amazon ec2

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Cloud security tool basics: GPGTools, checksums, fingerprints, and digital signatures

May 17, 2012 8:34am PDT

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.

Blog Post

Stress-testing a web service: The basics

April 24, 2012 10:34am PDT

Nick Hardiman describes his preparations to stress-test his simple Drupal-based web service built on an Amazon EC2 machine.

White Papers

Towards Optimal Capacity Segmentation With Hybrid Cloud Pricing

April 1, 2012 12:00am PDT

Cloud resources are usually priced in multiple markets with different service guarantees. For example, Amazon EC2 prices virtual instances under three pricing schemes - the subscription option...

Provided by: University of Toronto

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Backing up and restoring snapshots on Amazon EC2 machines

March 21, 2012 6:00am PDT

Nick Hardiman describes several methods of backups of your Amazon EC2 machines. He also details the steps for restoring snapshot backups.

Software

AWS Cloud Cleaner 1.0.0 (Mobile)

March 20, 2012 12:00am PDT

The AWS Cloud Cleaner App enables you to check and delete your used resources on Amazon Web Services Cloud. Your resources will be checked in all regions, the correspondent service is available....

Provided by: Going Cloud

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How to load balance two EC2 machines on AWS

March 8, 2012 6:00am PST

Nick Hardiman provides the steps for setting up load balancing between two EC2 machines using the Load Balancer console on Amazon Web Services.

Software

Cloud Drive Storage Service 1.3.1.26 (Windows)

February 27, 2012 12:00am PST

Cloud Drive Storage Service enables you to mount cloud storage in exactly the same way you would a normal hard drive or file server. Access your data via the iSCSI protocol from platforms...

Provided by: Bruce Street

Software

Cloud Drive Storage Service (64-bit) 1.3.1.26 (Windows)

February 27, 2012 12:00am PST

Cloud Drive Storage Service (64-bit) enables you to mount cloud storage in exactly the same way you would a normal hard drive or file server. Access your data via the iSCSI protocol from platforms...

Provided by: Bruce Street

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Removing a single point of failure: Creating a second EC2 machine on AWS

February 14, 2012 6:00am PST

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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Software

Publications 2.0.0 (Mobile)

January 11, 2012 12:00am PST

Publications Viewer lets users quickly view, share or print their Publications documents on the go. Publications includes the tools, colors, text, fonts and shapes for easily creating amazing...

Provided by: Carlos Paelinck

Discussion Threads

Build a Drupal installation on Amazon EC2

January 9, 2012 9:55am PST

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Blog Post

Build a Drupal installation on Amazon EC2

January 9, 2012 6:00am PST

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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Podcasts

Yi-Tan Tech Community Call 290 - The Cloud - (Summary)

January 1, 2012 12:00am PST

In this podcast, the speaker explains about the Cloud touches many different offers, from SaaS-y single-purpose applications (e.g., Salesforce, NetSuite, ExactTarget) to Web services (think Google...

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Pros and cons of procuring your own IT in the cloud

December 27, 2011 9:00am PST

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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Software

Know Cloud 1.1 (Mobile)

December 21, 2011 12:00am PST

Manage Amazon Web Services Elastic Cloud Compute EC2 from your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.With a simple and direct interface, you can control multiple AWS accounts. Start, stop, terminate and...

Provided by: Keptone

Downloads

Know Cloud 1.1 (iOS)

December 21, 2011 12:00am PST

Manage Amazon Web Services Elastic Cloud Compute EC2 from your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.With a simple and direct interface, you can control multiple AWS accounts. Start, stop, terminate and...

Provided by: Keptone

Blog Post

Building an enterprise application on Amazon EC2

December 12, 2011 9:00am PST

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

December 2, 2011 6:00am PST

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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Blog Post

Getting to the command line: Starting up your AWS EC2 machine with SSH

November 23, 2011 8:53am PST

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.

Discussion Threads

Connect to Amazon EC2 with a private key using PuTTY and Pageant

November 15, 2011 5:00pm PST

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