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Notes from building and running Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps and observability setups on AWS: what I did, what broke, and how I fixed it.
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AWSVPCNetworking
AWS Private Connectivity: Internet Gateway, NAT Gateway, and VPC Endpoints Explained
Three gateways, three different jobs. IGW for bidirectional internet access, NAT Gateway for outbound-only from private subnets, VPC Endpoints to reach AWS services without touching the internet at all. When to use which, how to configure each, and what they cost.
20 Sept 20247 min read
FeaturedProduction EKS on AWS · Part 2
AWSEKSKubernetes
Building a Production EKS Cluster from Scratch: Everything I Wish Someone Had Told Me
A complete walkthrough of provisioning a production-ready EKS cluster using Terraform — VPC, private subnets, managed node groups, IRSA, and ALB Ingress. Written after making most of the mistakes so you do not have to.
12 Jun 202410 min read