If you haven’t already looked at the GitBook platform, you definitely should. There are a number of very interesting ways that you can use this for creating easy-to-use documentation sites using simple markdown and the hosted platform. SaaS FTW! Let’s view a simple way to add a custom domain name to an existing GitBook site. For … Read more
VMware did what many would have thought would never be the done. They announced the upcoming launch of VMware on AWS. Frank Denneman did a great write up (thanks Frank!) that covers the first announcement and some of the details. There have been lots of opinions on the announcement, the value to customers, and the impetus … Read more
Let’s just say that you have a standalone MySQL instance that you want to put on something more resilient. You’ve got a few choices on how to do that, and Amazon Web Services RDS using Aurora DB is a great place to host it. Here are the steps that I’ve taken to migrate from a … Read more
Let’s just say that you want to create a redirect for a root domain while using Route 53 on Amazon Web Services. Many of the popular domain registration and web hosting providers (e.g. GoDaddy, Domain.com, etc.) have baked in settings to redirect to another URL. In Route 53, there is no native way to do … Read more