The costs of using the cloud are sometimes discussed without taking into affect the Total Cost Of Ownership (TCO). In this blog post I am going to be looking at some of the potential TCO that may have been missed when comparing traditional "on premise" to Cloud services. Note: There are many Cloud Service Providers … Continue reading TCO: Total Cost of Ownership (Cloud)
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Storing Data In The Cloud
The cloud offers many services for storing data which can be a double edged sword. In this blog post I am looking at some of the considerations that should be looked at before any data is moved into a cloud environment. Know Your Data The amount of data that you have may be staggering as … Continue reading Storing Data In The Cloud
Terminal Not Reading Input, C# and Visual Studio Code (C Sharp / C#)
I'm currently refreshing my knowledge skills of C# (C Sharp), starting with a work through of C# Programming (Mike McGrath) to help with my ASP.NET university project. On my desktop computer I'm using Visual Studio instead of Visual Studio Code (my preferred IDE for most languages), but on my ageing laptop Visual Studio takes an … Continue reading Terminal Not Reading Input, C# and Visual Studio Code (C Sharp / C#)
What Is The Difference Between Scaling Up And Scaling Out (Cloud)
One of the advantages of cloud infrastructure is the ability to scale infrastructure to meet demand. The options for scaling are: Scaling Up / Down Scaling Up / Down can also be referred to as vertical scaling and is when components within a single instance are increased or decreased. For example, adding more memory to … Continue reading What Is The Difference Between Scaling Up And Scaling Out (Cloud)
NIST: Definitions Of Cloud Computing
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a part of the U.S. Department of Commerce and in September 2011 NIST published a definition of Cloud Computing. The full definition / document (SP 800-145) can be read via the NIST webpage: https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-145/final , however I am going to summarise parts of the document. Five … Continue reading NIST: Definitions Of Cloud Computing
Docker – Environment Variables, Env File & A Little Django (Python)
Why Use Environment Variables? Whilst building my Django project I replaced several of the values within settings.py with an option for them to be read from environment variables, rather than storing them in plain text within settings.py. This change allows me to store the settings.py file within a source control repository (e.g. Git) and also … Continue reading Docker – Environment Variables, Env File & A Little Django (Python)
Personal Update, Django and MVC / MTV
Last autumn (2020) I started a university degree apprenticeship to make up for that fact that I don't currently have a degree and that I enjoy learning a lot more now than I did in my late teens/early 20s. One of the modules I'm undertaking is Web Application Development, which I'm going to expand on … Continue reading Personal Update, Django and MVC / MTV
Geckodriver – Missing From Environment Path
Less a blog post and more a note to myself. After installing Geckodriver make sure to add it to the environment. The error message (or similar): "selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'geckodriver' executable needs to be in PATH". Means its not been added to the environment. To add to the environment use the command: export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/geckodriver
AWS DeepRacer – Reinforcement Learning (Machine Learning)
My interest in machine learning has continued to grow and this week I had the opportunity to attend an AWS DeepRacer event. As I'm taking a look at DeepRacer I decided to write this blog post to store my notes and hopefully help me with some of the options. The aim of DeepRacer is to … Continue reading AWS DeepRacer – Reinforcement Learning (Machine Learning)
Terraform and Azure (Infrastructure as Code) – Part 3
Part 1 of this series looked at setting up Terraform for use with Azure and then deploying some infrastructure. Part 2 looked at changing Azure subscriptions, inserting an SSH key in virtual machines and making the virtual machine run commands at creation. Backend Storage When I discussed using Terrform with AWS I made a blog … Continue reading Terraform and Azure (Infrastructure as Code) – Part 3
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