Resize EC2 Volume (without Resizing Partition)

Problem You would like to resize a volume attached to an EC2 instance. Solution Do the following: Create a snapshot of your volume (instructions) Stop your instance Go to EBS / Volumes and select Actions / Modify Volume Enter the new size for your volume (note you can only ever make the volume larger) and … Continue reading Resize EC2 Volume (without Resizing Partition) →

Automatically Make Snapshots for EC2

A quick Google search reveals that there are quite a few different approaches for automatically creating snapshots for EC2 images (such as here, here and here). All of these are rather difficult to do. Thankfully, after some more searching around I found a great way to schedule regular snapshots using AWS CloudWatch. CloudWatch supports a built-in … Continue reading Automatically Make Snapshots for EC2 →

Install Puppet 3 in Amazon Linux

The most recent version of the Amazon Linux VMI (2015.09.1) seems to install version 2 of Puppet by default. However, if you need to install Puppet 3, that is also easy enough. Just type in the following to install it: sudo yum install puppet3 If any errors pop up in respect to incorrect dependencies (this can … Continue reading Install Puppet 3 in Amazon Linux →