Synth CDK app to Custom Bucket
Some AWS customers don’t use the CLI, and will not grant an external contractor CLI access. Trying to get access is a waste of time and resources. Do not fear, there is a solution!
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AWS Athena SAM Policies
AWS Athena provides SQL queries over S3 data. The service depends on S3, Glue, and Athena itself so getting permissions set up can be tricky. Here is what worked for me.
Fargate with EFS CDK
I struggled WAY too long trying to sort out the permissions for EFS. Turns out, there are 2 layers. The IAM role, and the Posix permissions. Both throw a similar-looking access denied. Finally!
Synth CDK app to Portable CloudFormation (obsolete)
Update 2/7/2022: Read Synth CDK app to Custom Bucket instead. Consulting requires you to work within the client’s parameters. Some clients have internal standards and want you to deliver your white-label CDK app as CloudFormation. Call me old fashioned but…
My CloudFormation IDE
Writing CloudFormation or SAM templates by hand is very powerful, but can also be quite frustrating without a good IDE setup…
Assume Role with MFA
CLI Assume Role with MFA (assume-role-mfa.sh)This script will assume a cross-account role using your MFA device and output the credentials into a named profile. 1234567891011121314151617181920212223#!
Debug Typescript with VS Code Jasmine-TS Extension
At work, we develop a lot of AWS Lambda code and occasionally I see a junior developer deploy a Lambda EACH time they test, and they test manually in the Lambda UI!
Assume Cross Account AWS Role
Unlike an embarrassing Facebook post, developers can’t simply say “That wasn’t me, I got hacked” and expect it all to go away… Sarcasm aside, security without passwords is not only convenient, it keeps the password from landing in the wrong hands.
Cold Transfer in AWS Connect Streams
The Amazon Connect Streams API allows you to create custom interfaces for the soft-phone and provides many functions for interacting with the current connection. It is a powerful set of tools but some of the more sophisticated functions may not be obvious.