Nickolas Kraus

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  • Redirecting One Apex Domain to Another Apex Domain with Amazon S3

    May 12, 2022
    How to redirect one apex domain to another apex domain with Amazon S3.
    aws route53 s3

  • Migrating a Static Website to Terraform

    January 3, 2022
    A walk through of the steps taken to migrate a static website to Terraform.
    aws terraform

  • Hosting a Static Website with Hugo and Terraform

    December 27, 2021
    This article details how to create a static website with Hugo and Terraform.
    aws hugo terraform

  • Automatic Certificate Validation with Certificate Validator

    October 13, 2019
    Certificate Validator is an AWS CloudFormation custom resource which facilitates AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) certificate validation via DNS.
    aws cloudformation

  • Seamless AWS Lambda Function Deployments with Serverless

    October 6, 2019
    Using Serverless for seamless AWS Lambda deployments.
    aws aws-lambda serverless

  • Hosting a Static Website with Hugo and CloudFormation

    August 18, 2019
    This article details how to create a static website with Hugo and CloudFormation.
    aws hugo cloudformation

  • Understanding Amazon Security Groups - Part 2

    June 23, 2019
    In this article, we deepen our understanding of Amazon security groups. In addition, we take a look at the differences between EC2-Classic and EC2-VPC security groups.
    aws security-groups

  • Understanding Amazon Security Groups - Part 1

    June 16, 2019
    A security group acts as a virtual firewall that controls the traffic for one or more instances. This article discusses the important concepts for working with security groups in AWS.
    aws security-groups

  • Creating a Static Website using CloudFormation

    February 10, 2019
    This article details how to create a static website using CloudFormation.
    aws hugo cloudformation

  • Creating an Amazon API Gateway with a Lambda Integration using CloudFormation

    February 3, 2019
    A typical use case for Amazon API Gateway is to use it in conjunction with an AWS Lambda function. In this article, we will create an API Gateway with a Lambda integration.
    aws api-gateway cloudformation

  • Creating an Amazon API Gateway with a Mock Integration using CloudFormation

    January 27, 2019
    Amazon API Gateway is a highly useful and powerful tool. However, mastering its functionality is not easy. This article attempts to elucidate the major concepts of Amazon API Gateway by guiding the reader through the creation of an API Gateway with a mock integration.
    aws api-gateway cloudformation

  • Hosting a Static Website with Hugo and AWS

    February 18, 2018
    This article details the steps for creating and hosting a static website on AWS. I provide both the manual steps (via the Amazon Management Console) and the semi-automated steps using AWS CLI.
    aws hugo