Ritesh Patel

Drupal In A Cloud - Part III

Drupal: Create MySql On RDS!

In the previous tutorial we configured VPC and subnets. Now, let's install and configure MySql on AWS Relational Database Service: RDS.

As per Amazon Web Services,

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud. It provides . . .

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June 28, 2015

Drupal In A Cloud - Part II

Drupal: Create A Virtual Private Cloud!

In previous article we looked at a Drupal Architecture in the cloud. We also learned the importance of breaking a larger network into smaller public and private segments. Now it's time to create the Virtual Private Cloud: the VPC.

Create My Cloud

Log into AWS console and select Your VPCs. From there, click Create VPC. . . .

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June 28, 2015

Drupal In A Cloud - Part I

Drupal Architecture For The Cloud!

In this series I will show you how to install and configure Drupal - The Super Duper CMS in Amazon Cloud. Drupal is a PHP based CMS. Drupal is open source. The software is free to help you build everything from personal blogs to enterprise applications.

Drupal installation requires,

  • a PHP installation
  • a Web Server . . .

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June 28, 2015

DevOps with Boto Python - Part V

Monty: The Security Guard!

Monty: The Security Guard! Yes, In this article you will learn,

  • How to list security groups
  • How to create a security group
  • How to apply rules to a security group
  • How to revoke rules from a security group
  • How to remove a security group

Here are few words about a security group.

A . . .

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June 23, 2015

DevOps with Boto Python - Part IV

Monty: The Weight Watcher!

Yes, this is Monty: The Weight Watcher! Why? Well, in this tutorial you will learn,

  • How to list your weight .. EBS Volumes
  • How to add weight .. attach a volume to your EC2 instance
  • How to lose weight .. detach a volume from your EC2 instance

Boto: List my weight...EBS Volumes

I will create a new . . .

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June 23, 2015

DevOps with Boto Python - Part III

Monty: The Firefighter!

Monty the Firefighter! That's right. In this tutorial we will see how to start, stop and list EC2 instances. I say: fire up or cool down an EC2 instance, and that is why Monty is a Firefighter.

By the end of this tutorial you will learn how to,

  • Create a generic AWS Connection class
  • List EC2 Instances
  • List . . .

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June 23, 2015

DevOps with Boto Python - Part II

Monty: The Organizer!

In previous tutorial we installed, configured & tested Python Boto. We learned how to create and run python script from the interpreter. There is a better way to organize your code into modules and packages. Additionally, we will also look at Python classes. First, let's setup a simple structure for our DevOps project.

Python . . .

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June 23, 2015

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