Journal

This is the second post on AWS IAM, and I’ll be talking about Roles, IAM Security Tools, and ending with some best practices. Roles We saw in the last post that you can assign policies to user accounts to allow/deny certain actions within your AWS account. But what if you wanted a third party to perform some kind of action on your account? What about an automated system? Is there any way to limit their access, or do they just get full carte blanche access to your entire account? ...

I recently became a AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner! The exam was relatively simple, it primarily involved understanding what all of AWS’s services do at a very high level. However, it doesn’t really prepare you to use the services, so I am continuing down the Solutions Architect Path with the Solutions Architect Associate certification! I found a highly rated course on Udemy called “Ultimate AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate 2026” produced by Stéphane Maarek. In an effort to show my competency, retain the information myself, and perhaps even teach you a thing or two, I’ll be producing some journal-style blog posts showcasing what I have learned. ...

This is my first post regarding AWS EC2. This post is an introduction to what EC2 is and then some basic set up steps to get it up and running. EC2 Introduction Virtual Computing is one of the cornerstones of modern computing. Virtualization allows for secure and efficient use of the massive resources that modern servers can provide. AWS offers a variety of virtualized computing services, but the first and most basic is Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2). ...