AWS

This week I passed the AWS SysOps Administrator (Associate) Exam. Here’s some notes on what I did to prepare, and observations of the process.

As 2020 thankfully winds down, I leave Cisco and join AWS.

Can I replace a local Prometheus with AWS CloudWatch? And include syslog monitoring as well? Yes, I can. But it was a PITA to set up. Here’s how.

In AWS the AMI ID for a particular VM image is unique to that region. But it’s name is consistent across AWS. When building infra-as-code (such as terraform) use the name, not the ID. And some musings on terraform. Is it still the right answer for infra-as-code?

Think self-driving technology requires deep pockets to play with? Think again. AWS DeepRacer and Autoware are the leading edges of self-driving automation for the maker.

On Becoming an AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate)

Thoughts on AWS re:Invent 2018