As you may already know, there are few ways to host a static website in AWS. Host the static website on s3 bucket and then use route 53 to re-point the s3 bucket website end point to your custom website. This is probably the cheapest option. OR Use CloudFront distribution to distribute s3 bucket website…
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AWS Hybrid Cloud Testing – Part 3 – Stop and Start EC2 instances on schedule
One of the key features of AWS is that any business owner will only be charged for the hours that the application/web server has been online and active. Lets say you have an internal application that is used by the staff only during business hours (9am – 5pm Monday to Friday). If there is no…
AWS Hybrid Cloud Testing – Part 2 – Host Static Website on S3 Bucket
[This post has been revised with new content] Because of how inexpensive s3 buckets are for storing/retrieving objects, it has become a very attractive option for hosting static websites. Examples of static website are like this blog site, sites with information and so forth. There are mainly two ways to host a static website in…
AWS Hybrid Cloud Testing – Part 1 – 2 Tier application on EC2 instance and RDS
In this series of posts, I will discuss how to test AWS Hybrid cloud infrastructure and applications. In this Part I article, I will focus on 2 tier application deployed on EC2 instance and RDS. By 2 tier, I mean the application has a web layer or web server and has a database (in this…
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I have said it often enough: The era of black box testing is over! The pace at which technology is evolving and business is moving towards a micro-service based architecture, as a test analyst you need to evolve too. AWS is the prime candidate, The fact that AWS provides all the infrastructure at a very…
Cloud Containerisation: Red Hat Openshift vs Kubernetes EKS on AWS
Cloud Containerisation is the next big thing in the IT industry. Now that IBM and Red Hat have merged under one organization, Red Hat Openshift with IBM Cloud Pack is now being offered as an integrated containerisation solution. However since the merge is in its early stages, Red Hat Openshift and IBM Cloud Pack are…
Do’s and Don’ts of Hybrid Cloud Transformation
If you have not come across the terms “cloud” or “cloud transformation” so far in your career, then you are in the wrong profession. Every Tier 1 to Tier 3 companies around the world are organizing themselves to move to cloud over the next 18 months to 5 years. Why? Because of below: you no…
What does Digital Transformation from Legacy to Cloud mean?
Digital Transformation is a large topic. That is not the focus here. Rather the focus is transforming digital applications from legacy to cloud solution. Lets understand what each of the word means: AWS (cloud), legacy, transformation. AWS – Traditionally, organizations used to have on-premises servers and would host all applications internally. That means organization had…
Technical team engagement for reviewing vendor contract
More and more companies are slowly transitioning to a vendor based delivery model. Let it be engagement of a vendor to deliver a project or outsourcing application development to an external agency, this is now becoming quite common. Running IT as a business is the new approach for private and public organisations. Over the last…
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We are slowly entering a technological era where companies have started to move away from traditional thinking and approaches. There have been a few articles in recent times where it was reported that some companies have started to move away from university degrees when recruiting. They have started to value experience over degree. I tend…
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