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Verify Connection to MySQL is Encrypted
Posted in AWS, Cloud Computing, MySQL on Jul 15, 2018
How to Verify MySQL Connections are Secure?. These steps can be followed to verify client connections to MySQL Server are using SSL and verify all the data over the wire is encrypted.
Hosting Website from Home
Posted in AWS, Cloud Computing on Apr 15, 2018
I was hosting http://h1bsalary.online site from AWS on m3.xlarge Instance. Even though its reserved instance , the cost of hosting has crossed the threshold limit of hobby project. So I have decided to host the site from Home . In this blog post, I am sharing my experiences with hosting the website from Home instead of public cloud provider.
Bulk Load Data Files in S3 Bucket into Aurora RDS
Posted in AWS, Cloud Computing on Jul 15, 2017
We typically get data feeds from our clients ( usually about ~ 5 - 20 GB) worth of data. We download these data files to our lab environment and use shell scripts to load the data into AURORA RDS . We wanted to avoid unnecessary data transfers and decided to setup data pipe line to automate the process and use S3 Buckets for file uploads from the clients.
AWS RDS First Touch Penalty
Posted in AWS, Cloud Computing, SQL Server on Aug 03, 2016
The first time a DB instance is started and accesses an area of disk for the first time, the process can take longer than all subsequent accesses to the same disk area. This is known as the “first touch penalty.”