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There are situations where you need access to AWS resources that are not in Lightsail, such as files on an EC2 server or the need to connect to an AWS RDS such as PostgreSQL or MariaDB. It is possible to use these resources via VPC (Virtual Private…

A showcase of five PartyRock applications demonstrating how to use genAI to accomplish daily tasks. SP Let’s put generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) to work. There is a vast amount of information available on the Internet ranging from…

I recently taught a prompt engineering workshop at a conference. The venue could not confirm if the WiFi network could meet the requirements of the workshop. Attendees are often frustrated by slow Internet and fail to get the full value of the…

How to migrate WordPress to Lightsail to make upgrades easier for maintainers. If you’ve worked in tech for a while, there comes a point when you stop telling people where you work. A typical conversation starts with, “What do you do?” At this point,…

Microservices are the foundation of many modern applications. Cloud9 simplifies creating and deploying microservices in Lightsail containers. Microservices are the basis of a service oriented architecture pattern that has been in use for over a…

When we access a resource as a user, our credentials such as passwords and access keys are used to confirm we can use that resource. However, there are instances where we need to access resources belonging to another user or where a resource has to…

There are many articles about securing your Wordpress site running on AWS Lightsail. Some information is outdated, such as configuring .htaccess files on the Bitnami Wordpress bundle. Other articles suggest copy-and-paste solutions without explaining…

Deploying a Wordpress on AWS Lightsail is a fast and simple way to build a Wordpress site. However, our work is not done and we can harden the instance from malicious code and other attacks. AWS implements a shared responsibility model. Simply put,…

The Wordpress Bitnami deployment on Lightsail is designed to get up and running quickly and easily. However, like leaving your home for a vacation, it's always smart to check that the doors and windows are locked, appliances are turned off, and…

In a previous article, we introduced AWS Organizations, a service to centrally manage billing, services, and resources. The partner to Organizations is AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), a service for verifying and authorizing members of an…

In previous tutorials we deployed a single application on a VPC. Applications like these are called monolithic applications because all the components are tightly coupled in a single server. Cloud architectures are frequently loosely coupled with…

For an IT administrator, restoring a database from a backup isn't unusual. Migrating an on-premise database to the cloud follows a similar process. However, instead of using and automate using scripts. In this tutorial, we'll walk through how to…

Managing compute resources is one responsibility of an IT Pro. As a cloud engineer you will manage cloud resources such as storage, compute, and applications for your enterprise organization. In this article, you’ll learn about AWS Organization, a…

The previous tutorial demonstrated how to create a Windows Server VPS and deploy an ASP.NET Core application. A common and similar task is deploying a Java application on a Linux server. While Javascript frameworks such as Express.js have increased…