For quite some time now, PowerShell has been cross-platform. This means you can now use it on Mac OS and on the many different flavors/distributions of Linux. Here’s how to install PowerShell Core followed by Azure PowerShell on your Ubuntu machine.
Cloud Computing
Azure SDK For PHP: How To Work With Service Management APIs
This guide will show you how to programmatically perform common service management tasks from PHP. It focuses on the ServiceManagementRestProxy class in the official Microsoft Azure SDK for PHP.
Amazon Route 53 Cost Savings And The Proper Way To Recreate Hosted Zones
Cost savings in the cloud are extremely important for small-sized technology businesses. In this article, I share some insights on saving costs while working with Amazon Route 53. I also discuss how to prevent DNS issues when recreating hosted zones.
How To Get Free DNS From Cloudflare Without CDN Or Other Extra Features
While some registrars (like Amazon Route 53) put a price on DNS queries, Cloudflare offers 100% free DNS as part of their (also free) CDN service. But what if you just want the free DNS and nothing more? It’s easy. The steps are shown in this article.
Locked Out Of Your AWS EC2 Instance? Here’s How To Regain Access
I remember having to terminate an entire Amazon EC2 instance because I somehow lost access to it via SSH. Well, looking back, termination really wasn’t necessary. Using the simple process described here, you can easily regain access to the AWS EC2 instance that you locked yourself out of.
Adding A Swap File To An “EBS Only” Amazon EC2 Instance
My previous article on the subject of adding a swap file to an Amazon EC2 instance focused on adding the swap file to the instance storage (also known as ephemeral storage) that comes with certain Amazon EC2 instances. This article discusses how you can still leverage the concept of swap files even on “EBS only” Amazon EC2 instances.