Author: hcm_adm_datamatters
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Three possible scenarios when you might not need infrastructure as code (AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, Azure ARM)
There is much hype around infrastructure as code these days. Architects, business owners, and recruiters throw around terminology and the need to “automate”. But let us take a quick look at three reasons why you do not need infrastructure as code. 1. How large is the scale of your AWS fleet of services, and how…
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Grafana hosted on your server, in a public cloud, or via Grafana Cloud? Both works
Do you need managed Grafana? “Everything” is moving to the cloud, and the popular catch-all motivation is “you don’t have to manage your servers”, and “save time on patching servers and updating software”. That’s all fine in many situations. This article aims to give you some insights and help you on your way as you…
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Three things I focused on while crafting the plan to automate an existing AWS compute infrastructure
Infrastructure as code is mentioned as a solution to many repetitive tasks. But faced with an existing compute solution running on AWS, I quickly realized how infrastructure would not help at all — The network traffic and processing power needs were not expected to increase. So followed a dialogue where infrastructure as code (enter product…
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Why does the AWS CLI not support a csv output option?
You probably noticed as you work with the AWS CLI that you can output your results when querying to json, text or table. But wait, how come the comma separated values format (CSV) is not there? For those in AWS cloud engineering roles who engage with business stakeholders, it should come as no little surprise…