Auto Scaling on AWS is a great way to reliably host your applications with the added benefit of scaling the stateless bits. However, Auto Scaling deploys present a unique set of challenges that you need to be aware of, especially if you choose to use AWS CodeDeploy.
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Recently we’ve been going through our AWS account security for compliance reasons. We needed a process that deactivates accounts that are not active for a certain amount of time. I knew I wanted to use something on Lambda to have it run on a schedule for me automatically, but I wasn’t impressed with what I could find online (most only worked on password date).
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Sometimes we need more space in our RAID than previously thought, or we just want to add a spare for a little added security.
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I like Linux and I like never running out of hard drive space. Naturally, mdadm and I are best friends.
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