Running (and debugging) iptables inside a Docker container
Sometimes there's a need to run iptables inside a Docker container. The most common scenario is probably when the container is attached not to a…
Read MoreAutomatically configuring EC2 instance using Ansible in pull mode during bootstrap
In two previous posts I showed how to use Ansible to configure an EC2 instance, after it was created. Even though that might be useful…
Read MoreCopying files into an EC2 instance during bootstrap using CloudFormation
It might be useful to copy files into an EC2 instance whilst it's being built. Those can be configuration files for the application, authentication keys…
Read MoreAutomatically mounting an EBS volume using Ansible
When creating new EC2 instances that require persistent EBS volumes there's a number of steps that have to be carried out before the disk can…
Read MoreAutomatically setting hostname of an EC2 instance using Ansible
Sometimes there's a need to automatically setup the hostname of an EC2 instance. This post shows how to do it from 'outside' of the instance…
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