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Exploring AWS Free Tier: 8 Cloud Services You Can Use Without Being Charged

Exploring AWS Free Tier: 8 Cloud Services You Can Use Without Being Charged

If you’re looking to dive into the world of Amazon Web Services (AWS) without incurring costs, the AWS Free Tier is an excellent place to start. Whether you’re a student, a developer, or an IT professional, the Free Tier offers a range of services that allow you to

May 19, 2024 3 min read

How I Kickstarted My AWS Learning Journey: A Beginner's Guide to Cloud Journey *with Varonis Insights

How I Kickstarted My AWS Learning Journey: A Beginner's Guide to Cloud Journey *with Varonis Insights

As I embarked on my journey towards the AWS Cloud Practitioner certification, my practical experience with Varonis, managing and securing data across various platforms (on-premises, SaaS, and cloud), significantly enriched my understanding of cloud environments. This blend of AWS learning with real-world data security practices has been invaluable in my

May 3, 2024 1 min read

Ghost: Create an Instance Group

Ghost: Create an Instance Group

Since the beginning of the quest, we have had cloud-based site backups, Google Cloud architecture for a low-maintenance and inexpensive test site, plus a working instance template. Now let's ensure instance availability and security.

Jul 4, 2023 3 min read

Ghost: Building an Instance

Ghost: Building an Instance

I publish journal notes of my cost-effective blog engineering challenge. This time I'll walk you through the cornerstone of my design - compute instance. Bear with me for a few more minutes, and I'll walk you through the chain of decision points to the final solution.

May 23, 2023 4 min read

Google Cloud Certified: Done!

Google Cloud Certified: Done!

This post is straight and clear brag about myself. Last week I passed one of the most challenging exams I've ever had - Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect! The hardest one I failed miserably, and it was all technical. On second thought, all other certifications I'

Apr 25, 2023 1 min read

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OCI: Firewall on Ubuntu 20.04

If you have created a load balancer and can't reach your backend servers, check a target firewall configuration, especially if you run Ubuntu.

Mar 1, 2022 2 min read

Keycloack: configure frontend URL

Keycloack: configure frontend URL

It's turned out that my free tier VMs are powerful enough to run a standalone Keycloack [https://www.keycloack.org/]server. I'm not a big fan of the direct instance access on high ports, so I decided to configure it with the OCI load balancer [https:

Nov 9, 2020 1 min read

Absolutely insane billing from Google Cloud Platform!

Absolutely insane billing from Google Cloud Platform!

Google Cloud Platform (aka GCP) has the most insane approach to charging that I've ever seen. I haven't experienced this with any other cloud service provider such as Amazon Web Services, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, IBM Cloud, or Microsoft Azure. Let's take a look at

Oct 14, 2020 1 min read

How Oracle Cloud helps you save on Oracle Cloud

How Oracle Cloud helps you save on Oracle Cloud

The recent Ahmed's post on OCI client installation gave me an idea to post this piece. My Oracle Cloud trial has ended, and I have no other option but to be more budget aware. The most apparent recipe is quite similar to the basic household rule: "Turn the lights off when you leave the room."

May 11, 2020 2 min read

Always free ... to go

Always free ... to go

There were a lot of talks about how the Oracle's "NextGen" Cloud is better than all the other public cloud providers and how Oracle stands out among all the other vendors with always free offerings.

Feb 21, 2020 1 min read

Article: Compute Cloud Performance Showdown

Article: Compute Cloud Performance Showdown

My article titled Compute Cloud Performance Showdown was just published in the latest issue of UKOUG PTK. PTK, which stands for Pass The Knowledge, was formerly Oracle Scene, and is a publication from the UK Oracle User Group. The article is also highlighted on the cover of the issue. We

Sep 24, 2019 1 min read

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