AWS IP Addresses No Longer Free

AWS IP Addresses No Longer Free

One of AWS’s excellent features is that public IP addresses, known as Elastic IPs, have been free as long as they were assigned to a resource. That is about to change on February 1, 2024. All Elastic IPs will be charged at $0.005 per hour while allocated to your...
12 Tips and Tricks for AWS

12 Tips and Tricks for AWS

You’ve heard of 12 days of Christmas!? Well, below are 12 Tips and tricks for AWS! Enjoy! #1 Require MFA for all users To help secure your AWS environment, it is highly recommended to require MFA for all users logging into the AWS Management Console. Follow the...
Integrate AWS Service with API Gateway

Integrate AWS Service with API Gateway

Overview With AWS integration, you can create an API Gateway to expose other AWS services, such as Amazon SNS, Amazon S3, Amazon Kinesis, and AWS Lambda. To integrate AWS Simple Notification Service (SNS) with Amazon API Gateway, you can set up a combination of AWS...
Cloud Provider Comparison: AWS vs. Azure

Cloud Provider Comparison: AWS vs. Azure

Choosing a cloud provider can be difficult, with several options, each offering a wide variety of services. The two leading providers are Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure, which combine for over 50% of the cloud provider market share. There are several others, but here...
AWS Account Setup First Steps

AWS Account Setup First Steps

Setting up an environment in the cloud can be a daunting and overwhelming task. But it doesn’t need to be. This article will help walk you through the basic first steps to take after setting up your AWS account. These aren’t intended to be technical but...