Author: Dickson Victor

Dickson Victor is an experienced Devops Engineer with expertise in linux system administration, automation and Kubernetes. He holds certifications across different cloud platforms such as AWS, Google and Azure. He's also a certified Kubernetes Administrator. In his spare time, he listens to cool music and takes a walk in nature. He is also an AWS Community Builder.

Fix Windows defender blocked incoming connection on Windows

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Fix Windows defender blocked incoming connection on Windows

Microsoft Defender Antivirus is a next-generation protection solution that comes pre-installed with Windows 11. It provides always on real-time antivirus protection. In this guide, we shall discuss the fix Windows defender blocked incoming connection on Windows. Please, see What you need to know about Microsoft Defender Antivirus, how to enable FIPS mode on Windows Server,…

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Network | Monitoring, Windows, Windows Server

How to Install Packages to Amazon VM using Terraform

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How to Install Packages to Amazon VM using Terraform

In this blog post, I’ll show you how to create an Amazon EC2 instance and install packages into it using a cloud-agnostic infrastructure as a code tool known as Terraform. For better understanding, it is advised that you follow along in this hands-on demo. To get started, sign up for a free tier account from…

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AWS/Azure/OpenShift, Linux

Configure AWS Command Line Interface

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Configure AWS Command Line Interface

In this article, you will learn how to configure AWS Command Line Interface. AWS offers an interface for its users to interact with its services through AWS Management Console and Command Line Interface, CLI. AWS management console is a web application that allows its users to view, monitor, and manage resources offered by AWS.  It…

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AWS/Azure/OpenShift

Serve Private S3 Bucket Contents Via CloudFront

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Serve Private S3 Bucket Contents Via CloudFront

Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network(CDN) operated by Amazon Web Services. Content delivery networks provide a globally-distributed network of proxy servers that cache content, such as web videos or other bulky media, more locally to consumers, thus improving access speed for downloading the content. In this article, you will learn how to Serve Private…

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AWS/Azure/OpenShift, Network | Monitoring, Storage

Add an EBS volume to AWS EC2 via the AWS Console and CLI

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Add an EBS volume to AWS EC2 via the AWS Console and CLI

Amazon’s Elastic Block Store (EBS) is a block-storage service provided by the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) to store the data which can be kept on the EBS servers even if the EC2 instances are shut down or not working. In this article, we will see how you can add an EBS volume to AWS…

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AWS/Azure/OpenShift

5 ways to take screenshots on Windows 11

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5 ways to take screenshots on Windows 11

In this article, you will learn 5 ways to take screenshots on Windows 11. A screenshot is also referred to as a screen capture snapshot or screengrab. It is a digital image that shows the contents of a computer display. A screenshot is created by the operating system or software running on the device powering…

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JIRA|Confluence|Apps

How to deploy a React Application to AWS S3

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How to deploy a React Application to AWS S3

In this article, we are going to learn how to deploy a React Application to AWS S3. Simple Storage Service, aka S3, is a block storage service offered by AWS. It is the most commonly used, go-to storage service for AWS users. It provides valuable features like high availability, security, easy connection to AWS services,…

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AWS/Azure/OpenShift

Set up and configure Route 53 for your Domain in AWS

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Set up and configure Route 53 for your Domain in AWS

In this tutorial, I will show you how to set up and configure Route 53 for your Domain in AWS. Route 53 is a highly available and scalable DNS service from AWS. It is designed to give the developers full control over their DNS entries and provide a cost-effective way to route end-users to the…

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AWS/Azure/OpenShift

Setup Public Load Balancer in Azure

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Setup Public Load Balancer in Azure

In this article, I will show you how to setup Public Load Balancer in Azure. Where it can distribute the incoming traffic over multiple servers. It will split up the load over two Virtual Machines. IPAM enables the administration and monitoring of DHCP and DNS and provides a comprehensive view of where IP addresses are…

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AWS/Azure/OpenShift, Network | Monitoring

Azure Storage: How to create Blob Storage and upload files

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Azure Storage: How to create Blob Storage and upload files

The Azure storage account contains all of your Azure Storage data objects which include: blobs, files, queues, and tables. In this guide, you will learn about Azure Storage: How to create Blob Storage and upload files. Please see how to install Kerberos packages in Windows via Cygwin, how to configure a remote server (windows) to…

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AWS/Azure/OpenShift

How to create a Traffic Manager Profile in Azure

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How to create a Traffic Manager Profile in Azure

I’ll be creating a Traffic Manager profile that delivers high availability for our web application. In this article, we will read about two instances of a web application where both Instances are running in a different Azure region. Also, we will create a Traffic Manager profile based on endpoint priority. In this article, you will…

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AWS/Azure/OpenShift

Create and monitor Apps using the Azure Kubernetes Service manifest

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Create and monitor Apps using the Azure Kubernetes Service manifest

In this article, you will learn how to Create and monitor Apps using the Azure Kubernetes Service manifest. Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is a Kubernetes service that lets you quickly deploy and manage master and worker nodes in clusters. Also here are some of my related guides: How to manage azure resource manager resource groups by…

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AWS/Azure/OpenShift, Containers

Create, list, lock, deploy, and delete Azure Resource Group via Azure CLI

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Create, list, lock, deploy, and delete Azure Resource Group via Azure CLI

Azure Resource Manager is the deployment and management service for Azure. It provides a management layer that enables you to create, update, and delete resources in your Azure account. You use management features, like access control, locks, and tags, to secure and organize your resources after deployment. This guide discusses how to create, list, lock,…

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AWS/Azure/OpenShift