Using AWS Lambda to monitor websites

I run a couple of websites for personal use, Nextcloud (an open source Dropbox alternative) and this WordPress site for personal use using a single EC2 instance.  As this architecture is susceptible to a host of problems due to a lack of redundancy, I needed a way to keep an eye on site availability and get… Read More »

Backup your MySQL DB to S3

If you have a database on an EC2 instance, the question that comes up frequently is “how do I backup my database and where?”.  The easiest option is to backup to Amazon’s S3 storage.  This post shows you how to achive an automated database backup to S3 using a simple shell scripts that can be… Read More »