Operations
Load Balancers: When You Actually Need One
A load balancer solves two different problems, and most people adding one are solving the second without realising it.
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Cloud Insights
Practical explanations of the things that decide a cloud bill, a migration or a verification outcome.
Operations
DNS Basics for Your First Deployment
Enough DNS to point a domain at a server, understand why a change has not taken effect, and avoid the two mistakes…
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Operations
Planning a Cloud Migration Between Providers
Migration fails on the things nobody listed. A method for finding them before you start, and a sequence that keeps a rollback…
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Operations
Scaling Up vs Scaling Out
A bigger server, or more servers. The first is simpler than its reputation suggests, and the second is harder.
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Operations
Server Monitoring: What to Watch on a Single Server
You do not need an observability platform to run one server. You do need four alerts, and one of them prevents most…
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Security
Patching and the Shared Responsibility Model
The provider secures the platform. You secure what you put on it. The dividing line moves depending on which service you bought.
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Security
What Happens to Your Data When a Cloud Account Is Suspended
Suspension is not deletion, but the practical difference narrows quickly. What the sequence looks like and what can be recovered.
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Security
Managing Cloud Account Access Across a Team
Shared logins work until the team grows or someone leaves. What to put in place before that, and how to keep it…
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Security
Data Residency and GDPR for Cloud Infrastructure
Where data physically sits, what the regulation actually requires, and the parts of your infrastructure that cross borders without anyone noticing.
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Security
Cloud Backups: What Your Provider Does Not Do for You
Cloud storage is durable, which is not the same as backed up. The distinction matters most on the day you need it.
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