AWS Kill Switch is an open-source incident response tool for quickly locking down AWS accounts and IAM roles during a security incident. The solution includes a Lambda function and proof of concept client. You can either adopt this client or build your…
The describe-images command returns a list of different AMIs for a given account. It accepts multiple parameters as discussed by examples in this guide.
To list subnets in AWS CLI, use the “describe-subnets” command. It describes all or specific subnets in a VPC and accepts multiple options for distinct actions.
The describe-load-balancers command in AWS CLI returns details of a specific or all the load balancers for a given account. Read more in this guide.
The delete-stack command removes a specific stack in a particular region via AWS CLI. It accepts various optional parameters as shown in this guide.
The describe-regions command in AWS CLI lists all or enabled regions for a given account. To list EC2 regions, use the “aws ec2 describe-regions” command.
To assume a role using CLI, there are three methods i.e., via the STS (security token service), –profile parameter, or the MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication).
To install AWS CLI using Chocolatey, a user can use PowerShell v2.0 or later or CMD with admin access. Provide the mentioned commands to begin installations.
To use the AWS Pinpoint service, create a project, input data to the Segments, create message templates, and then create the journey to define the workflow.
To use centralized logging with CloudWatch, install the CloudWatch agent with the required configurations on the EC2 instance with specified permissions.
To build Event-driven architecture, create a S3 bucket with event notification, SNS topic, SQS queues, Lambda Function, and IAM roles with required permissions.
To modify secrets in the AWS secret manager, the user can change the tags and encryption keys, update the key’s values, and delete and restore the secrets.
To get started with Elastic Beanstalk, create an IAM role with the required permission, attach it to the profile of Beanstalk, and then hit the Submit button.
To deploy Node.js API with the API gateway, upload code to the S3 bucket and add it as a handler and API gateway as a trigger to Lambda Function.
To configure tags with the EC2 instance, click on the “Add new tag” or “Remove” tag button from the “Manage tags” interface of the selected EC2 instance.
Among many services of Amazon Web Services, one service called a Virtual Private Network or a VPC separates users from the public cloud. It is like users having their virtual data center. A VPC is utilized when defining a custom network topology and IP address configuration. It can also be used to create different subnets […]
AWS services can be accessed by creating a VPC endpoint using AWS CLI. VPC endpoints make sure that the VPC resources can access the AWS resources.
AWS SQS is a message management service and is composed of two queues i.e., Standard and FIFO queue which offers different functionality to the users.
To configure a Lambda function to access the Internet, create a VPC, security group, a Lambda function with an enabled VPC option, and modify its code.
To get an object in S3 using Node JS, provide the name, region, access key, and secret access key to the code and it will display the contents of the bucket.