

cloudonaut
Andreas Wittig and Michael Wittig focusing on AWS Cloud
We are two brothers focusing 100% on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Every other week, one of us prepares the topic of the podcast. The topic is not known to the other one, which results in surprising conversations about all things AWS.
Typically, we are covering the following topics: DevOps, Serverless, Container, Security, Infrastructure as Code, Container, Continuous Deployment, S3, EC2, RDS, VPC, IAM, VPC, and many more.
Typically, we are covering the following topics: DevOps, Serverless, Container, Security, Infrastructure as Code, Container, Continuous Deployment, S3, EC2, RDS, VPC, IAM, VPC, and many more.
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Feb 15, 2022 • 53min
#44 AWS Security: Stephen Kuenzli and Andreas Wittig on IAM
AWS IAM real-world advice from Stephen Kuenzli and Andreas Wittig
Notes
Stephen Kuenzli and I lead several cloud migration projects. In this conversation, we shared our learnings focusing on AWS security and IAM (Identity and Access Management). The result is advice and inspiration that will help you in your daily work. Our conversation is available as a video or podcast episode. In the following, you will also find a summary of our discussion.
As Michael is on parental leave, I invited Stephen to the cloudonaut podcast. Listen to our conversation on AWS security and IAM. Stephen has written a book for engineers who design, develop, and review AWS IAM security policies in their daily work: Effective IAM for Amazon Web Services. Besides that, Stephen is the founder of k9 Security with the mission to help organizations use the Cloud to improve security and manage risks to the organization and its customers.
Check out the blog post for details and links: AWS Security: Stephen Kuenzli and Andreas Wittig on IAM
Newsletter
Every week, we write about all things AWS. For example, we unbox or review new AWS services. We also share pitfalls that we learned about the hard way ourselves. On top of that, we provide code examples for Infrastructure as Code and Serverless applications.
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We launched cloudonaut.io in 2015. Since then, we have published hundreds of articles, podcast episodes, and videos. It's all free and means a lot of work in our spare time. We enjoy sharing our AWS knowledge with you.
Have you learned something new by reading, listening, or watching our content? If so, we kindly ask you to support us in producing high-quality & independent AWS content. We look forward to sharing our AWS knowledge with you.
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Nov 19, 2021 • 30min
#43 AWS Architect Mindset
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Notes
Check out the blog post for details and links: AWS Architect Mindset
Official AWS Regional Services List
Community created AWS Regional Service table
AWS Services in Scope by Compliance Frameworks
AWS Iam docs
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We launched cloudonaut.io in 2015. Since then, we have published hundreds of articles, podcast episodes, and videos. It's all free and means a lot of work in our spare time. We enjoy sharing our AWS knowledge with you.
Have you learned something new by reading, listening, or watching our content? If so, we kindly ask you to support us in producing high-quality & independent AWS content. We look forward to sharing our AWS knowledge with you.
Support us!
Feedback
We ask for feedback! Please rate or review our podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Or send us a message via Twitter (Andreas and Michael) or LinkedIn (Andreas and Michael) or send us an email.

Aug 25, 2021 • 21min
#42 EC2 Checklist: 7 things to do after launching an instance
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Every week, we write about all things AWS. For example, we unbox or review new AWS services. We also share pitfalls that we learned about the hard way ourselves. On top of that, we provide code examples for Infrastructure as Code and Serverless applications.
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Notes
Check out the blog post for details and links: EC2 Checklist: 7 things to do after launching an instance
Support us
We launched cloudonaut.io in 2015. Since then, we have published hundreds of articles, podcast episodes, and videos. It's all free and means a lot of work in our spare time. We enjoy sharing our AWS knowledge with you.
Have you learned something new by reading, listening, or watching our content? If so, we kindly ask you to support us in producing high-quality & independent AWS content. We look forward to sharing our AWS knowledge with you.
Support us!
Feedback
We ask for feedback! Please rate or review our podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Or send us a message via Twitter (Andreas and Michael) or LinkedIn (Andreas and Michael) or send us an email.

May 13, 2021 • 21min
#41 Getting Started with Free Templates for AWS CloudFormation
Bootstrap high-quality AWS infrastructure within minutes.
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Every week, we write about all things AWS. For example, we unbox or review new AWS services. We also share pitfalls that we learned about the hard way ourselves. On top of that, we provide code examples for Infrastructure as Code and Serverless applications.
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Notes
GitHub Repository Free Templates for AWS CloudFormation
GitHub Repository cfn-modules
Blog-Post Getting Started with Free Templates for AWS CloudFormation
Support us
We launched cloudonaut.io in 2015. Since then, we have published hundreds of articles, podcast episodes, and videos. It's all free and means a lot of work in our spare time. We enjoy sharing our AWS knowledge with you.
Have you learned something new by reading, listening, or watching our content? If so, we kindly ask you to support us in producing high-quality & independent AWS content. We look forward to sharing our AWS knowledge with you.
Support us!
Feedback
We ask for feedback! Please rate or review our podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Or send us a message via Twitter (Andreas and Michael) or LinkedIn (Andreas and Michael) or send us an email.

Apr 13, 2021 • 32min
#40 Review: AWS Fault Injection Simulator (FIS)
Chaos as a Service?
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Every week, we write about all things AWS. For example, we unbox or review new AWS services. We also share pitfalls that we learned about the hard way ourselves. On top of that, we provide code examples for Infrastructure as Code and Serverless applications.
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Notes
Check out the following blog post - the written version of this podcast episode - Review: AWS Fault Injection Simulator (FIS).
Support us
We launched cloudonaut.io in 2015. Since then, we have published hundreds of articles, podcast episodes, and videos. It's all free and means a lot of work in our spare time. We enjoy sharing our AWS knowledge with you.
Have you learned something new by reading, listening, or watching our content? If so, we kindly ask you to support us in producing high-quality & independent AWS content. We look forward to sharing our AWS knowledge with you.
Support us!
Feedback
We ask for feedback! Please rate or review our podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Or send us a message via Twitter (Andreas and Michael) or LinkedIn (Andreas and Michael) or send us an email.

Mar 17, 2021 • 44min
#39 Serverless in the Enterprise
Is Serverless ready for the Enterprise?
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Every week, we write about all things AWS. For example, we unbox or review new AWS services. We also share pitfalls that we learned about the hard way ourselves. On top of that, we provide code examples for Infrastructure as Code and Serverless applications.
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Notes
Check out the following blog posts - the written versions of this podcast episode.
Serverless in the Enterprise
Serverless Hybrid Cloud: Accessing an API Gateway via VPN or Direct Connect
Support us
We launched cloudonaut.io in 2015. Since then, we have published hundreds of articles, podcast episodes, and videos. It's all free and means a lot of work in our spare time. We enjoy sharing our AWS knowledge with you.
Have you learned something new by reading, listening, or watching our content? If so, we kindly ask you to support us in producing high-quality & independent AWS content. We look forward to sharing our AWS knowledge with you.
Support us!
Feedback
We ask for feedback! Please rate or review our podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Or send us a message via Twitter (Andreas and Michael) or LinkedIn (Andreas and Michael) or send us an email.

Feb 17, 2021 • 32min
#38 5 good reasons not to get AWS certified
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Every week, we write about all things AWS. For example, we unbox or review new AWS services. We also share pitfalls that we learned about the hard way ourselves. On top of that, we provide code examples for Infrastructure as Code and Serverless applications.
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Notes
Don't miss the blog post 5 good reasons not to get AWS certified, the written version of this podcast episode.
Support us
We launched cloudonaut.io in 2015. Since then, we have published hundreds of articles, podcast episodes, and videos. It's all free and means a lot of work in our spare time. We enjoy sharing our AWS knowledge with you.
Have you learned something new by reading, listening, or watching our content? If so, we kindly ask you to support us in producing high-quality & independent AWS content. We look forward to sharing our AWS knowledge with you.
Support us!
Feedback
We ask for feedback! Please rate or review our podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Or send us a message via Twitter (Andreas and Michael) or LinkedIn (Andreas and Michael) or send us an email.

Jan 20, 2021 • 31min
#37 How to choose an EBS volume type?
Cheap, Durable, Fast?
Newsletter
Every week, we write about all things AWS. For example, we unbox or review new AWS services. We also share pitfalls that we learned about the hard way ourselves. On top of that, we provide code examples for Infrastructure as Code and Serverless applications.
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Notes
Don't miss the blog post Cheap, Durable, Fast. How to choose an EBS volume type?, the written version of this podcast episode.
Amazon EBS volume types
Benchmark tool fio
Support us
We launched cloudonaut.io in 2015. Since then, we have published hundreds of articles, podcast episodes, and videos. It's all free and means a lot of work in our spare time. We enjoy sharing our AWS knowledge with you.
Have you learned something new by reading, listening, or watching our content? If so, we kindly ask you to support us in producing high-quality & independent AWS content. We look forward to sharing our AWS knowledge with you.
Support us!
Feedback
We ask for feedback! Please rate or review our podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Or send us a message via Twitter (Andreas and Michael) or LinkedIn (Andreas and Michael) or send us an email.

Dec 16, 2020 • 32min
#36 re:Invent 2020: Recap of Werner Vogels's Keynote
Deep dive into the services and features announced at re:Invent 2020
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Every week, we write about all things AWS. For example, we unbox or review new AWS services. We also share pitfalls that we learned about the hard way ourselves. On top of that, we provide code examples for Infrastructure as Code and Serverless applications.
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Notes
Werner Vogels's keynote was a blast and definitely the highlight of re:Invent 2020. Michael and I are going through the announced features and services. As usual, we also take a look at the technical details.
This podcast episode is also available as a video on YouTube. Check it out!
CloudShell
VPC Reachability Analyzer
Fault Injection Simulator
Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus (AMP)
Amazon Managed Service for Grafana
Support us
We launched cloudonaut.io in 2015. Since then, we have published hundreds of articles, podcast episodes, and videos. It's all free and means a lot of work in our spare time. We enjoy sharing our AWS knowledge with you.
Have you learned something new by reading, listening, or watching our content? If so, we kindly ask you to support us in producing high-quality & independent AWS content. We look forward to sharing our AWS knowledge with you.
Support us!
Feedback
We ask for feedback! Please rate or review our podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Or send us a message via Twitter (Andreas and Michael) or LinkedIn (Andreas and Michael) or send us an email.

Dec 9, 2020 • 32min
#35 3½ ways to workaround missing CloudFormation support
I bet you learn something new today!
Newsletter
Every week, we write about all things AWS. For example, we unbox or review new AWS services. We also share pitfalls that we learned about the hard way ourselves. On top of that, we provide code examples for Infrastructure as Code and Serverless applications.
Subscribe to our newsletter for free!
Notes
Don't miss the blog post 3½ ways to workaround missing CloudFormation support, the written version of this podcast episode.
This Episode, Michael has a special guest from Hamburg, Germany: Soenke is the co-founder of superluminar, runs Serverless Days Hamburg, and recently, he released an open source solution to automate the setup of an AWS Cloud environment with prescriptive best practises.
Custom Resource example: IAM Password Policy
Resource Provider examples: official CloudFormation resource types
SSM Automation example: Setting up GuardDuty Delegated Administrator
CloudWatch Synthetics example: Activating Control Tower
Support us
We launched cloudonaut.io in 2015. Since then, we have published hundreds of articles, podcast episodes, and videos. It's all free and means a lot of work in our spare time. We enjoy sharing our AWS knowledge with you.
Have you learned something new by reading, listening, or watching our content? If so, we kindly ask you to support us in producing high-quality & independent AWS content. We look forward to sharing our AWS knowledge with you.
Support us!
Feedback
We ask for feedback! Please rate or review our podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Or send us a message via Twitter (Andreas and Michael) or LinkedIn (Andreas and Michael) or send us an email.