Category: Cloud

/etc/sysconfig/clock is removed after yum update in Amazon Linux 2


Simple version: If you follow AWS guide Setting the Time for Your Linux Instance to use /etc/sysconfig/clock to configure the timezone in Amazon Linux 2, you may not be able to find it after a yum update. So the suggested way to adjust time is to use timedatectl. For example: sudo timedatectl set-timezone Australia/Sydney Detailed … Continue reading /etc/sysconfig/clock is removed after yum update in Amazon Linux 2 →

Migrate Confluence Data to AWS


Continue with my previous blog Customised Quick Start of Confluence Data Center on AWS. Now I have both my on-premise Confluence and AWS Confluence up and running. The next step is to migrate all existing data into AWS. Due to the large size of data, the migration should be an on-going process till the final … Continue reading Migrate Confluence Data to AWS →

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 →