Cloud

Getting Started with Cloud Init

October 30, 2019
Cloud
aws, iac

In this guide we are going to use cloud-init to bootstrap an apache server on AWS EC2. Introduction Cloud init is a service that comes installed on newer OS distributions. It is able to consume cloud-config files and execute them during the very first boot of a server. Cloud-config files use a declarative syntax (YAML format) to specify common configuration tasks such as: Configuring SSH keys Settting up trusted CA certs Define users Run scripts etc. ...

Notes on the Google Cloud Architect Certification

May 20, 2019
Cloud, Architecture
gcp, certs, career

When Google Cloud launched their Kubernetes platform (GKE) back in 2015 I signed up for the free trial. Today my free credits are long gone, but I still run and launch new clusters on a weekly basis. After putting it off for a while, I recently decided to formalize my experience by getting the GCP Architect certification. In this post I detail some of the resources I used to prepare for the exam. ...