Reading a Specific File from an S3 bucket Using Python
This article shows how you can read data from a file in S3 using Python to process the list of files and get the data.
2021-03-09
99,126 reads
AWS
2021-03-08
1,523 reads
Introduction to PostgreSQL Database on Amazon RDS
This article explains how to get started with PostgreSQL on AWS.
2020-12-15
1,738 reads
Configure Replication Between an On-premises SQL Server and AWS RDS
In this article, we will review how to migrate the data from on-premises SQL Server to AWS RDS for SQL Server using transactional replication. There are several ways to migrate data from on-premises SQL Server to AWS RDS for SQL Server and transactional replication is one among them. Configuring transactional replication between the on-premises SQL Server […]
2020-10-01
12,704 reads
Introduction to AWS Elastic Beanstalk
The AWS Elastic Beanstalk feature is a web application provisioning service that allows you to automatically scale as needed. In this article, Gerald Bauer explains how to set up and configure Elastic Beanstalks through the AWS dashboard and Visual Studio.
2019-01-14
1,264 reads
SQL Server on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Relational Database Service (RDS) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) are two different approaches, with their own advantages and limitations, for making Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL Server) available and maintaining MS SQL Server databases on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
2018-11-28
2,382 reads
Recover Data in SQL Server AWS RDS with the Help of BACPAC
With Amazon RDS, it’s easy to have a SQL Server running in minutes. There are some limitations, though. Seth Delconte explains a workaround to overcome one of the limitations: the inability to restore a second copy of a database to recover missing data.
2018-04-17
2,672 reads
Questions About Amazon Data Migration Service (AWS DMS) That You Were Too Shy to Ask
Can you imagine it? You are in a group of smart database people, and they are debating the finer points about AWS DMS, and you don't even know what the letters stand for. You just feel too shy to ask those basic questions that seem ridiculous once you're up to speed. Laerte Junior answers all the questions you need answers for when facing the prospect of getting familiar with Amazon's useful Database Migration Service.
2017-12-29
5,408 reads
Automating the Synchronization of RDS SQL Server Agent Jobs in a Multi-AZ Environment
Although Azure is the obvious Cloud service to host SQL Server, Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for SQL Server is a good choice when your organisation uses AWS. RDS deals with maintenance and monitoring, and supports the use of PowerShell to automate routine tasks. What if a script needs to be triggered by an unscheduled event? Even in this case, RDS can be configured to run scripts to react when something like a failover happens. Laerte Junior shows how easy it is to set up Lambda functions and some PowerShell scripts to automatically synchronise agent jobs after a failover.
2017-08-30
2,895 reads
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