How to Host a Simple React Application on an EC2 Instance

In this guide, we’ll walk through the steps to host a simple React application on an AWS EC2 instance using Nginx as the web server. This is ideal for beginners who want to deploy their front-end applications in a scalable, secure environment. Prerequisites Step 1: Update and Install Node.js, npm, and Nginx After SSH’ing into … Read more

Creating an AWS Lambda Python Layer by Logging into an AWS EC2 Linux Instance

In this tutorial, we’ll walk through the steps to create an AWS Lambda Python layer using an AWS EC2 Linux instance. If you’re looking to package dependencies for your Lambda function and find that doing so on your local machine isn’t feasible (due to OS or environment mismatches), then using an EC2 instance is a … Read more

Unraveling an Intriguing AWS Lambda Quirk: A Deep Dive into Unusual Behavior

Introduction: In my recent project leveraging AWS Lambda, I encountered a peculiar behavior that I believe warrants attention and discussion. With nearly five years of hands-on experience with AWS, I can confidently assert that AWS Lambda stands out as one of my favorite services. In this particular project, Lambda played a central role, triggered seamlessly … Read more

AWS DMS Connection Timeout Error When SQL Server Is Used As Source Database – Solution

I am currently working on a project that migrates data from SQL Server to Aurora Postgres. I have more than 5 tasks including several validation tasks as well. A total of 70+ tables were migrating with data in millions. Everything was working fine until we were planning to few more tables and create a new … Read more

5 Tips for Learning AWS as a beginner

AWS (Amazon Web Services) is a comprehensive cloud computing platform that provides a range of services for businesses, developers, and individuals. If you’re looking to learn AWS, you’ve come to the right place. Here are 5 tips to help you get started: 1. Start with the basics Before diving into the more complex services offered … Read more

Retain Session Data After Session Is Closed Or Store User Data In Alexa Skill Using Python In AWS DynamoDB- Persistent Attributes In Alexa

In order to make your Alexa skill more interactive it is necessary to save user information to make the skill smarter. An ideal example would be to store the score the user got after his / her game. You can use this information to let the user know his personal best. In this blog, I … Read more

SOLVED – SQL Server CDC Logs Query Using “fn_dblog” Runs Forever

Recently we ran into an issue where SQL Server CDC logs query was not returning any results and was running forever. A few days prior to that we enabled CDC on the database level as well as table level (for all tables). Also, we set the polling interval in sys.sp_cdc_change_job as 1 day. Consequently, CDC … Read more