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Getting to know Amazon's auto-scaling command line tools
Nick Hardiman is ready to take his Amazon Web Service to the next level by scaling out his EC2 machines. Here is an intro to Amazon's auto-scaling option.
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Why isn't it a Foxconn iPad? The road from microprocessor to consumer product
Have you ever wondered just how those chips wind up in the branded products you use and where they actually come from? For you curious types, Nick Hardiman has done the research fo...
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How to use the command line with Amazon's EC2 API tools
Nick Hardiman runs through the steps of installing Java, creating security credentials, and setting up some variables so that you can play with the EC2 API tools from the command l...
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Easy-to-use encryption add-on secures your Google Docs
Nick Hardiman explains how the Cipherdocs TAiLS add-on works to encrypt your documents on Google Docs.
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How to perform security checks on AWS files using keys and signatures
Nick Hardiman walks you through the process of verifying AWS files by working with public keys provided by Amazon and using digital signatures.
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Cloud security tool basics: GPGTools, checksums, fingerprints, and digital signatures
Nick Hardiman explains how files downloaded to work with Amazon EC2 can be verified using basic cloud security tools. He describes what they are and how they work here.
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Installing the Amazon EC2 API tools and ensuring basic security
Nick Hardiman explains the process of creating an auto-scaling group in order to ensure his web service has adequate capacity. But before downloading the needed tools from Amazon, ...
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Load-testing a web service: How to interpret what you see
Nick Hardiman performs load-testing on his AWS EC2 machine to see how his web service performs under increasing loads.
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2012 AWS Cloud Summit: An intro to Amazon's cloud tech for businesses
Nick Hardiman attended the 2012 AWS Summit in London and shares his impressions of the event and what he learned about Amazon's cloud technology. Also, there was free beer.
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Stress-testing a web service: The basics
Nick Hardiman describes his preparations to stress-test his simple Drupal-based web service built on an Amazon EC2 machine.
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How networks can keep up with the cloud revolution
Nick Hardiman looks at the ways that the networking layer is feeling the strain of the cloud revolution. Can software-defined networking create more flexible and better optimized n...
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Reliability monitoring on the cheap with Cacti and Monitor.Us
Nick Hardiman shows you two free tools you can use for monitoring your cloud app's reliability -- open source Cacti and the cloud-based monitoring tool, Monitor.Us.
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Service reliability: Understanding what it means and how to achieve it
Nick Hardiman considers the question of reliability for his new cloud service. How is reliability defined and measured? Here are some guidelines to keep in mind.
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Where to turn for IaaS players in the United Kingdom
Nick Hardiman surveys the IaaS landscape that is native to the UK. Who are the big players and what do they offer that their hyperscale competitors do not?
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Backing up and restoring snapshots on Amazon EC2 machines
Nick Hardiman describes several methods of backups of your Amazon EC2 machines. He also details the steps for restoring snapshot backups.
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How to perform an application-level back up and recovery on Amazon Web Services
Nick Hardiman shows the basic steps for how to back up and recover an Internet service on AWS at the application level.
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How to load balance two EC2 machines on AWS
Nick Hardiman provides the steps for setting up load balancing between two EC2 machines using the Load Balancer console on Amazon Web Services.
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How Elastic Load Balancing works in Amazon Web Services
Nick Hardiman explains the benefits of load balancing for your cloud application, and introduces Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) offered by Amazon Web Services.
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How to create a new AMI from a snapshot and launch a new VM
Nick Hardiman shows you the steps to taking a snapshot of your Amazon Machine Image and launching a new VM from it to build in redundancy for your service.
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Removing a single point of failure: Creating a second EC2 machine on AWS
Nick Hardiman addresses the single point of failure with his lone Amazon EC2 machine. He creates a second VM by cloning the AMI.
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Capacity testing for your cloud application
Nick Hardiman goes over some tasks that will help you test the capacity needed for your cloud application and offers a few tips to keep in mind as you measure.
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Functional testing of a cloud service
Nick Hardiman discusses some of the options when it comes time to test your new cloud application or service.
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Cloud enterprise applications: 12 principles of operational readiness
Nick Hardiman lists his 12 principles of operational readiness for an enterprise application built on the public cloud.
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Why choose Drupal for an enterprise CMS in the cloud?
Nick Hardiman explains his thinking behind creating a Drupal CMS installation on his Amazon Web Service. Here is why he likes Drupal.
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Build a Drupal installation on Amazon EC2
Nick Hardiman performs a Drupal install on his Amazon EC2 machine and provides a cheat sheet of the steps and commands that he used to do it.
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Pros and cons of procuring your own IT in the cloud
Nick Hardiman is ready to add content on his newly created Amazon EC2 machine, but he pauses to consider some important factors before continuing on the public cloud path.
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Building an enterprise application on Amazon EC2
Nick Hardiman begins the process of building an application on the Amazon EC2 machine.
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Patching all the gaps: Securing Amazon EC2
Nick Hardiman tackles the security issue with his new Amazon EC2 machine. Now that he's ready to start uploading and storing sensitive data, it's time to batten down the hatches.
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Getting to the command line: Starting up your AWS EC2 machine with SSH
Nick Hardiman continues his soup-to-nuts series on getting started and learning to work with Amazon Web Services. Here are tips on using the command line to open an EC2 machine.
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Connect to Amazon EC2 with a private key using PuTTY and Pageant
Nick Hardiman shows you how to set up a secure connection to an Amazon EC2 machine using PuTTY and Pageant to handle your private key.