It is also possible to use Ansible to create an instance on Amazon AWS. I have used the Ansible EC2 Cloud Module to create a CentOS 7 Linux instance. See http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/list_of_cloud_modules.html.
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Linux
Getting started with Ansible
Ansible is a great tool to automate the repetitive tasks on your servers. The target nodes will often be Linux but can also be Windows. The management server must be run on Linux.
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Let’s Encrypt
Now there is no excuse anymore not to use https for your website. At https://letsencrypt.org/ you can get a certificate for free. The certificate is only valid for 3 months but it is easy to automate the renewal using the ACME-protocol. For instance with https://certbot.eff.org/. You can test the result at: https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/
Add a Linux host to Active Directory with LDAP and Kerberos
In this post I describe how you can add a CentOS 7 host to a Windows Active Directory domain. Happy experimenting.
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Run your website using Docker
It is relatively easy to run your website with Docker. In this case we are using the nginx webserver with Docker on Amazon AWS.Continue Reading