I’ve been using ElasticFox for a while now and thought I’d jot down a few notes about it. I don’t use it exclusively to manage my Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2 instances, EBS volumes, etc., but usually I do go there first. It’s worth mentioning that I also use the AWS Management Console and EC2 […]
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Ping Amazon EC2 Server Instances – How To
By default Amazon EC2 instances don’t respond to ICMP requests, i.e. ping. Of course there are several reasons why one may want to ping an Amazon EC2 instance, including verifying if it is online and to test latency. As with most things there is more than one approach to this issue. First, you could enable […]
Installing EC2 Command Line Tools on Windows
UPDATE (12-2016): See HowTo: Install AWS CLI on Both Windows and Linux for updated information on installing, configuring and using the AWS CLI unified tools. NOTE: This tutorial contains information for both AMI and API command line tools along with ELB tools. Most users will need the API tools, some the ELB tools, and not many […]
Amazon EC2 Now Offers Windows Server 2008 – Finally!
I opened my email this morning and much to my pleasure I found this announcement from Amazon: Amazon EC2 Now Offers Windows Server 2008 Starting today, Amazon EC2 now offers Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft SQL Server® Standard 2008 instances in all Amazon EC2 Regions. This new announcement extends Amazon EC2’s existing Microsoft-based offerings […]
Web log analysis and statistics for Amazon S3 with S3STAT
I’ve been using Amazon Web Services for several months now. Like anything else I need to know what’s going on with my services – what’s being downloaded, how often, from where, etc. In the middle of last month I finally found a service which bridges the gap allowing a good view into what’s going on […]
Analyzing Amazon S3 Logs with AWStats
The Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) provides virtually limitless storage accessible over the Internet. Along with this functionality, however, comes the need to understand how the data stored on Amazon S3 is being used. Amazon S3 supports logging each request made to a given Amazon S3 bucket to a text file. Out of the […]
Anonymous Browsing with the Amazon EC2 Cloud
How to set up a high speed anonymous internet presence using the Amazon EC2 cloud and a VISA gift card.
List of Internet Acronyms & Text Message Jargon
With millions of people texting regularly, it’s no wonder you’ve seen this cryptic looking code! Commonly used wherever people get online — whether by text message, IM, SMS, email, cell phone, iPhone, Blackberry, PDA, etc. — and as seen on blogs, chat rooms, Web sites, games, and newsgroup postings — these abbreviations are used by […]
Amazon Announces Consolidation of Windows AMIs on EC2
Amazon EC2 no longer differentiates between Amazon EC2 running Windows and Amazon EC2 running Windows with Authentication Services. New and existing Windows instances can now run Authentication Services, such as LDAP and Kerberos, at no additional charge. Additionally, any currently running Windows with Authentication Services instances are now charged the same price as Windows instances. […]
Connecting to Amazon AWS from Windows to a Linux AMI
Connecting from Windows to a Linux Server poses problems for the average person to connect, and use their Windows OS to connect to the Linux Server. For some this is enough to put off people from jumping in, or banging their head against the wall wondering why you cannot simply RDP into the server and […]