AWS - Using Gmail with your domain utilising SES & Lambda

When working with certain domains there may not be a requirement to have a full blown email system running but there may be a requirement to forward emails to another system and therefore it is important to have a reliable, functional, serverless and ideally free or very minimal cost email system available. I use this for my own purpose to verify infra.engineer via email for proof of ownership for the SSL Certificate and renewal emails without having to have a full blown dedicated mailbox attached to the domain.

This guide utilises AWS SES and Lambda, building a mail system that integrates seamlessly with your Gmail account, at the same time allowing you to send and receive mail from multiple mailboxes within your own domain, although this guide focuses on Gmail other email systems can be used such as Office365 and iCloud Mail.

Send Joomla email via Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)

Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) is a cloud-based email sending service designed to help digital marketers and application developers send marketing, notification, and transactional emails. It is a reliable, cost-effective service for businesses of all sizes that use email to keep in contact with their customers

Reliable email delivery is key in web based application, you don't want your customers to miss that order confirmation email or a very important notification.

The following guide utilises Amazon SES to send emails from with Joomla;

Building a Joomla site on AWS Lightsail

Amazon Lightsail is a virtual server that's cost-effective, fast, & reliable with an easy-to-use interface ideal for developers, businesses, students, or users who need a simple Virtual Private Server (VPS) solution for a lab or production site.

 

Lightsail gives you access to the power of AWS, with the simplicity of a VPS. You choose a configuration from a menu and launch a virtual machine (an instance) pre-configured with SSD-based storage, DNS management and a static IP address utilising either Linux or Windows.

 

This guide is for implementing Joomla on Linux, a free tier is available for month (Up to 750 hours).

Microsoft Azure CSP - Connecting to a customer tenant using powershell

The following commands is designed for Microsoft Cloud Solutions Providers (CSP) to connect to a customer tenant using PowerShell.

Generate Subject Alternative Name (SAN) certificate for use in LDAPS

This guide allows you to configure a subject alternative name (SAN) certificate for use with LDAPS (LDAP over SSL)

Use OpenSSL to generate a multi-domain (UCC) certificate

This guide allows you to create a multi-domain/unified communications certificate (UCC) for securing multiple domains under 1 certificate, you secure a primary domain name and up to 99 additional Subject Alternative Names (SANs) in a single certificate.

Dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu on Dell XPS 13

The following instructions will guide you through configuring Ubunutu 18.04 LTS on a Dell XPS 13 (9370) that came pre-installed with Windows 10 to allow you to dual boot your system.

Configure SFlow on Extreme XOS switching

The following instructions will guide you through configuring SFlow on Extreme XOS switching;

Configure SNMP v3 on Extreme 200 series switching

SNMPv3 is the most advanced and secure version of SNMP yet, with features like user authentication and encryption greatly enhancing the protocol.

The following instructions will guide you through configuring SNMP v3 on Extreme 200 series switching using SHA and DES;