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Infrastructure as Code with Terraform

Geographically Diverse Failover in the Cloud free

With the Terraform configuration management tools and the Amazon Route 53 DNS service, you can configure AWS to provide geographically diverse failover between two web servers.
Amazon AWS , AWS , Configuration M... , DevOps , failover , Route 53 , Terraform
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Monitoring and service discovery with Consul

Staying on Top free

When dozens of new services and VMs emerge and disappear every day in dynamic cloud environments, conventional monitoring provides false alarms, not operational security.
Cloud Computing , Community
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Preparing to move to the cloud

Jump! free

Because the cloud is ubiquitous, some companies think that outsourcing their business applications to Amazon, Google, and the like is a breeze. In fact, on the way, treacherous winds blow just off the beaten track.
AWS , cloud , Community , Security
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AWS security scans with Scout2

Dig Deep free

Scout2 is an open source auditing tool that helps you keep your AWS environments secure.
audit , AWS , secure , tools
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AWS Automation Documents

Automate AWS AMIs free


AWS Systems Manager Automation documents let you customize your Amazon Machine Images to improve security and avoid config drift.
Amazon Machine... , AMI , AWS , DevOps
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Proxmox virtualization manager

Cloudless free

Proxmox has been working for years on their virtualization manager that does not require a cloud. We look at the improved reliability and new features in version 5.0.
OpenStack , Virtualization
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Getting data from AWS S3 via Python scripts

Pumping Station free

Data on AWS S3 is not necessarily stuck there. If you want your data back, you can siphon it out all at once with a little Python pump.
AWS , Cloud Computing , data , python
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Combining containers and OpenStack

Interaction free

The OpenStack cosmos cannot ignore the trend toward containers. If you want to combine both technologies, projects like Magnum, Kolla, and Zun come into play. Which one?
Cloud Computing , container , OpenStack
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Take your pick from a variety of AWS databases

Choose Carefully free

We look at the variety of databases available in Amazon Web Services – from relational, to NoSQL, to data warehouses for petabyte data volumes.
amazon , AWS , Cloud Computing , Databases
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OpenStack Trove for users, sys admins, and database admins

Semiautomatic free

Trove brings DBaaS to OpenStack; however, the service needs meaningful configuration for optimum performance.
DBaaS , OpenStack , Performance
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