Go to: http://aws.amazon.com/ Sign Up & create a new account (they’ll give you the option for 1 year trial or similar) Go to your AWS account overview Account menu in the upper-right (has your name on it) sub-menu: Security Credentials
Solution aws s3 mb s3://[new-bucket] aws s3 sync s3://[old-bucket] s3://[new-bucket] aws s3 rb –force s3://[old-bucket] Explanation There’s no rename bucket functionality for S3 because there are technically no folders in S3 so we have to handle every file within the bucket. The code above will 1. create a new bucket, 2. copy files over and … Read more
Keep in mind this answer was correct for Jun 2015 After studying the issue for a while, having the same question in mind, I found that SQS (with SNS) is preferred for most use cases unless the order of the messages is important to you (SQS doesn’t guarantee FIFO on messages). There are 2 main … Read more
A lot has changed in Docker since this question was asked, so here’s an attempt at an updated answer. First, specifically with AWS credentials on containers already running inside of the cloud, using IAM roles as Vor suggests is a really good option. If you can do that, then add one more plus one to … Read more
When your SES account is in “sandbox” mode, you can: Only send from verified domains and email addressed, and Only send to verified domains and email addresses In order to send to anyone else, you must move your account out of sandbox mode by contacting AWS support and requesting it: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/console/ses/sandbox
Your question Is ECS just a docker install in EC2? If I already have a EC2, then I start a ECS, does it mean I have two instance? No. AWS ECS is just a logical grouping (cluster) of EC2 instances, and all the EC2 instances part of an ECS act as Docker host i.e. ECS … Read more
From IAM docs, http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_policies_elements.html#Action Some services do not let you specify actions for individual resources; instead, any actions that you list in the Action or NotAction element apply to all resources in that service. In these cases, you use the wildcard * in the Resource element. With this information, resource should have a value like … Read more
You cannot load NPM modules without uploading a .zip file, but you can actually get this process down to two quick command lines. Here’s how: Put your Lambda function file(s) in a separate directory. This is because you install npm packages locally for Lambda and you want to be able to isolate and test what … Read more
Internet Gateway An Internet Gateway is a logical connection between an Amazon VPC and the Internet. It is not a physical device. Only one can be associated with each VPC. It does not limit the bandwidth of Internet connectivity. (The only limitation on bandwidth is the size of the Amazon EC2 instance, and it applies … Read more
Use GetCallerIdentity: aws sts get-caller-identity Unlike other API/CLI calls it will always work, regardless of your IAM permissions. You will get output in the following format: { “Account”: “123456789012”, “UserId”: “AR#####:#####”, “Arn”: “arn:aws:sts::123456789012:assumed-role/role-name/role-session-name” } Exact ARN format will depend on the type of credentials, but often includes the name of the (human) user. It uses … Read more