Month: January 2020

Share encrypted AMI across AWS accounts


AWS has made sharing encrypted AMI cross accounts a bit easier now, check this out - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/share-encrypted-amis-across-accounts-to-launch-instances-in-a-single-step/ Here is a sample of how to share encrypted AMI across accounts and launch an instance from it: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/how-to-share-encrypted-amis-across-accounts-to-launch-encrypted-ec2-instances/ If you need to run autoscaling group from the encrypted AMI, it requires a few extra steps. Mostly it … Continue reading Share encrypted AMI across AWS accounts →

Manage Private CA file in Python


The private CA signed certificate can cause SSL error in Python if the it is not trusted. How to manage it? Well, it really depends on the Python module that you use. I will give a few examples that I have seen so far. pip Pip is the popular python package manage tool. To check … Continue reading Manage Private CA file in Python →

git sparse-checkout command for monorepo


We are implementing monorepo internally to let all teams work closely. As there are dependencies between each team's work, it is important to understand and track the cross-project changes that go into the monorepo. Monorepo is a good practice that brings in better collaboration, but it also introduces some inconveniences. The biggest complaints I heard … Continue reading git sparse-checkout command for monorepo →