Basics

Posts about Basics to help your AWS solutions rock!

Wait! IP4 has a cost?

Why has my bill got IP costs is still talked about since AWS started charging for public IPs. This post looks at what you could do to reduce the impact of the charges.

Analysis of AWS public IPv4 address charging announced February 2024 - exploring costs, their impact, and strategies to reduce IPv4-related expenses.

Posted by Robin Ford on Sunday, August 11, 2024

My bill is how much‽

Follow these 5 simple steps to make sure you're not the next person to complain that you had an unexpected AWS bill.

Prevent bill shock and unexpected AWS charges through account security, budgets, cost anomaly detection, credential protection, and service cost understanding.

Posted by Robin Ford on Thursday, December 21, 2023

You put what in a public subnet‽

Why make something public vs private

Security exploration of common subnet design mistakes - why many resources shouldn't be public and better alternatives like NLBs, ALBs, and bastion hosts.

Posted by Robin Ford on Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Setting up your AWS account

What to do once you've signed up to AWS.

So you want to get your own AWS account and get started with hands on deployments. What should you do once you've signed up

Posted by Robin Ford on Sunday, October 24, 2021

Security 101

Securing the cloud is critical but can be overwhelming to start. This post looks at 4 areas you need to think about to get started.

Foundation for AWS security covering shared responsibility model, IAM principles, data protection, governance, compliance, and CIS Benchmarks.

Posted by Robin Ford on Monday, March 15, 2021

AWS Foundational Architecture

What to get right at the start

Building the basic foundations is as important to the cloud as to your house. What to get right before deploying anything

Posted by Robin Ford on Monday, January 18, 2021

AWS Basics

Basics to rocking AWS.

Essential AWS development tools and principles: CLI, Git, IDEs, Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD automation foundations.

Posted by Robin Ford on Friday, January 1, 2021
Last Modified on Monday, August 31, 2026