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Allow a remote IP to connect to your Amazon RDS MySQL Instance

November 8, 2018

Open an Amazon RDS MySQL instance to a remote IP: find the security group behind the database, add an inbound rule on port 3306, then test the connection.

Google Cloud Storage Signed URLs — The Easy Way

November 3, 2018

One of the cool things that Google Cloud Storage supports is the AWS S3 interoperability mode. This mode allows you to use almost the same API used for AWS S3 to deal with Google Cloud Storage

Why do server and website backups fail sometimes?

October 28, 2018

Why backups fail: disk space, memory, firewalls, timeouts, missing directories, unreadable permissions, changed credentials, and problems at the storage end.

He thought he had backups…

August 7, 2018

A web agency deleted a DigitalOcean Droplet and its daily backups went with it. Why relying on your host for backups fails exactly when you need them most.