A couple of ways of recovering Windows licences from KMS on Amazon. Continue reading
Category Archives: AWS
Custom IAM Policies for AWS
Custom sets of IAM permission to create Amazon EC2 resources and perform tasks using the Amazon API/CLI. Continue reading
Create Switchvox (CentOS 5) EC2 EBS AMI with root Partition on LVM
We have a Switchvox image that we want to import into AWS EC2. The plan is to install Switchvox on a Virtualbox locally, then convert the image to a raw image, upload it to AWS EC2, chroot and install Xen kernel 2.6.18-371.9.1.el5xen, modify the image appropriately making it Xen visualisation compatible, and register as an AMI. Continue reading
Create and Attach a Second Elastic Network Interface with EIP to EC2 VPC Instance (with Routing)
We’ll be using AWS CLI on a Debian Linux VM. Continue reading
The Uselessness of Amazon EC2 Instance System Log
Just a thought about AWS Console drawbacks. Continue reading
Backup All Route53 Hosted Zones and Put on S3 with Debian
Backing up Route53 records and storing them on S3 with Debian. Continue reading
Simple Python Script to Start and Stop Amazon AWS Instances
Managing AWS instances from a Linux CLI with Python2.7. Continue reading
Get Python 2.7 to Work with AWS and MSSQL 2008 R2
Tested on MSSQL 2008 R2 Express/Standard and Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter.
Works with Python 2.7 (x86) and PyScripter 2.5 (x86). Continue reading