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Certifications SOC 1 Type 2 (formerly SAS-70) ISO 27001 PCI DSS for EC2, S3, EBC, VPC, RDS, ELB, IAM FISMA Moderate Compliant Controls (Amazon cloud earns key FISMA government security accreditation) HIPAA & ITAR Compliant Architecture Phisical security Datacenters in nondescript facilities Physical access strictly controlled Must pass two-factor authentication at least twice for floor access [...]
So do not be afraid. You are secure. Declaring Type: Amazon.SimpleDB.AmazonSimpleDBConfig Assembly: AWSSDK, Version=1.3.8.0 public AmazonSimpleDBConfig() { this.serviceVersion = “2009-04-15″; this.serviceURL = “https://sdb.amazonaws.com”; this.userAgent = AWSSDKUtils.SDKUserAgent; this.signatureVersion = “2″; this.signatureMethod = “HmacSHA256″; this.proxyPort = -1; this.maxErrorRetry = 3; this.fUseSecureString = true; }
#Create SimpleDB client Add-Type -Path “C:\AWS SDK\1.3.8.0\bin\AWSSDK.dll” $sdb=[Amazon.AWSClientFactory]::CreateAmazonSimpleDBClient(‘Key Id’, ‘Secret Key’) #Create Domain $req = (new-object Amazon.SimpleDB.Model.CreateDomainRequest).WithDomainName(‘Contacts’) $sdb.CreateDomain($req) #List Domains $req = (new-object Amazon.SimpleDB.Model.ListDomainsRequest) $sdb.ListDomains($req) #Insert Item $req = (new-object Amazon.SimpleDB.Model.PutAttributesRequest).WithDomainName(‘Contacts’).WithItemName(‘user1′); $req.Attribute.Add((new-object Amazon.SimpleDB.Model.ReplaceableAttribute).WithName(‘FirstName’).WithValue(‘Konstantin’)) $req.Attribute.Add((new-object Amazon.SimpleDB.Model.ReplaceableAttribute).WithName(‘LastName’).WithValue(‘Vlasenko’)) $sdb.PutAttributes($req) #Query All Items $req = (new-object Amazon.SimpleDB.Model.SelectRequest).WithSelectExpression(‘select * from Contacts’) $sdb.Select($req) #Query Item $req = (new-object Amazon.SimpleDB.Model.SelectRequest).WithSelectExpression(‘select * from [...]
Login to the AWS Management Console Switch to EC2 tab Click on AMIs Select EBS image and Launch it Do not select micro or small instance at this step to avoid long running configuration Click on Instances Wait ~5 minutes and try to Get Windows Admin Password of your started instance RDP to your instance [...]
AT – Acceptance Testing For the first try I decided to build the following very simple Windows lab: Domain Controller with DNS Application Server Here are some questions that you must have the answer before moving forward: Which amazon images (AMI) to use for the virtual machines? How to create AMI for VMs? Actually had [...]
Read first To connect to an instance of an official Ubuntu image for EC2, you need to ssh to it as “ubuntu” instead of as “root”. Hmm…what next to do?:)
I just created a free EC2 instance with all the defaults. It says it’s running in the AWS Management Console. On the “Instance Actions” menu, I click “Connect”. I copy the DNS name provided (looks like ec2-a-dashed-IP-address.compute-1.amazonaws.com) and try to SSH to it. No response. I can’t even ping it. What gives? answer: http://goo.gl/T6pQD
