Introduction SSM Patch Manager, also known as AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager, is a service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) designed

Revisiting EC2 Connectivity Options
Introduction With the recent announcement of EC2 instance connect endpoints, we now have several different ways to connect to Amazon EC2 instances.

Step-by-Step Guide: Connect to Windows EC2 Instances with Maximum Security & Minimal Hassle
Introduction If you work with Windows in AWS, you must already have a preferred way of connecting to your instances. Whether you

Offload Secret Management to AWS Secrets Manager from Amazon EKS
Introduction Secrets in Kubernetes, are Base 64 encoded. As such, its trivial for anyone with access to the secret objects, to decode

Automate EC2 AMI Using SSM Document Automation and EventBridge
We will automate the creation of Amazon Machine Image (AMI) from the EC2 instance through custom System Manager (SSM) document automation and

Create AWS Resources using CloudFormation from SSM Parameter Store
Introduction CloudFormation is generally known as IAC (Infrastructure as Code). We create templates as a blueprint for building AWS resources that are

How to Recover lost Windows EC2 instance Key Pair
Introduction In this article, we will discuss how to connect to EC2 instances if the key pair is lost. The following steps

Configure Your SSH Client to Connect to Your EC2 Instances via AWS Systems Manager Session Manager
Introduction We here at QloudX manage hundreds of Amazon EC2 instances for our clients. One of the routine activities you will end