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This post was updated in July 2020. It was originally my first post on this blog in December 2016. 👴 I’m often asked by many colleagues, friends, or Twitter followers where to start with Amazon Web Services (AWS). In this post, I will try to explain where you should start in 2020. I’ll try to write this post as I wish I had in 2016 when I came into this technology. Basically, with the number of AWS Services today (197 top-level services (April 2020)), you will need to find your path and specialty, you will not become “an” AWS expert. It’s not possible, or you will be a generalist expert… ...

This post was co-authored by Teddy Ferdinand. Who is working as Cloud Security Architect 🐻 Introduction In this series, we will talk about the emergence of the DevSecOps movement, and more especially, what are the benefits of introducing a DevSecOps approach on your existing CI/CD Pipelines. CI/CD Pipeline To give you some context, you will find in the diagram below a standard DevOps CI/CD Pipeline. DevSecWhat? DevSecOps could be defined as a shift from a central internal security team to the inclusion of security practices into the existing DevOps teams: DevSecOps 🎉 ...

This post is the second part of a series about my journey as an Independent AWS Cloud Architect. Status As I’ve already told you in the first part, I’ve started my own business in early January 2020. After the first 6 months of being an Independent AWS Architect in France, I’m very happy with this move, no regret, and I won’t see any upcoming U-turn move to come back as a full-time employee. ...

Hi Folks, Lately, I was experimenting with GitHub Actions (GHA), as it is a buzzword since General Availability (GA), but I didn’t take time to try it before. I’ve done it for you folks. 🙌 Context GHA was released on GA in November 2019, the main features are: Automate development workflows (CI/CD): build, test, deploy Hosted runners / self-hosted runners Automate the management of your GH Community: PR, Code Reviews, or Issue Tracking Built-in secrets store ...