When working on AWS cross accounts S3 access, I found out that - Only s3:CreateBucket, s3:ListAllMyBuckets and s3:GetBucketLocation 3 actions are allowed to set relative-id of Resource to "*". For all other bucket actions, you must specify a bucket name. E.g If I want to allow a user from account B to put objects into … Continue reading AWS cross accounts access S3 buckets
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Install Evernote and Gdrive client in Ubuntu
Evernote and GDrive are my two favourite Cloud tools. Unfortunately, either of them currently has the official client. But there are a couple unofficial clients which work well in Ubunu. Nevernote and Everpad are for Evernote, Grive and Insync are for GDrive. Personally, I prefer Nevernote and Grive.How to install Nevernote in Ubuntu:sudo add-apt-repository ppa:vincent-c/nevernotesudo apt-get … Continue reading Install Evernote and Gdrive client in Ubuntu
Create Windows instance in AWS
1) Login into Amazon Management Console and click ‘Launch Instance’. In the right top corner, you can choose which region you want the server to be placed. 2) Select an OS type. Here I choose Windows 2012 /w SQL express. Give the instance a name then click ‘Download’ to get the key pair which will … Continue reading Create Windows instance in AWS
Kick off my AWS journey
Amazon has been promoting AWS (Amazon Web Services) since they officially entered Australian market in November last year. I attended their AWS Summit 2013 last week in Sydney. Again, I am convinced that Cloud is the future. As my usual learning habit, the first thing I always look at is the concept and architecture. For … Continue reading Kick off my AWS journey
Good bye Google Reader, Hello Feedly!
Google announced Today that they will shut down Google Reader on July 1st. As a Google Reader user, I have found a new tool to replace it. Feedly is a cloud based RSS application which works on smartphones, tablet and multiple browsers, and also supports seamless transition from Google Reader. More info about Feely: http://blog.feedly.com/2013/03/14/google-reader/
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