Tutorial on how to create and use a custom terraform module and publish it on GitHub — In this post, using terraform best practices I will demonstrate how to create a reusable terraform module from a sample configuration and publish a version on GitHub, after which we will create a root module to use it. …

A step-by-step guide using the AWS console to create a pipeline to an S3 bucket used to host a static website — In this blog post, using the AWS Console I will walk through how to create a simple pipeline using AWS CodePipeline to deploy code files to an S3 bucket used for hosting a static website. The code files will be sourced from an S3 bucket. Requirements An AWS Account and IAM…

A step-by-step guide with Terraform for building a compliance remediation & notification solution — In this blog post, I will use a scenario to walk you through how to build a custom automated remediation workflow using a custom Systems Manager runbook and a custom AWS Config rule. We would also implement email notifications to contact resource owners when resources are remediated and Cloud Administrators…

A step-by-step guide with Terraform for building an auto-remediation solution using AWS Config with notifications — AWS Config service enables you to audit, assess and evaluate configurations and relationships of AWS resources. In AWS Config, you can view the configuration history of a resource, what changes were made over a period of time, and audit your resources against your organization’s policies.

A step-by-step guide for building an auto tag solution for new AWS resources & deploy with Terraform — Tagging cloud resources is considered a best practice and a crucial component of any organization’s cloud governance strategy. The benefits range from improved cost allocation or optimization strategy to ease of finding resources regardless of location within your infrastructure or classifying resources based on the security level.