Creating a well-structured Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is crucial for managing cloud resources on AWS effectively. In this guide, we’ll explore how to create an optimal design for private and public subnets within a VPC. We assume that our starting IP address is 10.72.1.0. Here’s how you can set up your VPC and subnets correctly. What … Read more
Are you looking to access your ECS Fargate container and execute commands inside it for troubleshooting purposes? Amazon ECS Exec provides a straightforward way to securely interact with your containers to debug issues, troubleshoot errors, or collect one-off diagnostic information. Prerequisites Before we get started, ensure that you have installed the Session Manager plugin for … Read more
Managing AWS resources through the command line becomes much easier when you have AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) v2 installed on your system. Here is a step-by-step guide to installing AWS CLI v2 on an Ubuntu 22.04 machine running on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2. Prerequisites Step 1: Open WSL Terminal Firstly, launch your … Read more
In this blog, we’ll show you a simple way to use Datadog for monitoring an Apache2 web server. Are you using an Ubuntu 22.04 EC2 instance? Perfect! We’ve got step-by-step instructions ready for you. Our goal is to make it easy to understand, so you can get Datadog up and running quickly. Let’s get started! … Read more
Welcome to our detailed tutorial on setting up Apache 2.4 Web Server on an EC2 instance running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Whether you’re a developer, system administrator, or just dabbling in web hosting, this blog post will provide you with a step-by-step guide to get your Apache server operational. Follow these steps to install and configure … Read more
Git is a tool that many developers use to track changes and collaborate on projects. Merging branches is something you might do often, like when you need to add the work from the main part of your project into the part where you’re adding a new feature. Sometimes Git can combine changes from different branches … Read more
Deploying PHP 8.3 on your Amazon EC2 instance with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is a straightforward process. Here we’ll cover both setups for Apache and Nginx. What to do Step 1: Connect to Your EC2 Instance First, securely connect to your EC2 instance via SSH: Replace /path/to/your-key.pem with the actual path to your PEM file and your-ec2-ip with the public … Read more
Setting up a MySQL database server on your EC2 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS instance can be done by following these steps. In this guide, we’ll also configure the server for remote connections, which is useful if you need to manage your database from a different location. What to do Prerequisites Step 1: Install MySQL Server Begin … Read more
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) is a scalable, cloud-based file storage service for use with Amazon EC2 instances. It’s highly available and durable, making it ideal for various applications and workloads. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the steps on how to mount Amazon EFS on an EC2 Ubuntu 22.04 instance. What to do … Read more
In this tutorial, we’ll configure both HAProxy and Apache2 to ensure that the client’s real IP address is forwarded and logged on the backend server. What to do When working with a reverse proxy such as HAProxy in front of an Apache2 web server, preserving the client’s original IP address is crucial for accurate logging … Read more