Secure Azure VM from day Zero with Azure Security Extension – Azure Security Part 1

Public Cloud is all about trust which security is key pillar to keep the customer trust. There is a misconception about Cloud Security. This post will be part of my Azure Security blog post series. In this series we will dispell some of the myths and discuss how to mitigate the risks. Based on Gartner 2014 survey, … Continue reading Secure Azure VM from day Zero with Azure Security Extension – Azure Security Part 1 →

Install Windows Azure X-Plat CLI

There are few ways to install the X-Plat CLI; using installer packages for Windows and OS X or combination of Node.js and NPM for Linux. Node.js and npm via nave Nave is a tool for handling node.js installations. Nave is to node.js just like RVM is to Ruby. It pulls directly from nodejs.org Follow … Continue reading Install Windows Azure X-Plat CLI →

Windows Azure Online Backup Step By Step

Before We discuss any further, You need to have Windows Azure account and enable Windows Azure Preview features. You need a x.509 v3 certificate to register your servers with backup vaults. The certificate must have 2048 key length , have valid Client Authentication EKU, validity period is no more than 3 years and reside at certificate … Continue reading Windows Azure Online Backup Step By Step →

Connect your System Center 2012 to Windows Azure subscription

Microsoft just launched their Azure availability zone in Australia which will open new Cloud computing chapter in Australia. End of June post will be how to connect your Windows Azure subscription to your existing System Center 2012 App Controller. You need to have Windows Azure account and subscription as well as App Controller installed on … Continue reading Connect your System Center 2012 to Windows Azure subscription →

Migrating SQL dbase to Amazon RDS

Today post will be discussing more into Amazon RDS ( Relational Database Service ). How do We migrate our existing SQL Server database to Amazon RDS. Assuming You already have SQL Server Amazon Relational Database Services (RDS) database up and running. Next You will need following: 1. Your RDS Endpoint: “yyyy.xxxxxxxxxx.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com” for example 2. Your … Continue reading Migrating SQL dbase to Amazon RDS →

Bees with Machine Guns on AWS EC2

As promised, this post will explain in more details how to set up 'Bees with Machine Guns'. This tool is invaluable on my arsenal for testing web server or cluster of web servers handling load in the form bunch or swarm I can say HTTP requests. I am using this tool the test ELB, Auto … Continue reading Bees with Machine Guns on AWS EC2 →

New Provisioned IOPS up to 4000 means to Us

Few days ago AWS announced their new tweak for EBS ( Elastic Block Store ). Now We can provision EBS up to 4000 IOPS. This is fourfold increase from the original EBS Provisioned IOPS Volume. Means You can hit it up to 4000 IOPS and up to 1TB of storage provisioned IOPS. Means You do … Continue reading New Provisioned IOPS up to 4000 means to Us →

Granulate access to your S3 bucket

Granulate access to your S3 bucket Previously, I have posted how to create S3 bucket and how to alias a domain / sub-domain to S3. This post will guide You how to create single access to your S3 bucket. AWS console can be daunting sometimes. AWS console has provided good foundation to interact with all … Continue reading Granulate access to your S3 bucket →