Cognito

No cruft, let’s just start. What I’ve done is take those docs and add some specific details and information for this happy path. It includes additional references for the steps I took, and specifically what I’m running this on for this particular tutorial. As noted below, there is a section where this deviates from those... Continue reading →

Troubleshooting Node.js Deploys on Beanstalk – The Express v4 node ./bin/www Switch Up

I’ve gotten a ton of 502 errors and related issues that crop up when deploying the Beanstalk. One of the issues that cropped up a few times recently, until I stumbled into a working solution was the 502 NGINX error. I went digging around and ended up just trying to deploy a default, fresh from... Continue reading →

Mapping Domain Names with name.com, Elastic Beanstalk, Elastic Load Balancer and AWS Route 53

I finally wrapped up my name server and DNS mapping needs with Name.com, Route 53 and Elastic Beanstalk. Since this was a little confusing I thought a short write up was in order. Thanks to Evan @evandbrown for helping out! The first thing needed is a delegation set of name servers for your DNS and... Continue reading →

Backup Riak – Learning About Distributed Databases :: Issue 001

I’ve got more than a few series in the queue, so why not another one eh! The intent is, I’ll grab a specific topic to break down and add details to related to distributed systems, primarily around Riak. I will however diverge into other distributed databases too, but I’ll primarily be sticking to Riak. Without... Continue reading →

Red Hat, OpenShift PaaS and Cartridges for Riak

Today I participated in the OpenShift Community Day here in Portland at the Doubletree Hotel. One of the things I wanted to research was the possibility of putting together a OpenShift Origin Cartridge for Riak. As with most PaaS Systems this isn’t the most straight forward process. The reason is simple, OpenShift and CloudFoundry have... Continue reading →