Turns out you can order a server or even a whole rack from #AWS, plug it in your on-prem data center and use it as if it was your private region. Deploy #EC2, #S3, #RDS etc. all through AWS console! https://aws.amazon.com/outposts/
I was able to get #Microsoft#SQL installed silently, and SSRS as well. Too bad we need a server restart in the middle. Either way, it’s going to help our automation process for server builds for #ec2 servers on #AWS.
In week 2 of my #SysAdmin class, we're talking about storage models and disks: DAS, NAS, SAN, Cloud storage, disk interfaces, #RAID, LVM, #ZFS, physical disks, and partition types and tables.
The exercises include spinning up #AWS#EC2 instances and filling up disk space, using up all inodes, and moving an EBS volume across different instances and OS.
I feel that the people at #AWS that invented ODCRs for EC2 forgot what the acronyms mean.
On Demand Capacity Reservation for an Elastic Compute Cloud resource.
So now I need to pre-reserve my “on demand” capacity for my “elastic” cloud. How is this any better than just buying on-premise hardware? #amazon#cloud#EC2
Unit 42 discovered a threat actor’s operation that scanned for exposed AWS identity and access management (IAM) credentials within public GitHub repositories. They found that the threat actor can detect and launch a full-scale mining operation within five minutes from the time of an AWS IAM credential being exposed in a public GitHub repository. The operation has been in action since at least 2020. IOC provided. Link:https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/malicious-operations-of-exposed-iam-keys-cryptojacking/
I tried firing up a #Windows instance in #AWS#EC2. Super-easy, fast, and doesn't cost anything when not in use (an $0.12/hr when in use). You can snapshot the #EBS volume to #S3 and delete/restore it later to save more. If you’re like me and only need access to Windows periodically, it's a great way to go.
I've spent the last two days working on #AWS#Python scripts pulling #EC2 instances, #Windows server outages, and fixing #RHEL#Linux server #ActiveDirectory domain joins/SSH/Sudo access. Fun to stretch all the muscles but my brain is fried! And it's still not even Friday!