On 12th January 2022, AWS announced a new AWS Management Console home page. I think it’s a step in the right direction. Here’s why. Old console home page Lack of Customization In the old console home page, you had a lack of customization. You cannot move, resize, remove any elements on the console page. The only… Continue reading New AWS Management Console Home is a Step in the Right Direction
Author: zhenkai
AWS VPC IPAM Tutorial – The Better Terraform Way (7 Steps Faster)
In my previous post covering the basics of AWS VPC IPAM, I promised some Terraform code samples. My Terraform code sample will be based on the AWS VPC IPAM tutorial from the official documentation. As you can already see from the title, the “Terraform way” is 7 steps shorter than the official tutorial and undoubtedly better. The… Continue reading AWS VPC IPAM Tutorial – The Better Terraform Way (7 Steps Faster)
AWS VPC IPAM Basics & Why You Need to be Careful
During AWS re:Invent 2021, David Brown, Amazon EC2 VP, announced Amazon VPC IP Address Manager (IPAM). Why VPC IPAM? VPCs with overlapping CIDRs cannot be peered, and is usually resolved only by destroying and recreating the VPC with the correct CIDR. If there are many existing workloads in the VPC, this process will incur painful migration effort… Continue reading AWS VPC IPAM Basics & Why You Need to be Careful
Initial Thoughts on GCC 2.0 from the AWS perspective
STACK-X Cloud 2021 concluded on 17 November 2021 with a central focus on the new (and hopefully improved) Government on Commercial Cloud, dubbed GCC 2.0. In this post, I will share my key takeaways and initial thoughts of the new features coming for GCC 2.0. Before that, if you are wondering what GCC is, let… Continue reading Initial Thoughts on GCC 2.0 from the AWS perspective
How I passed Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Exam (quick tips)
4-6 weeks before Exam Since CKA is an “open book” exam, you should be preparing with the mindset of knowing where to find stuff in the Kubernetes documentation. Mumshad Mannambeth CKA course If you are stuck while doing the practice questions after each chapter, dive into the official Kubernetes documentation to find your answer. Don’t… Continue reading How I passed Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Exam (quick tips)
Default Tags for Terraform AWS Provider is finally here
Default tags for Terraform AWS provider had been in the works since I started using Terraform a couple of years ago. Now that it is finally here, does it live up to its expectation? What is Default Tags? Default Tags allows its user to tag all AWS resources that support tags with the exception of… Continue reading Default Tags for Terraform AWS Provider is finally here
The Best Git branching strategy for Terraform is no branching
#disclaimer: Opinions are my own and not the views of my employer We all know that code should be checked into version control. Terraform code is no different. There are so many Git branching strategies available out in the wild, such as the popular Git flow and Github flow. However, when it comes to collaborating… Continue reading The Best Git branching strategy for Terraform is no branching
Easy Terraform GitHub Repository using Terraform
In a previous blog post, I wrote about using Terraform to provision a Terraform remote backend on Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 and DynamoDB service. This blog post will show you the steps to create a GitHub repository using Terraform. All the code snippets found in this post will also be in my GitHub repository… Continue reading Easy Terraform GitHub Repository using Terraform
Easy Usage of Terraform to create Terraform Remote State on AWS
When you start using Terraform more, you need to understand Terraform State and its importance to your Terraform code. To quote HashiCorp: Terraform must store state about your managed infrastructure and configuration. This state is used by Terraform to map real world resources to your configuration, keep track of metadata, and to improve performance for… Continue reading Easy Usage of Terraform to create Terraform Remote State on AWS
New Career Beginnings: Accenture
After 4.5 years in Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA), I have finally made the decision to join another company. Accenture is a global company with more than 500,000 employees worldwide in over 50 countries. Joining a company that has achieved continuous growth over such a long period of time really excites me. Looking forward… Continue reading New Career Beginnings: Accenture