Author: Piyush Upadhyay

Understanding AWS Cost and Usage Reports (CUR)

Introduction 

Understanding cloud spending can be overwhelming without the right tools. Common questions like “Where is my money going?” and “Which AWS services are driving my cloud costs?” can be hard to answer without clear visibility.

That’s where the AWS Cost and Usage Report (CUR) comes in.

With CUR, businesses gain granular insights into AWS billing, helping them break down expenses by service, resource, or account. Without such a tool, gaining transparency into your cloud spend is not only difficult—but often inaccurate and time-consuming.

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Navigating Cloud Costs: The Power of AWS Budget Service

Introduction

In today’s digital age, businesses are increasingly migrating their operations to the cloud to leverage its scalability, flexibility and efficiency. However, with the benefits of cloud computing come the challenges of managing costs effectively. Enter AWS Budget Service – a game-changing tool offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) designed to help organizations navigate their cloud spending with precision and ease. Continue reading “Navigating Cloud Costs: The Power of AWS Budget Service”

My learning in Migration of MySQL from 5.7 to 8.0

Introduction

In this blog, join me on a voyage through my personal experience my journey of Migrating MySQL from version 5.7 to 8.0. This voyage was motivated by the desire to harness the latest features, bolster security, and unlock the performance enhancements that MySQL 8.0 offers. As we navigate through the intricate migration process, I’ll share the valuable lessons learned, the hurdles encountered, and the strategies employed to overcome them.

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AWS Database Migration Service (DMS): Solutions for Seamless Cloud Transition

Introduction

AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) streamlines the process of moving your databases with speed and security.This service enables you to create, analyze, transform, and migrate your databases and analytics platforms from a single interface, helping you save time, resources, and money.Note that application downtime during migration is kept to a minimum depending on the source database. Database Migration Service (DMS) supports migrations involving most of the popular commercial and open- source databases.

In this blog, we will explore the AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) in detail. This managed service enables you to seamlessly and securely migrate your on-premises databases to the cloud. 

How to Setup SSO in Jenkins?

Introduction

Providing OAuth 2.0 user authentication directly or using Google+ Sign-in helps us to achieve a modern authentication method. It also provides a trusted and secure login system that’s familiar to users, consistent across devices, and removes the burden of users having to remember another username and password. One of the hurdles in implementing a Gmail authentication is that the Google developer console and your  Jenkins server should be in the same network or in simple terms they can talk to each other.

What is SSO ?

SSO stands for Single Sign-On, which is a method of authentication that allows users to access multiple applications and services with a single set of login credentials.

With SSO, users are only required to enter their login credentials once, and they can then access all the applications and services that are part of the SSO system. This simplifies the authentication process, improves user experience, and reduces the risk of security breaches.

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