Through this blog, I would be explaining how to automate Docker deployments in AWS ECS using a Use Case. Prerequisite: Basic understanding of how Docker and AWS ECS works would be helpful. In the given use case, we have used microservices architecture, and earlier deployments were done manually. It used to take 15-20 minutes per...
Enterprises are adopting Cloud faster and cloud services have become one of the defining technologies in IT. Enterprises are tempted to migrate their existing infrastructure as well as build new applications for the cloud in order to maximize the benefits of Cloud Migration. The common factors promoting the migration of existing...
OpenVPN Access Server (AS) is a paid package based on OpenVPN Server which provides management of users, connections, even LDAP integration simplified through a web interface. This helps in deployment of a VPN solution for multiple users in a matter of minutes. But, OpenVPN AS by default comes with a 24-hour session time-out period....
Wildfly, previously known as JBoss AS, is a fully implemented JEE container - application server, authored by JBoss Incorporated. In 2006, JBoss Inc was acquired by Red Hat and since then Wildfly became their product. Wildfly is production ready, cross-platform and open-source application server with paid support subscription from...
In my previous blog, I had given an overview of Spinnaker and its capabilities. And in this blog, we will see how spinnaker can be set up for continuous delivery. We will set up Spinnaker in an AWS environment, though Spinnaker can be set up on any platform (Google Cloud, Azure, Cloud Foundry etc.) and it can be later integrated...
Setting up SMTP server with GUI is needed for testing emails in applications. This setup not only prevents the mails from delivering to the email addresses but also sends the emails to invalid email addresses. I have come up with a scenario where I have to setup an SMTP server for the testing purpose in the development environment....
In my previous blog, Getting Started with Kubernetes, I have explained the basics of kubernetes. In this blog, I will be explaining how to create deployment, pods, and service. Deployment and pods: Below command will create a deployment controller named a "my-nginx", a pod with a single container of an image nginx (base image of...
In last few years, enterprises have embraced IT modernization and migrated to Cloud. Cloud has become the de facto driver for digital transformation as it delivers many viable benefits. There can be numerous scenarios in which enterprises can benefit from cloud migration. For instance – if you need a highly scalable infrastructure...
Docker Swarm has gained a lot of popularity in the last few months. It is Docker's orchestration tool. Docker has been coming up with a lot of updates and Docker Swarm is very stable as compared to when it was launched. It is as Docker says "Production Ready." You can go through the blog written by my colleague on how to setup Docker...
Security Best Practices More and more organizations today realize how important it is to manage security of their websites and applications on cloud or on-premise datacenters. Organizations are rapidly adopting Hybrid Cloud models in which managing security is of paramount importance. In order to cater to rapidly changing business...
Google Drive is an indispensable part of our life nowadays. From sharing almost every type of file to anyone/anywhere around the world has reduced our cost and time tremendously from self-hosting an FTP server and taking care of its security. From DevOps perspective, it becomes even more convenient if we could have our google...
AWS CloudFormation is a service which gives us the flexibility to manage and provision our AWS resources. It gives us the option to choose sample templates or to design our custom templates to launch and provision the resources. It also gives the option of AWS CloudFormation Designer using which the templates are visualized. I have...