I manage people, it will not surprise you that I am also managed by a person. This person runs the AWS practice in my organisation, he also writes blog posts, I would say of better quality than mi...
EC2 Instance Connect.
I used to be a Linux Engineer, and it will come as no surprise that one of my most used tools was/is SSH. I love SSH, whether its for my homelab environment, AWS network access, or copying stuff us...
Sydney to Auckland latency tests.
As some of you may know I am an AWS cloud architect that lives in New Zealand. So most of the work I do is in the AP-SouthEast-2 region, or Sydney if you’re old fashioned. In my previous post I tal...
New local zone in Auckland New Zealand.
Exciting times for New Zealand! AWS Local Zones is now available in Auckland, New Zealand. You can now use AWS Local Zones in Auckland to deliver applications that require single-digit millisecond ...
Twitch Stream, Control Tower.
On the 28th of April I got to co-host a twitch stream for AWS with Casey Orr. I discussed the work and operations that go into setting up and managing a Control Tower governed AWS landing Zone. W...
AWS IOT Core with MicroPython on an ESP32 - part II
Now that I have an ESP32 flashed with MicroPython and subscribed to a topic in AWS IOT Core as shown in my previous blog post here. Diagram of connection to AWS and how we can now send data to t...
AWS IOT Core with MicroPython on an ESP32 - part I
I have been wanting to get into IOT for a while now, so when my previous employer gave me a very generous gift card for Jaycar I went to their store and filled that shopping cart with all the dev...
Load Balancer HTTP Authentication.
Im going to need you to stop right there! Often times I have a proof of concept type scenario, where I am building some basic infrastructure to demonstrate code or applications to clients, co-work...
CloudFoundry Summit 2018.
Here is the overview of the CloudFoundry summit that was held in Basil Switzerland 2018. There’s an interview with Chip Childers the CTO for the Cloud Foundry foundation included. I hope you will ...
vMA TechCon 2018.
I was invited to do a talk at the first annual vMA Techcon 2018. This was a very cool opportunity and I jumped right at it. I presented a talk about integrating Puppet with vMware vRealize Orches...