by Steven Sutton | Oct 25, 2018 | Cloud, DevOps, intermediate, security, Skill
This article will show you how to assume a role and perform aws-cli commands in one account after authenticating via a user in a trusted account (e.g. using the Identity Account pattern). This article is the third and final in a series of instructional posts regarding...
by Steven Sutton | Oct 25, 2018 | Cloud, DevOps, introductory, security, Skill
This how-to will guide you through the configuration of IAM roles in aws-vault and assuming those roles so that you can execute AWS commands as that role while protecting your credentials. This article is the second in a series on using aws-vault to manage your AWS...
by Steven Sutton | Oct 22, 2018 | Cloud, DevOps, introductory, security, Skill
This article kicks off a series of posts describing how to use aws-vault, a third party tool that helps engineers store and use AWS credentials securely in their local development and operational environments. The series will cover: installing aws-vault and using it...
by Matt Hickie | Feb 4, 2018 | Cloud, DevOps, intermediate, security
You use AWS services. You use them for a company or for your personal projects. In all this excitement to use the AWS cloud you might have: allowed all developers to access many resources in your AWS account given yourself permanent keys and full admin access on...
by Stephen Kuenzli | Mar 2, 2017 | introductory, quality, testing
Why is delivering software so hard? Delivering software to customers on-time and with the expected quality is a big challenge. The balance of scope, time, and resources is difficult to maintain for many teams. Unfortunately, many teams do not understand the main risk...
by Stephen Kuenzli | Jan 17, 2017 | containers, introductory
Interested in simple ways to start using Docker from the bottoms-up? This article presents 4 patterns for using Docker as an individual or small team from dev through production. These patterns address difficulty: trying new tools and approaches configuring and...