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How to expand the EBS boot volume of a Linux-based EC2 instance

Cloud Insidr 2018-06-10 Leave a Comment

How to expand the EBS boot volume of a Linux-based EC2 instance

This is easier than you probably think: AWS will expand the EBS boot volume of an EC2 instance running Linux automatically when you launch a new instance off of it with the desired capacity.

Here is how it works in more detail.

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Filed Under: tips and tricks Tagged With: AMI, AWS, EC2, Linux

Tip: assign multiple IP addresses to an EC2 instance

Cloud Insidr 2018-02-28 Leave a Comment

Tip: assign multiple IP addresses to an EC2 instance

[Updated 2018-06-11.] You can assign multiple IP addresses to an EC 2 instance. Here is a brief summary that will get you started on using the most recent AWS capabilities.

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Filed Under: administration and orchestration, cloud, edge and everything in between, Linux, tips and tricks Tagged With: AWS, AWS EC2, CLI, cloud-init, EC2, Fedora

KVM set to replace the Xen hypervisor in AWS EC2 on the AWS re:Invent 2017 in Las Vegas

Cloud Insidr 2017-11-09 Leave a Comment

KVM set to replace the Xen hypervisor in AWS EC2 on the AWS re:Invent 2017 in Las Vegas

During the upcoming AWS re:INVENT 2017 conference in Las Vegas (Nov. 27th – Dec. 1st), Amazon is going to present a major change to its cloud offering, one with enormous ramifications! Yes, you read that right—and yes, that exclamation mark is fully justified.

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Filed Under: cloud, edge and everything in between, Uncategorized Tagged With: AWS, AWS EC2, EC2, Google, IBM, KVM, KVM Hypervisor, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure

How to Restore Your Instance Data from a Backup using Snapshots on AWS EC2/EBS

Filipe Martins 2016-02-16 1 Comment

How to Restore Your Instance Data from a Backup using Snapshots on AWS EC2/EBS

You are writing all these backups as individual EC2 snapshots and/or full AMIs on AWS EC2 but how can you actually use them, should disaster befall your data?

Here is how to do that on Linux.

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Filed Under: administration and orchestration Tagged With: AWS, EBS, EC2

How to Check CPU Credits Usage and Remaining Balance of a Burstable Performance Instance on AWS EC2

Cloud Insidr 2016-01-11 4 Comments

How to Check CPU Credits Usage and Remaining Balance of a Burstable Performance Instance on AWS EC2

For workloads that don’t require a consistent CPU performance but do experience spikes in service demand, Amazon’s AWS EC2 service offers Burstable Performance Instances. Their competitive pricing can contribute to considerable savings and improve service availability, but how do you know if you are getting a good deal? You don’t, unless you are able to verify your CPU credits usage and the remaining balance. Here is how to figure out what’s really going on.

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Filed Under: cloud, edge and everything in between Tagged With: AWS, burstable performance, CPU, EC2, instance

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