Author: Bhupender rawat

Learn How to Control Consul Resources Using ACL

When we talk about service mesh, consul is one of the open-source tools which is widely used as a service discovery for multiple ephemeral or non-ephemeral resources. There are multiple consuls [service mesh] alternatives which are used as a service discovery but we won’t be discussing service discovery & alternative comparisons here.

If we talk about consul, it is not only used as a service mesh but also provides multiple options and features other than a service mesh. Yes, you heard it right, this lad can do lots of things that we didn’t know or haven’t explored yet.

Let’s talk about some of the options or features provided by the consul and further, we will discuss some of the aspects and impact of things provided by the consul.

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JQ – The JSON Processor

Tired of filtering semi-structured data from command output? What if I tell you can easily filter from structured or unstructured document data. Yes, you heard it right, we are talking about JSON [JavaScript Object Notation]. JSON is a text-based data format programming language that is used to serialize and transmitting structured or unstructured data or we can say semi-structured data over a network connection.

But Why Json ?

We generally think JSON means data provided general output from any API. But, if we talk about any technology, JSON is a very common programming language or we can say format, which is used as the output format of any resource. While using DevOps tools like Docker, Ansible, or any other tool, we generally get the output in JSON format when we use any output command like Docker inspect or Ansible facts gather.

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OpenVPN – A Custom Iptables journey

During this lockdown period, people are usually working from home which means they all are contributing to work by staying at home. So, if someone wants to work on something online, such as on a particular private or public server of a company, depending on the scenario, will need a network route to that server.

makes sense?

Meaning, they first need access to that particular server either via a public network or using VPN. These things have their own set of complexities. Therefore, we will discuss a few aspects of network access & their drawbacks:

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AWS IAM: Security edition [part-2]

In the last blog, we covered a few and important security practices of AWS IAM but unfortunately, we didn’t cover many security options. So, we bring to you another AWS IAM blog. This blog covers the other remaining and also the important AWS IAM security options. So, it’s time to wear your ironman suit and get started with security edition part-2 [ The endgame ]. Here we go!

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AWS IAM: Security edition [Part-1]

In the last blog, we talked about AWS IAM challenges usually encountered while setting it up. We also talked about AWS IAM best practices which help us understand why there is a need for multiple options & practices through which we can satisfy our needs. When we talk about AWS IAM, there is an important term called security which plays an important role while setting up AWS IAM. We covered lots of approaches which generally are not related to AWS IAM security. We bring to you this blog that covers many aspects of security related to AWS IAM.

This blog will help you understand multiple options provided by AWS IAM through which we can set up secured infrastructure. Most of the options provided by AWS IAM are also covered as security best practices. Let’s explore some of the options.

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