Who wants to mention in their resume that one of their operation task is to tag the cloud resources? Well I did and mentioned that one of the tools I used for that purpose was Tag Editor. Interviewer was surprised to learn that there was such a thing in AWS which allowed tagging multiple resource at once. I got the job due to this most under-appreciated and largely unknown service.
Recently Pradeep Parmer at AWS had a blog post about transitioning from DBA to DBI or in other words from database administrator to database innovator. I wonder what exactly is the difference here as any DBA worth his or her salt is an innovator in itself.
In simple words, a general Database Engine is a big clunky piece of software with features for all the use cases, and its up to you to choose which features to use. Whereas in a purpose built database, you get a lean, specific database which is only suitable for the feature you want.
Even though AWS RDS (relational database service) is a managed service which means that you won't have to worry about upgrades, patches and other tidbits, you still have the option of manually triggering the upgrade at time of your choice.
Richly asynchronous server-less applications can be built by using AWS step functions. Choice State in AWS Step Functions is the newest feature which was long awaited.
Here is quick easy set of instructions as how to read docker inspect output:
First you run the command:
docker inspect <image id> or <container id>
I just published my very first tutorial video on youtube which lists down a quick introduction to AWS BOTO3 with a step by step walkthrough of a simple program. Please feel free to subscribe to my channel. Thanks. You can find video here.
Following is the checklist while troubleshooting workload/application errors in Kubernetes:
