This starts with an abstracted config file… [python] ### variables (abstract these further and pull in as a seprate file – then create a new file for a new environment) region = ‘aws region’ cluster_name = ‘cluster’ amiid = ‘ami-123456789123’ instance_type = ‘t2.medium’ key_name = ‘aws key name’ subnet_id_1 = ‘subnet-123456789123’ subnet_id_2 = ‘subnet-123456789125’…
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Essential Management
Good managers are gems. Especially technical managers. One of the things that happens as careers continue is competent people are offered the opportunity to manage. First at the project and team level and then as a more formal position with formal direct reports and hierarchy. A really good technical sysadmin or programmer may or may…
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I’ve worked through the Amazon AWS CLI commands to create and then to deploy an ECS cluster using ec2 containers and an Application Load Balancer to deploy a docker nodejs app. In bash. Because the straightest line between command line and automation with no wasted motion is bash. Once. But if you want a supportable…
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