Month: October 2015

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Policy Simulator Now Helps You Test Resource-Level Permissions.

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Today, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) updated the IAM policy simulator to help you to test, verify, and understand resource-level permissions in your account. The policy simulator is a tool that lets you examine and validate the permissions your policies set. Now, the policy simulator will automatically provide a list of resources that must be set Read more about AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Policy Simulator Now Helps You Test Resource-Level Permissions.[…]

How To Securely Set Up Shipyard 2.0.10 with TLS on CoreOS

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Introduction Docker is a popular option for containerization software and CoreOS is specialized for clustered environments, making the two a great match for containerized applications. However, keeping all your containers organized can be complicated, especially if they are only being managed via the Docker command line interface or if you have multiple instances of CoreOS. Read more about How To Securely Set Up Shipyard 2.0.10 with TLS on CoreOS[…]

How To Troubleshoot Common ELK Stack Issues

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Introduction This tutorial is an ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) troubleshooting guide. It assumes that you followed the How To Install Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana 4 on Ubuntu 14.04 tutorial, or its CentOS equivalent, but it may be useful for troubleshooting other general ELK setups. This tutorial is structured as a series of common issues, Read more about How To Troubleshoot Common ELK Stack Issues[…]

Amazon RDS now supports sharing database snapshots across accounts

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Starting today, you can share your RDS database snapshots with another AWS account, or make your snapshots publicly available. You may choose to share your database snapshots with up to 20 AWS accounts by selecting the "Share Snapshots" option on the RDS console and choosing the "Private" option. You may also choose to make your Read more about Amazon RDS now supports sharing database snapshots across accounts[…]

How To Install and Configure Elasticsearch on CentOS 7

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Introduction Elasticsearch is a platform for distributed search and analysis of data in real time. Its popularity is due to its ease of use, powerful features, and scalability. Elasticsearch supports RESTful operations. This means that you can use HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc.) in combination with an HTTP URI (/collection/entry) to manipulate your Read more about How To Install and Configure Elasticsearch on CentOS 7[…]

EC2 VPC VPN Update – NAT Traversal, Additional Encryption Options, and More

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We have released four new features for our VPC VPN product. Starting today the VPN product now supports AES 256, SHA-2, additional Diffie Hellman groups, and NAT Traversal. In addition to those new features, you can also re-use your Customer Gateway (CGW ) IP address. You no longer need a unique IP address for each Read more about EC2 VPC VPN Update – NAT Traversal, Additional Encryption Options, and More[…]