More of my thoughts on moving to the cloud. I have my new ecommerce store software running on its own instance of a web server in the Amazon Web Service (AWS) cloud system. My website is but a mere speck of fly poop compared to the power users on the service. I am pleased that there is consideration for the little guys like me. There are many ways to go and grow in the AWS...
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A Really Big Byte
I launched off into exploring the “cloud” as well as trying to understand a new piece of software and discover how it needed to be set up. What I really did was take a very big byte (bite) of new learning experience. I have been running a crash course on how to set up a web server in the Amazon Web Service (AWS) cloud. First let me say I picked AWS from several good options...
Continue reading...Cobwebs
Oh no! What have I done to myself? I have to clean out the cobwebs in my skull and make room for more brains. I am going to get back into my brain shell and be born again, or is it Bourne again… I have to refresh myself in using the BASH (Bourne Again SHell) commands that are used to communicate with Linux and Unix. I need BASH commands but will actually use another protocol...
Continue reading...Nerd Toy
I just acquired a new computing toy with which to play. No, not the Raspberry Pie. That’s another nerd toy. But I have something almost as small… I just signed up for the smallest available Amazon Web Service (AWS) Cloud web server. It is a free usage account for a year. I have no real idea what I am going to use it for at this moment other than a sandbox server to play with and...
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