June 22, 2019

Introduction to IAM

Identity and Access Management (IAM) AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) enables you to manage access to AWS services and resources securely. IAM is global, and this means when you create users, groups and roles, they will be accessible in any region. User An IAM user is an entity that you create in AWS. The IAM user represents the person or services who uses the IAM user to interact with AWS.

June 9, 2019

Setting Up AWS Profiles

Creating AWS Accounts Best practices when using AWS at an enterprise level are to use a multi-account strategy, which helps provide isolation, greater control and limited blast radius. This is highlighted in the AWS Landing Zone. In order to play around with new services like AWS Organizations and fully understand cross-account access and implications, I have set up 3 separate AWS accounts Set up AWS CLI I find it easier to use the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) to call the APIs of AWS services directly.

June 8, 2019

Setting Up This Blog

I previously set up this blog with the awesome Hugo open source static-site generator. Last time I used GitLab Pages. I also recently setup a static site using GitHub and Netlify. However, I want to have another go at resurrecting this site, and use it to keep study notes for exams and personal projects. This time, I’ve decided to go all in on AWS. Set up CodeCommit First I created a new repository on CodeCommit.