For those learning AWS/AWS CLI, CloudFormation is a tool for building infrastructure with AWS. Here is a very simple document on how to use CloudFormation to build an AWS EC2 Linux instance and execute a bash script from CloudFormation against the newly created Linux instance. …

For those learning AWS/AWS CLI, Terraform is a tool for building infrastructure with various technologies including AWS, Azure, GCP, and vSphere. Here is a very simple document on how to use Terraform to build an AWS EC2 Linux instance and then execute a bash script from Terraform against the newly…

For those learning Ansible with AWS/AWS CLI this is a quick and short document on how create an AWS VPC, Subnet, Security Group, and Access Control List using Ansible from within CentOS 7 Linux. As a quick first step make sure the following are installed on CentOS 7: yum install…

For those learning Ansible this is a quick and simple document on how to create AWS instances, create and attach AWS volumes, and create an ami using Ansible from CentOS 7 Linux. As a quick first step make sure the following are install on CentOS 7 Linux: yum install python2-pip pip…

For those interested in learning Ansible with Ansible roles, this is a short document on how to install, setup, and use Ansible roles for automation and Configuration Management with CentOS 7 Linux. For those who have a Chef background, Ansible roles are analogous to Chef Cookbooks with the directory structure…

For those learning Ansible this is a quick document on how to install, setup, and use Ansible for Linux Automation and Configuration Management. In this document you will learn the basics of an Ansible Playbook and learn how to automate such things as systemd unit files, cron files, executing external…

For those learning AWS/AWS CLI, Terraform is a tool for building infrastructure with various technologies including Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and vSphere. Here is an extremely simple document on how to use Terraform to build an AWS VPC along with a Subnet and Network ACL for the VPC. …

For those learning AWS/AWS CLI Terraform is a tool for building infrastructure with various technologies including AWS. Here is a very simple document on how to use Terraform to build an AWS EC2 Linux instance. Terraform uses the Amazon Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) so make sure you have this…

For those learning AWS/AWS CLI this is a quick document on how create an AWS VPC and Subnet using the AWS CLI (AWS Command Line Interface) from a Linux/Bash script. The below bash script performs the following: adds a new VPC names the VPC adds dns support adds a dns…