AWS – Blog by Jay Mutkawoa (Nitin)

Playing around with SSM, Tags, and Resource Group in AWS

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date January 18, 2024
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5 min read

AWS Systems Manager is a service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that helps you automate and manage your infrastructure at scale. It provides a unified user interface so that you can view operational data from multiple AWS services and [Read More…]

Cloud Computing

Playing around with EC2 Image Builder

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date January 13, 2024
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4 min read

This Blog post is about EC2 Image Builder in AWS which is used to automate the creation of Virtual Machines or Container Images. It also provides flexibility for maintenance, Validation, and testing before the Image goes live in the Production [Read More…]

Cloud Computing

Basic steps to create an AMI

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date January 12, 2024
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2 min read

An AMI stands for Amazon Machine Image. It is a pre-configured virtual machine image, which is used to create instances (virtual servers) in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). An AMI contains the necessary information to launch an EC2 instance, [Read More…]

Cloud Computing Security

EC2 Hibernation feature in AWS

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date January 11, 2024
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1 min read

We can use the hibernate feature to eliminate the hassle of losing the memory state of an EC2 instance. Also, booting will be faster as RAM content is written in a file in the root EBS volume which must be [Read More…]

Cloud Computing

Status Checks on EC2 Instance

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date January 10, 2024
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2 min read

There is a way to get reports of the instance on the AWS EC2 instance under the “Status Checks” tab. There are two types of status checks: Instance status checks and System status checks. The System Status checks focus on [Read More…]

Linux System

Overlay Union Filesystems in Linux

Returning to the world of blogging after nearly a month’s hiatus, I find myself intrigued by the concept of Overlay Filesystems. This article has piqued my curiosity, and I am convinced it will offer valuable insights for my future endeavors. [Read More…]

Posted on February 18, 2024February 18, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Uncategorized AKA Non-Tech-Stuffs

My indoor plants in Winter 2024

I used to have a cool indoor greenhouse in my living room growing lettuce, arugula, and thyme. However, since I work from home most of the time and need a dedicated office space, I decided to make some changes. I [Read More…]

Posted on January 19, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Cloud Computing

Playing around with SSM, Tags, and Resource Group in AWS

Posted on January 18, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Blockchain and Fintech

Smart Contracts and Tokens in Ethereum

Smart contracts in Ethereum are self-executing contracts with the terms of the agreement directly written into code. They are computer programs that run on the Ethereum blockchain and automatically enforce the rules and conditions defined within their code. If you [Read More…]

Posted on January 17, 2024January 18, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Blockchain and Fintech

Ethereum, Solidity and Decentralization

Ethereum can be considered a technology that is more capable than Bitcoin. In a traditional Blockchain technology like Bitcoin, I mentioned how Bitcoin is mostly focused on a ledger system with records and algorithms backing up the transactions. But Ethereum [Read More…]

Posted on January 16, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Blockchain and Fintech

Proof of Stake in Blockchain

In some of my previous articles, I wrote about the Consensus protocol. If you had been following closely, you would have come across the term several times. I explained how Consensus is a mechanism by which participants in a distributed [Read More…]

Posted on January 15, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa