https://hitthecloudrunning.com/ https://hitthecloudrunning.com/ https://hitthecloudrunning.com/img/logo.png Martijn van Dongen's blog about Cloud technology and AWS. https://hitthecloudrunning.com/img/logo.png Recent content in Blog on HitTheCloudRunning en martijn@hitthecloudrunning.com (Martijn van Dongen) martijn@hitthecloudrunning.com (Martijn van Dongen) Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2022/03/15/well-architected-custom-lens-sustainability-pillar/ Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 martijn@hitthecloudrunning.com (Martijn van Dongen) https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2022/03/15/well-architected-custom-lens-sustainability-pillar/ A blog post that shows how easy it is to add a custom pillar to the Well-Architected Tool. https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2020/06/28/launching-a-tech-blog-with-hugo-and-amplify-within-30-minutes/ Sun, 28 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 martijn@hitthecloudrunning.com (Martijn van Dongen) https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2020/06/28/launching-a-tech-blog-with-hugo-and-amplify-within-30-minutes/ In this tutorial we’ll launch a tech blog using Hugo and Amplify Console https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2020/05/08/building-a-cloudformation-template-for-virtual-private-cloud-vpc/ Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 martijn@hitthecloudrunning.com (Martijn van Dongen) https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2020/05/08/building-a-cloudformation-template-for-virtual-private-cloud-vpc/ This blog post describes how to create a VPC template full of easy to learn CloudFormation features. Enjoy! https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2020/04/17/use-a-single-hugo-codebase-to-generate-content-for-different-audiences/ Fri, 17 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 martijn@hitthecloudrunning.com (Martijn van Dongen) https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2020/04/17/use-a-single-hugo-codebase-to-generate-content-for-different-audiences/ I’ve built a website with static content for my AWS-education program. This website is used by different type of users. Students, pro-level students, and trainers. https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2020/04/14/extending-the-aws-cli-with-my-own-python/click-based-cli/ Tue, 14 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 martijn@hitthecloudrunning.com (Martijn van Dongen) https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2020/04/14/extending-the-aws-cli-with-my-own-python/click-based-cli/ In this blog post you’ll learn how to extend the aws cli with some shortcuts, sane defaults, and your own mycli based on Python and Click, easily installed with pip. https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2020/04/12/managing-cross-account-dns-with-route-53-lambda-and-cloudformation/ Sun, 12 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 martijn@hitthecloudrunning.com (Martijn van Dongen) https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2020/04/12/managing-cross-account-dns-with-route-53-lambda-and-cloudformation/ In this blog post I’ll describe how to set up a central domain name for your group of users, and provide every sandbox AWS account their own Hosted Zone with a public domain name. https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2020/04/11/how-to-become-an-aws-apn-ambassador-and-aws-community-hero/ Sat, 11 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 martijn@hitthecloudrunning.com (Martijn van Dongen) https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2020/04/11/how-to-become-an-aws-apn-ambassador-and-aws-community-hero/ I was very fortunate to hold both positions at the same time last year. Some folks asked a few times how I got selected to these programs, and if I could share some tips & tricks. Well, here they are. https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2020/04/10/adapting-to-the-current-situation/ Fri, 10 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 martijn@hitthecloudrunning.com (Martijn van Dongen) https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2020/04/10/adapting-to-the-current-situation/ This post is not a story where I share best practices on how to work remotely. It is just an update for the people that I work with closely, and might be interested in what I’m currently doing (and what not). https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2020/03/10/my-personal-top-7-podcasts-and-blogs/ Tue, 10 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 martijn@hitthecloudrunning.com (Martijn van Dongen) https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2020/03/10/my-personal-top-7-podcasts-and-blogs/ Passionate about AWS? Technology? Leadership? Security? Remarkable People? Here’s my top podcasts and blogs to follow, if you’re Dutch. I listen to podcasts when I’m driving, or doing household activities. https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2020/02/22/announcement-starting-as-aws-tribe-lead-at-team-rockstars-it-and-synadia/ Sat, 22 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 martijn@hitthecloudrunning.com (Martijn van Dongen) https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2020/02/22/announcement-starting-as-aws-tribe-lead-at-team-rockstars-it-and-synadia/ I’m super excited to announce the next couple of months I’ll join two amazing companies. They are both passionate about IT, an expert in their field, and on a mission to amplify their AWS partnership. https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2020/01/26/eight-universal-tips-to-pass-any-aws-certification-exam-with-confidence/ Sun, 26 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 martijn@hitthecloudrunning.com (Martijn van Dongen) https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2020/01/26/eight-universal-tips-to-pass-any-aws-certification-exam-with-confidence/ I’m still in pursuit to pass all AWS exams and hold the certifications. I got inspired. Also addicted. This blog post describes some universal tips to prepare for any AWS exam. https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2020/01/09/the-dutch-aws-user-group-nl-organized-29-meetups-in-2019-a-review/ Thu, 09 Jan 2020 10:00:00 +0200 martijn@hitthecloudrunning.com (Martijn van Dongen) https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2020/01/09/the-dutch-aws-user-group-nl-organized-29-meetups-in-2019-a-review/ Last year we organized 29 meetups ourselves and co-organized 40+ events with other sponsors and at commercial and community events. Here are some highlights and numbers. https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2020/01/01/customize-the-build-for-hugo-running-on-aws-amplify/ Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 martijn@hitthecloudrunning.com (Martijn van Dongen) https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2020/01/01/customize-the-build-for-hugo-running-on-aws-amplify/ When you deploy a Hugo framework on AWS Amplify, by default an old version of Hugo is used. I prefer to work with the latest version, but also to control the exact version to work with on my workstation and on production. https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2019/12/31/starting-2020-with-an-empty-agenda-and-a-new-website-hit-the-cloud-running.com/ Tue, 31 Dec 2019 16:57:01 +0200 martijn@hitthecloudrunning.com (Martijn van Dongen) https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2019/12/31/starting-2020-with-an-empty-agenda-and-a-new-website-hit-the-cloud-running.com/ In 2020 I’m going to work on a few dreams I have for quite some time. The first dream has become reality already: this website is now live. https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2019/12/31/a-checklist-when-launching-a-blog-like-this/ Tue, 31 Dec 2019 15:57:01 +0200 martijn@hitthecloudrunning.com (Martijn van Dongen) https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2019/12/31/a-checklist-when-launching-a-blog-like-this/ When you want to launch a blog website like this, you might want to use this checklist to make sure you have covered all features a blog should have. https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2019/12/31/these-websites-offer-beautiful-images-for-free/ Tue, 31 Dec 2019 11:57:01 +0200 martijn@hitthecloudrunning.com (Martijn van Dongen) https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2019/12/31/these-websites-offer-beautiful-images-for-free/ A lot of my work, like this website, contain beautiful images. Some are created by hand by myself, but others were just downloaded. Websites that share “stunning free images & royalty free stock”. https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2019/11/13/migrate-cloudformation-custom-resources-after-aws-adds-support/ Wed, 13 Nov 2019 12:53:01 +0200 martijn@hitthecloudrunning.com (Martijn van Dongen) https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2019/11/13/migrate-cloudformation-custom-resources-after-aws-adds-support/ New services do not always deliver support for CloudFormation at the launch. If you work with CloudFormation, you can create a Custom Resource. With the new import functionality, once AWS adds native support for the resource, you can now import this resource into your template and remove the old custom resource. https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2019/07/03/building-a-global-app-with-aws-global-accelerator/ Wed, 03 Jul 2019 11:53:01 +0200 martijn@hitthecloudrunning.com (Martijn van Dongen) https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2019/07/03/building-a-global-app-with-aws-global-accelerator/ This blog post describes how to use the AWS Global Accelerator with a simple service across two regions, deployed with Terraform. AWS Global Accelerator is a networking service that improves the availability and performance of the applications that you offer to your global users. https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2019/06/30/aws-cli-aliases-shorten-your-most-used-commands/ Sun, 30 Jun 2019 14:53:01 +0200 martijn@hitthecloudrunning.com (Martijn van Dongen) https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2019/06/30/aws-cli-aliases-shorten-your-most-used-commands/ One of the best kept secrets of the AWS CLI should be the ‘alias’ feature. It’s a native feature of AWS. In this blog post I’ll describe how to get started and show you a couple of my most used aliases so far. https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2019/06/30/secrets-in-aws-ecs-fargate/ Sun, 30 Jun 2019 14:53:01 +0200 martijn@hitthecloudrunning.com (Martijn van Dongen) https://hitthecloudrunning.com/blog/2019/06/30/secrets-in-aws-ecs-fargate/ There are many ways to use ‘secrets’ in ECS and ECS Fargate. Most of the time they are exposed using Environment variables, because a few years ago this was the only easy option.