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How to Move Terraform State Between AWS Accounts
Managing Terraform state effectively is crucial for maintaining the integrity of your infrastructure. As your organization grows, you may need to move Terraform state files between different AWS accounts for security, compliance, or organizational restructuring reasons. This article provides steps how to safely migrate your Terraform state from one AWS account to another. Why Move […]
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Managing Terraform State Across AWS Accounts: A Guide to Cross-Account Configuration
When working with Terraform in multi-account AWS environments, it’s often necessary to store the Terraform state in one AWS account (let’s call it Account A) while provisioning infrastructure in another account (Account B). This setup enhances security, centralizes state management, and facilitates better separation of duties. Here’s how you can achieve this using cross-account roles […]
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Dual-stack IPv6 Networking for Amazon ECS Fargate
Dual-stack networking for Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) on AWS Fargate enables your applications to use both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. This setup is essential for modern cloud applications, providing better scalability, improved address management, and facilitating global connectivity. Key Benefits of Dual-stack Networking How Dual-stack IPv6 Works with ECS Fargate When you enable dual-stack […]
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Automating AWS BackUp testing
Automating backup testing is a great way to ensure that your backups are reliable without manual intervention. This can be accomplished using a combination of AWS services such as AWS Lambda, CloudWatch Events, and AWS Backup. Below is a guide on how to automate backup testing, particularly for resources like RDS and S3. 1. Automate […]
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How to Create AWS Backup Configurations for RDS and S3 Using Terraform
Managing backups in AWS is essential to ensure the safety and availability of your data. By using Terraform, you can automate the creation and management of AWS Backup configurations for both Amazon RDS and S3, ensuring consistent, reliable backups across your AWS infrastructure. Step 1: Create an S3 Bucket for Backups First, you’ll need to […]
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How To Create AWS Backup for EC2 Instances
Creating an AWS Backup for EC2 instances involves using AWS Backup, a fully managed backup service that automates and centralizes data protection across AWS services. Here’s a step-by-step guide: Step 1: Create a Backup Plan Step 2: Create a Backup Vault Step 3: Monitor Backup Jobs Step 4: Restore an EC2 Instance from a Backup […]
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Maximizing Data Security with AWS Backup: Features, Benefits, and Best Practices
AWS Backup is a fully managed service that simplifies and automates data backup across AWS services. It provides a central place to configure and audit the backup policies of AWS resources, making it easier to meet business and regulatory backup compliance requirements. AWS Backup allows you to define backup policies, schedule automated backups, and manage […]
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How to Use AWS Backup for S3 and RDS Backup
AWS Backup is a fully managed service that simplifies the process of creating, managing, and automating backups across various AWS services. While S3 and RDS each have their native backup capabilities, integrating them with AWS Backup provides centralized control, consistent policies, and easier compliance management. This guide will walk you through the steps to use […]
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ECS vs. EKS: Which Container Orchestration Service is Right for You?
How to Choose Between AWS ECS and EKS for Your Application The modern cloud ecosystem provides an array of services to deploy containerized applications. Among these, Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers both Elastic Container Service (ECS) and Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS). Making a decision between the two can be challenging. In this article, we will […]
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Setting Up AWS VPC Peering with Terraform
Introduction AWS VPC Peering is a feature that allows you to connect one VPC to another in a private and low-latency manner. It can be established across different VPCs within the same AWS account, or even between VPCs in different AWS accounts and regions. In this article, we’ll guide you on how to set up […]