How-To

How-to, tips, tricks and more hands-on advice for working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) from AWSInsider.net.


Getting Started with MFA for AWS, Part 2: Using a Security Key

Brien Posey provides a step-by-step overview of what is involved in setting AWS up to use a security key, or passkey.

Getting Started with MFA for AWS, Part 1

Brien Posey explains the various MFA options and shows you the easiest way to set up MFA, recently made mandatory by Amazon for AWS logins.

Creating Time-Based Copies of Your EBS Snapshots on AWS

Amazon introduced a time-based snapshot copy feature that allows you to specify how quickly the snapshot copy process should be complete, useful to organizations who have compliance requirements necessitating snapshot copies to be made within a specific amount of time.

Measuring Network Performance Across AWS Regions and Availability Zones

Thankfully, Amazon provides an easy way to look at network latency and performance between regions or availability zones, and Brien Posey shows you how.

Reducing Your AWS Costs Through Instance Scheduling, Part 2: Test Early

"As I was writing this article, I had a lot of problems with the testing process displaying a time-out error," says Brien Posey, which is why you read these articles to see how problems are fixed.

Reducing Your AWS Costs Through Instance Scheduling, Part 1

To save money, Brien shows how to set up a scheduler to shut down a VM instance at the end of the day and automatically power it back on the next morning.

Migrating Workloads with AWS Application Migration Service, Part 2

To actually do the migration, you'll need to access the AWS replication agent first. Here's how, using Windows Server as an example.

Migrating Workloads with AWS Application Migration Service, Part 1

Although this service won't take the place of proper migration planning, it can be used to assist with the actual migration of physical or virtual servers.

Getting Started with AWS CloudShell, Part 2

Here's how to get your script files (or other files) into and out of the CloudShell environment.

Getting Started with AWS CloudShell, Part 1

There's nothing wrong with interacting with AWS via the command line, but CloudShell brings a few extra perks that AWS CLI doesn't.

Scanning Amazon S3 Buckets for Malware, Part 2

How to set up GuardDuty to monitor your S3 data.

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Scanning Amazon S3 Buckets for Malware, Part 1

AWS recently extended GuardDuty's threat-hunting capabilities to its flagship storage service. Here's how to deploy it.

Backing Up Your Data to the AWS Cloud, Part 2

How to get the tape storage gateway backup-ready.

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Backing Up Your Data to the AWS Cloud, Part 1

The trick to backing up your on-premises data to AWS is to leverage a storage gateway that acts as a virtual tape library. Here's how to get started.

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Enabling Programmatic Command Line Access for AWS, Part 2

Now that you've set up the requisite account, it's time to enable authentication. Here's how.

Enabling Programmatic Command Line Access for AWS, Part 1

It's possible to manage AWS programmatically from the command line, but there are a few things you need to set up first -- starting with credentials.

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Selecting an Appropriate EC2 Instance Type, Part 2

Enter Amazon Q for some AI-powered selection assistance.

EC2 Instance Type, Part 1: Choosing the Right One

In this first part, let's break down the instance types that are available to you.

Automating AWS Zonal Shifts, Part 2: Configuration

Now that we've delved into why zonal autoshift is so important, here's how to get up and running in your environment.

Automating AWS Zonal Shifts, Part 1: Cost and Efficiency

In this two-part series, we'll evaluate whether AWS Zonal Shifts is right for your organization's data and get you up and running with the service.

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