What Is The Difference between AWS CodeCommit and AWS CodePipeline?

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Question
AWS has PaaS services called CodeCommit and CodePipeline.  What are the differences between these?

Answer
“AWS CodeCommit is a fully-managed source control service that hosts secure Git-based repositiories.”  (Taken from https://aws.amazon.com/codecommit/.)

“AWS CodePipeline is a fully managed [sic] continuous delivery service that helps you automate your release pipelines for fast and reliable application and infrastructure updates.” 

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How Do You Install The aws-iam-authenticator?

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Problem scenario
You want to manage Kubernetes (e.g., Amazon EKS) via a server in AWS.  You want to install the aws-iam-authenticator on a Linux server.  How do you do this?

Solution
1.  To install aws-iam-authenticator go here to obtain the link that is relevant for your server.  You will search the above link for “aws-iam-authenticator binary from Amazon S3”

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How Do You Delete a Network Interface in AWS When You Get an Error about Not Having Permission?

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Problem Scenario
In AWS you try to delete a Security Group.  You cannot do it because you get an error that “These security groups are associated with one or more network interfaces.  Delete the network interfaces, or associate them with different security groups.”  You click the link “View your network interfaces.”  But you are unable to delete the network interfaces.  You try to “Detach” them (with the “Force detachment” option),

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How Do You Create a .ppk File from a .pem File?

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Problem Scenario
You want to use a key kair to log into AWS instances. You created an AWS EC-2 instance (aka a virtual machine or server) running Linux.  You want to connect to this Linux server (a VM).  You created a key pair when you created this VM.  You downloaded the .pem file.  You need a .ppk file to log in.  What should you do?

Solution
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How Do You Use Amazon DynamoDB?

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Problem scenario
You want to use a NoSQL solution from a public cloud provider. How do you deploy Amazon DynamoDB to try it out?

Solution
1.  Log into AWS.
2.  In the web browser, go to https://console.aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/home
3.  Click “Create table”
4.  Enter the fields as you find appropriate.  It should be self-explanatory.  Click “Create”.
5.  You can now create items in the table,

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How Do You Set up AWS CloudFront?

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Problem scenario
You want to test out a CDN in AWS.  What do you initially deploy CloudFront?

Solution

Prerequisite
This assumes that you have an S3 bucket with read permissions.  To do this, log into the Amazon S3 console and create a bucket.  Upload files and configure the permissions to grant read permissions to anyone.  

Procedures
AWS CloudFront has “Distributions.”  You want to create a CloudFront Distribution.

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How Do You Use Python to Create a Server in AWS?

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Problem scenario
You want to be able to create EC-2 instances in AWS with a Python script.  How do you do this?

Solution
Prerequisites
This assumes you have installed Boto3.  If you do not know how, see this posting.

Procedures
As a reference, you may go here to learn more about Boto’s features:  http://boto3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/guide/migrationec2.html
Use this program:

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How Do You Delete a CloudFormation Stack with the AWS CLI?

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Problem scenario
You deployed servers with CloudFormation.  You know the name of the stack.  How do you delete the stack with the AWS CLI?

Solution

Prerequisite
This assumes you have installed and configured the AWS CLI.  If you need help with this, see this posting.

Procedure
Run this command (but replace “continualstack” with the name of the stack that you want to delete:
aws cloudformation delete-stack –stack-name continualstack

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How Do You Find the Instance Ids of Virtual Servers in AWS Using Python?

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Problem scenario
You want to write a Python program to display the instance IDs of virtual servers in AWS.  What do you do?

Solution

Prerequisites
This assumes you have installed Boto3.  If you do not know how, see this posting.  This assumes that you are running it on a server that has access to AWS (e.g., it has access to the internet).

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