Tag: AWS

Setting Up a Custom Domain for Your AWS API Gateway: A Step-by-Step GuideEnable custom domain for AWS api gateway

With AWS API Gateway, you can create and manage RESTful APIs, but by default, they’re hosted on AWS’s domain (https://xyz.execute-api.region.amazonaws.com). For a more professional appearance, integrating a custom domain is essential—especially if you’re looking to improve branding and build customer trust. In this guide, I’ll walk you through the steps to set up a custom…

A Step-by-Step Guide to Resetting Passwords on Windows EC2 Instances Using SSM and EC2Rescue

Losing access to a Windows instance on Amazon EC2 can be a major roadblock, whether due to a forgotten password or an accidental lockout. Fortunately, AWS provides tools like AWS Systems Manager (SSM) and EC2Rescue for Windows Server to help you regain access without needing to recreate the instance. These tools allow you to reset…

Simplify Security Group Management with AWS’s New Security Group Sharing Features

Managing security groups across multiple VPCs used to be a complex task in AWS, especially for organizations with extensive setups. Security groups are essential for controlling which traffic reaches your resources, such as EC2 instances, by defining allowed inbound and outbound rules. Until now, AWS required security groups to stay within the VPC where they…

Monitor I/O latency of Amazon EBS volumes

Amazon has launched two new CloudWatch metrics, VolumeAvgReadLatency and VolumeAvgWriteLatency, to help you keep an eye on the performance of your Amazon EBS volumes. These metrics show the average time it takes for read and write operations, giving you a better idea of how fast data is being accessed and written on your volumes. This…

Monitor EBS volume peformance using Cloudwatch

Measuring IOPS and Throughput performance has been complex due to numberof underlying metrics that are needed to be analyzed.The complexity arises due to the following factors: Different AWS EC2 instance types have varying maximum IOPS and throughput capabilities. If the instance’s limits are lower than the EBS volume’s capabilities, your measurements will be capped by…