June 2023 – Arun's Blog

IAM Cleanup: A Guide to Deactivating Unused AWS IAM Keys

by arun danielCLI, QuickBytes June 26, 2023February 8, 2024No Comments

Introduction Managing access keys for IAM users in AWS is a critical task to ensure the security and compliance of your cloud infrastructure. Access keys provide programmatic access to AWS services and resources, and it’s essential to regularly review and deactivate unused or unnecessary keys. However, manually performing this task can be time-consuming and error-prone, …

Elastic IP Removal: A Guide to Releasing Unused AWS Elastic IP Addresses

by arun danielCLI, QuickBytes June 25, 2023February 8, 2024No Comments

Introduction In the dynamic world of cloud computing, efficient resource management is essential for businesses to optimize their infrastructure and control costs. Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers Elastic IP addresses, a valuable tool for providing static, publicly accessible IPs to your instances. However, it’s not uncommon for organizations to accumulate unused Elastic IP addresses over …

Security Group Removal: A Guide to Deleting Unused AWS Security Groups

by arun danielCLI, QuickBytes June 24, 2023October 6, 2023No Comments

Introduction In the world of cloud computing, the importance of proper housekeeping cannot be overstated. With the dynamic and rapidly evolving digital landscape, it’s easy for some things to accumulate and clutter up your resources, as well as increase your security blast radius – like unused AWS security groups. Left unchecked, these seemingly insignificant elements …

Decoding SSH: From Key Generation to Secure Server Access

by arun danielSSH June 24, 2023October 6, 2023No Comments

Introduction SSH stands for Secure Shell, and as its name is saying, it is used to establish a secure connection between the client and its server. By default, every Linux based operating system supports SSH. SSH protocol is typically used for accessing, commanding, and transferring files remotely. So, in this post, you will demonstrate to …

Snapshot Removal: A Guide to Deleting Unused AWS Snapshots

by arun danielCLI, QuickBytes June 19, 2023January 21, 2024No Comments

Introduction In the world of cloud computing, the importance of proper housekeeping cannot be overstated. With the dynamic and rapidly evolving digital landscape, it’s easy for some things to accumulate and clutter up your resources – like unused AWS snapshots. Left unchecked, these seemingly insignificant elements can add up to significant costs and potentially impact …

Revolutionizing Secure Connectivity: Introducing EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint for Public-to-Private Connections

by arun danielConnectivity June 15, 2023October 6, 2023No Comments

Introduction We have all been there, where we are in need of connecting to an EC2 within your VPC over the Internet. In the past, the process involved connecting to a bastion host with a public IP address via IGW in your VPC, and then utilizing that connection to reach the private EC2 hosts. To …