s logically isolated from other virtual networks in the AWS cloud. You […]
Read moreWorking with the Azure Blob Storage Service
Azure Storage is the foundation of the whole of Azure. Every service either runs directly on top of Azure Storage (VMs, PaaS Services) or relies on Azure Storage for many of its operations. With such an important role, it’s not surprise that Microsoft has invested a lot of time and effort to make this service as fast and resilient as […]
Read moreAN INTRODUCTION TO THE AZURE RESOURCE MANAGER (ARM)
The Azure Resource Manager (ARM) is the service used to provision resources in your Azure subscription. It was first announced at Build 2014 when the new Azure portal (portal.azure.com) was announced and provides a new set of API’s that are used to provision resources. Prior to ARM, developers and IT professionals used the Azure Service Management API’s and the old […]
Read moreAZURE ACTIVE DIRECTORY: AN INTRODUCTION
WHAT AZURE ACTIVE DIRECTORY IS (AND IS NOT) Azure Active Directory (aka Azure AD) is a fully managed multi-tenant service from Microsoft that offers identity and access capabilities for applications running in Microsoft Azure and for applications running in an on-premises environment. Its name leads some to make incorrect conclusions about what Azure AD really is. Therefore, to avoid any confusion with […]
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How to install EC2 Linux server in AWS
We will be using AWS to install Linux server which we can use for practice/ hand-on experience at home. One of the other alternative is to install Vmware on your desktop/laptop and then install Linux in its virtual machine. But this way requires a good hardware configuration of your laptop/desktop. Hosting your Linux on cloud is much easy and its […]
Read moreDo You Have a Handle on Your AWS Costs?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a great place to utilize virtually unlimited storage and compute for your enterprise IT needs. It also gives you the ability to scale IT resources up and down without having to rely on big capital expenditures upfront. This can speed your time to market, or at the very least give a good idea of the […]
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