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amazon-ec2-utils in Fedora

The amazon-ec2-utils package in Fedora makes it a bit easier to find devices in an AWS EC2 instance. ️🌤️

8 May 2024 · 5 min · 912 words · Major Hayden
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Mounting the AWS Elastic File Store on Fedora

Fedora now has the AWS Elastic File Store (EFS) mount helper available for Fedora 38 and newer releases! It chooses optimized NFS mount options for you and makes mounting and unmounting a breeze.

13 September 2023 · 8 min · 1496 words · Major Hayden
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Add CloudFront CDN to a Ghost blog

Adding an AWS CloudFront CDN distribution to a Ghost blog improves response times on an already fast blogging platform and increases security along the way. ⚡

3 July 2023 · 10 min · 1977 words · Major Hayden
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Monitor your AWS bill

Nobody likes a surprise bill. Learn some ways to keep your AWS bill under control and avoid that end of the month panic. 😱

2 March 2023 · 4 min · 845 words · Major Hayden
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Migrating to AWS CloudFront

New experiences bring joy! After working with fun AWS CloudFront hacks at work this week, I decided to migrate this blog to AWS S3 and CloudFront. ⛅

17 February 2023 · 11 min · 2326 words · Major Hayden
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Deploy a custom Fedora 35 AMI to AWS with Image Builder

Want to build your own Fedora 35 image for AWS? Use Image Builder to build and deploy an image made just for you. 🏗

16 November 2021 · 6 min · 1274 words · Major Hayden
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Build Fedora AWS images in GitHub Actions with Image Builder

Build images for AWS and deploy them to your AWS account all within GitHub Actions. 🤖

6 August 2021 · 7 min · 1360 words · Major Hayden
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Build AWS images with Image Builder

Build a customized image for AWS with Image Builder and use the built-in automatic uploader and importer.

19 June 2020 · 7 min · 1389 words · Major Hayden