Blogs

ECS vs. Fargate: What’s the difference?

When discussing options to run Docker on AWS, I’m often asked about the differences between ...

ECS Deployment Options – From rolling updates to blue-green and canary

“How often do you deploy to production?” - This is an important question as the ...

EC2 Templates for AWS CloudFormation

This page has moved to GitHub: https://github.com/widdix/aws-cf-templates/tree/master/ec2

EC2 Network Performance of t3

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EC2 network performance demystified: m3 and m4

AWS offers EC2 instances in different sizes, defined by the instance type. How do you ...

EC2 Network Performance Cheat Sheet

What is the maximum network throughput of your EC2 instance? The answer to this question ...

EC2 Instances 2.0 – Time to Update Your Toolbox

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) has more than 13 years of public history and is ...

EC2 Instance Connect is an insecure default!

Two months before, Michael wrote about why AWS SSM is a trojan horse. Shortly after ...

EC2 Checklist: 7 things to do after launching an instance

Launching an EC2 instance takes minutes. Keeping your virtual machines secure and maintaining your VMs ...

EBS Snapshot Pitfalls: Does your backup withstand reality?

Does your disaster recovery plan deliver what it promises? Here are three reasons why your ...