AWS availability zones are on the whole extremely robust, however they are not completely immune to outages. Geographically they are subject to natural and technical disasters that can affect any data center, like floods, prolonged power outages, fires or someone inadvertently slicing through a fibre optic cable.
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In Cloud Computing This Week [May 20th 2022]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
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Hava Security View Enhancements
As part of our ongoing quest to help you understand what your cloud infrastructure and security posture looks like through easy to understand diagrams and visualisations, several enhancements to the current security view diagrams have been released that deliver even more clarity to potentially complex visualisations.
Topics: aws security azure diagrams
2 min read
Hava adds GKE auto import and GCP enhancements
In the latest release, Hava users running GKE workloads will see container diagrams auto generated in their environments dashboard. This new functionality closely follows the addition of direct import of stand alone kubernetes clusters.
Topics: gcp
34 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [May 13th 2022]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
3 min read
How to find cloud services fast in the middle of an outage
So imagine your worst nightmare. The cloud based application you have just inherited management and support for has just crashed. The support lines are lit up like a Christmas tree, the support ticket system is having a meltdown and everyone is looking at you for a solution.
Topics: aws azure gcp kubernetes
5 min read
What's Running Where in Your Cloud Infrastructure
Could your team show you with any confidence what systems and resources you have running in the cloud. Could they do that today, or right now.
Topics: aws azure gcp DevOps cloudcomputing
3 min read
39 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [May 6th 2022]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
16 min read
Increase online security using SSO to centralise IAM and MFA
Whether you are developing cloud based applications or accessing lots of different corporate applications and web properties daily, there is a clear advantage to streamlining your security profile using SSO
Topics: aws azure gcp sso
52 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Apr 29th 2022]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
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In Cloud Computing This Week [Apr 22nd 2022]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
7 min read
What is AWS Managed Services?
At the heart of AWS managed services is the provision of services that facilitate AWS cloud adoption, by assisting customers to move from on-premises hardware and software to cloud based infrastructure.
Topics: aws
34 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Apr 15th 2022]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
22 min read
AWS PCI Diagram
If your application integrates or handles credit card processing, it's a good idea to ensure your network meets PCI DSS standards.
Topics: aws
13 min read
52 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Apr 8th 2022]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
4 min read
AWS Load Balancer Diagram
When you are building applications or managing infrastructure on AWS, being able to visualise what you have built in diagram form has several major advantages,
Topics: aws
12 min read
Auto Update Cloud Diagrams
Most developers and engineers working with cloud infrastructure will agree that a well laid out network topology diagram is an essential tool when either communicating how the network is built, or for use when tracking down the reason for an application outage or performance dip.
Topics: aws azure gcp
48 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Apr 1st 2022]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
18 min read
Draw Azure Diagrams
When you work with Microsoft Azure, you no doubt appreciate the value of great network topology diagrams. Good network infrastructure diagrams provide a visual cue for better communication and understanding of your azure cloud infrastructure at all levels of your organisation, from management down to freshly onboarded engineers and consultants. But should you draw Azure diagrams yourself, or automate the process?
Topics: cloud azure visualization Version History diagrams kubernetes
7 min read
What is Amazon Lightsail?
Amazon Lightsail is a cloud service from AWS that allows you to deploy pre configured Windows and Linux server stacks that you can manage from an intuitive management console.
Topics: aws
29 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Mar 25th 2022]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
9 min read
AWS Lambda Architecture Diagram
AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service that executes code in response to events such as website actions, https requests, files being modified or written to S3 buckets and a whole host of integrated AWS services that have the capability to trigger lambda functions in response to a state change.
Topics: aws lambda
11 min read
AWS Free Tiers and Services
Amazon Web Services offers a wide range of services for building web applications, storing and managing data, managing customer engagement and a whole host of other computing capabilities in the cloud.
Topics: aws
26 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Mar 18th 2022]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
8 min read
AWS Network Architecture Diagram
If you have been working with AWS cloud architecture for any length of time, you almost certainly understand the importance of documenting your AWS VPCs using network topology diagrams.
Topics: aws cloud
6 min read
AWS Backup for S3
AWS Backup has recently added S3 to the range of supported services in AWS Backup which means you can now use backup to automate the backup of objects and files stored in Amazon S3.
Topics: aws
21 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Mar 11th 2022]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
7 min read
AWS Region Diagram
Identifying the resources and VPCs in your AWS account and which AWS regions they are deployed in can be a time consuming process that is often put off when there are more important jobs to be done.
If you have been working with AWS infrastructure for any length of time, you understand the importance of documenting your AWS VPCs using network topology diagrams. They visually represent the construction of your AWS network, and can also speed up the on-boarding of new team members and external consultants.
Knowing what regions your infrastructure is deployed in is essential when trying to establish what would happen if there is an outage in one particular AWS region. If us-east-1 drops out, can your application continue to function.
So having a diagram that clearly shows what regions host your VPCs and AWS resources is not a bad idea.
Topics: aws cloud
5 min read
25 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Mar 4th 2022]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
6 min read
5 min read
What is AWS Marketplace?
Despite the name, AWS marketplace isn't related to amazon.com or a handy place to pick up a second hand mountain bike. AWS Marketplace is an AWS managed software catalogue that helps users select, install and manage software and machine images from approved and trusted software vendors. Software installed through the AWS marketplace can be billed directly to your normal AWS account.
Topics: aws
25 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Feb 25th 2022]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
6 min read
6 min read
Auto Generate GCP Diagrams
When you are building on GCP or working with applications built on GCP as a development or operations engineer you possibly already appreciate the value of a well laid out network topology diagram. Especially if that diagram accurately represents what resources you have configured in your (or your client's) GCP accounts.
Topics: gcp
29 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Feb 18th 2022]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
3 min read
Cloud Network Real Time Export
If you are building or supporting cloud infrastructure built on AWS, GCP or Azure it is now extremely simple to get a live graphical snapshot of your cloud network topology.
Topics: aws azure gcp DevOps cloudcomputing
18 min read
Auto Generate Azure Diagrams
As a cloud professional working with Microsoft Azure, you no doubt appreciate the value of great network topology diagrams. Azure diagrams provide a visual cue for better communication and understanding of your cloud infrastructure at all levels of your organisation, from management down to freshly onboarded engineers and consultants.
Topics: cloud azure visualization Version History diagrams kubernetes
4 min read
What are AWS Organizations?
AWS Organisations is a free service that allows you to programmatically add and remove AWS accounts and group together AWS accounts into organisational units.
Topics: aws
26 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Feb 11th 2022]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
6 min read
Quickest Way to Create a GCP Diagram
When you are building on Google Cloud Platform or working with applications built on GCP as a development or operations engineer you already appreciate the value of a well laid out network topology diagram that accurately represents what resources you have configured in your (or your client's) GCP accounts.
Topics: gcp
7 min read
Quickest Way to Create an Azure Diagram
When you are building on Azure or working with applications built on Azure as a development or operations engineer you already appreciate the value of a well laid out network topology diagram that accurately represents what resources you have configured in your (or your client's) Azure accounts.
Topics: azure
10 min read
Quickest Way to Create an AWS Diagram
When you are building on AWS or working with applications built on AWS as a development or operations engineer you already appreciate the value of a well laid out network topology diagram that accurately represents what resources you have configured in your AWS accounts.
Topics: aws
29 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Feb 4th 2022]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
17 min read
Create Azure Diagrams
If you are building solutions on Microsoft Azure, you'll almost certainly want to know your network has been built in line with your design which often leads to the need to create Azure diagrams.
When you have accurate and up to date network topology diagrams on hand it enables you to visually explain your network infrastructure to both your engineering and operations team and also provide management with an easy to understand representation of what you are building and managing. If you are onboarding new engineers, or engaging external consultants, you can bring them up to speed very quickly with a well laid out Azure network topology diagram.
The problem with traditional diagrams has always been the time it takes to create them. If you use manual drag and drop diagram software or drawing packages like Microsoft Visio the process can take forever which is why up to date Azure network topology diagrams are rarely on hand. Engineers rarely have the time or motivation to sit down and create Azure diagrams. They generally have far more important or pressing issues to work on.
This is where you can leverage Hava to help you create Azure diagrams.
If you are taking on a new client or development project, having access to infrastructure documentation is a massive advantage when trying to understand exactly what is running on your network. Come to think of it, with the complex nature of cloud consoles and network configurations you may be surprised at what you have running in your existing infrastructure.
Back in the day our team provided expert cloud consulting services. When we took on a new client, diagramming the new client's infrastructure was always the first job in the process. It was always, without exception, time consuming, laborious but necessary in establishing exactly what was going on in the client's cloud accounts prior to starting work on improving or redesigning the network infrastructure.
Topics: cloud azure visualization Version History diagrams kubernetes
5 min read
What is AWS VPC Peering?
AWS Virtual Private Cloud instances (VPC’s) allow you to run workloads and store data in the cloud.
Topics: aws
20 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Jan 28th 2022]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
16 min read
AWS VPC Peering Diagram
A VPC peering connection is a networking connection between two VPCs that enables you to route traffic between the two VPCs using private IPv4 or IPv6 addresses. Instances in either VPC can communicate with each other as if they are within the same network. You can create a VPC peering connection between your own VPCs, or with a VPC in another AWS account. The VPCs can be in different AWS regions which is also known as an inter-region VPC peering connection.
Topics: aws vpc cloudcomputing
10 min read
Amazon S3 Fundamentals
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) allows you to safely store, retrieve and secure your files on the AWS ecosystem. Storage is segmented into repositories much like a traditional folder that are referred to as buckets.
Topics: aws s3
28 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Jan 21st 2022]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
7 min read
AWS Diagram VPC
If you have been working with AWS VPCs for any length of time, you understand the importance of documenting your AWS VPCs using network topology diagrams. Not only do they visually represent the construction of your AWS network, they also speed up the on-boarding of new team members and external consultants the also help you to quickly identify what the network should look like in the middle of an outage.
Topics: aws cloud
5 min read
Hava Updates January 2022
After a well earned break, our talented developers have been busy putting the finishing touches to a number of new features and enhancements to make your Hava diagrams more detailed and flexible.
Topics: aws azure gcp
6 min read
What is AWS Cloud WAN
AWS cloud WAN allows you to connect your on premise networks at your company locations, data centers and AWS VPCs together using the AWS global network backbone without having to use the internet.
Topics: aws cloud wan
21 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Jan 14th 2022]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
4 min read
AWS Diagrams for Visio
When your mind turns to cloud network diagrams often Microsoft Visio will be the first thing that springs to mind. That's not surprising, given the popularity of this accomplished desktop flow chart/drawing application.
Topics: aws
4 min read
What is AWS Service Catalog?
When your organisation has hundreds or thousands of users, the logistics of controlling the deployment of software and services can be a complex and time consuming task.
Topics: aws
27 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Dec 17th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
2 min read
8 min read
What is AWS DevOps Guru?
Amazon DevOps guru is a machine learning power service that helps you improve your application’s operational performance and availability by detecting anomalies that fall outside normal operating patterns.
Topics: aws
27 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Dec 10th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
20 min read
Azure DevOps Diagrams
When you are working with Azure cloud computing infrastructure in your role as a DevOps engineer, there are many benefits to creating and maintaining accurate Microsoft Azure diagrams.
You can effectively communicate your Azure network design to both technical DevOps staff, developers and also management where necessary. If you are onboarding new DevOps engineers, or engaging external consultants, you can bring them up to speed very quickly with a well laid out accurate infrastructure diagram.
If you are taking on a new client, application or project, having access to detailed infrastructure documentation is a massive advantage when trying to understand exactly what is running where. Back in our cloud consulting days, diagramming a new client's infrastructure was always the first job in the on-boarding process. It was often time consuming, laborious but necessary in establishing exactly what was going on prior to starting work on improving or redesigning infrastructure.
Topics: cloud azure visualization Version History diagrams kubernetes
2 min read
Cloud Diagram Team Collaboration
One of the more advanced features of the Hava business plan is the ability to create teams.
Topics: aws cloud azure cloudcomputing
7 min read
What is Amazon Route 53
Amazon Route 53 is a scalable and highly available DNS service that translates human readable website names like www.hava.io into the numeric IP address location of the target website host (13.35.145.107) or a private VPC or application endpoint.
Topics: aws diagrams cloudcomputing
65 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Dec 3rd 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
4 min read
AWS Container Diagrams
One of the diagrams that is automatically generated when you connect your AWS account to Hava is the AWS Container View.
Topics: aws visualization containers ecs
2 min read
Hava Diagram Versioning
One of the major advantages of using Hava to automate your AWS, Azure and GCP network infrastructure diagramming is the hands free way things happen.
Topics: aws azure gcp
10 min read
AWS IAM Policies and Policy Structure
IAM AWS Identity and Access Management is a service that allows you to create and manage users, access credentials and policies within your AWS account.
Topics: aws
40 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Nov 26th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
5 min read
4 min read
Export Real-Time Diagrams with Hava
Network diagrams are only of any practical use if they are up to date. Being able to visualize your cloud network "live" gives you the best chance of identifying problems especially if you are in the middle of an outage or your application is experiencing unexpected performance issues.
Topics: aws azure gcp visualization
9 min read
Hava integrates SSO
Hava is pleased to announce the integration of SSO capabilities, with the initial preview supporting SAML and OIDC providers.
Topics: aws azure gcp
42 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Nov 19th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
7 min read
AWS Cloud Architecture Diagram
Professional cloud engineers understand the importance of documenting networks using network topology diagrams. Not only do they assist with communicating the construction of your cloud network, they also speed up on boarding new team members, external consultants and quickly identifying what the network should look like in the middle of an outage.
Topics: aws cloud
4 min read
30 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Nov 12th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
7 min read
AWS Diagram Builder
Accurate AWS network diagrams play a vital role in monitoring and internally communicating the operational status and design of well engineered AWS infrastructure, which is why serious AWS development teams use an AWS Diagram Builder.
Topics: aws cloud
517 min read
AWS CLI Command Reference Guide L - Z
This guide details all of the commands available starting with L- Z for each AWS service supported by the AWS command line interface application.
To view the CLI commands A - Z see this post :
https://www.hava.io/blog/aws-cli-command-reference-guide-a-k
Topics: aws
653 min read
AWS CLI Command Reference Guide A - K
This guide details all of the commands available starting with A - K for each AWS service supported by the AWS command line interface application.
For commands starting with L - Z please see this post :
https://www.hava.io/blog/aws-cli-command-reference-guide-l-z
Topics: aws
45 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Nov 5th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
47 min read
What is the AWS CLI?
The AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) is a downloadable tool that you can use to manage your AWS services.
Topics: aws cloud DevOps cloudcomputing
29 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Oct 29th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
3 min read
7 min read
What is AWS CloudWatch?
Amazon CloudWatch is an AWS service designed to help you monitor the performance and health of your AWS resources and applications. CloudWatch initiates communication with other services in response to events or schedules. CloudWatch will also aggregate logs from other services and aggregate notifications and alarms from groups of services onto a customised dashboard.
Topics: aws cloud DevOps cloudcomputing
22 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Oct 22nd 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
4 min read
AWS Hybrid Cloud Architecture Diagram
With the adoption of multiple cloud platforms to take advantage of their individual strengths and cost advantages, it is not uncommon for organisations to build applications and solutions that utilise multiple cloud platforms
Topics: aws Documentation azure gcp Version History vpc
6 min read
Introducing Hava Projects
We are pleased to announce that Hava now has a Projects feature in preview that enables you to control what diagrams your users can access when logging in to your Hava business account.
Topics: aws azure gcp
28 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Oct 15th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
4 min read
AWS RDS Architecture Diagram
AWS network topology diagrams are used for many important tasks. Depending on your role, you will most likely be interested in the elements on the diagram that you are responsible for.
Topics: aws cloud visualization database
6 min read
What is Amazon VPC
Amazon Web Services or AWS Cloud offers pay as you go on demand compute resources that allow you to run workloads and store data on AWS network infrastructure which removes the need to buy and maintain expensive computer hardware in-house.
Topics: aws vpc
30 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Oct 8th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
3 min read
AWS ECS Architecture Diagram
With more and more development teams embracing containerised packaging and deployment of their applications and micro services, the ability to visualise the current state of containerised workloads has become important.
Topics: aws cloudcomputing ecs
5 min read
Cloud Network Anomaly Detection
A large part of managing cloud infrastructure is making sure everything is running as expected so that your applications operate and access data efficiently while avoiding over specified resources that cost more than is necessary.
Topics: aws cloud azure gcp DevOps cloudcomputing
35 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Oct 1st 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
14 min read
Google Cloud Diagram
A well laid out Google Cloud diagram is an important tool for managing and communicating the design and implementation of your GCP architecture.
Topics: Documentation gcp visualization diagrams
4 min read
What is CIDR Notation?
Classless Inter Domain Routing or CIDR is a prefix based standard for the representation of IP addresses and their routing properties. It was introduced to enable blocks of IP addresses to be grouped together for inclusion in router routing tables instead of needing to include massive blocks of individual IP information.
Topics: aws
27 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Sept 24th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
8 min read
AWS Topology Diagram
Accurate AWS topology diagrams are the easiest way to easily understand what you have configured and running in your AWS environments. An accurate diagram also allows you to easily communicate your AWS network design to key stakeholders including new engineers and external consultants.
Topics: aws cloud
10 min read
The Quickest Way to Create an AWS Diagram
Accurate AWS cloud diagrams play a vital role in monitoring and internally communicating the operational status and design of your AWS infrastructure.
Topics: aws cloud
26 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Sept 17th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
20 min read
Azure Diagrams Online
When you are working with Microsoft Azure, there are many advantages when you create and maintain accurate Microsoft azure diagrams online.
With accurate up to date diagrams on hand, you can effectively communicate your Azure network design to both technical engineering staff and also management where necessary. If you are onboarding new engineers, or engaging external consultants, you can bring them up to speed very quickly with a well laid out Azure network topology diagram.
The problem with diagrams is the time it takes to create them. If you are using manual drag and drop diagram software or drawing packages like visio the process can take forever which is why up to date Azure diagrams are rarely on hand. Nobody has the time or motivation to sit down and create diagrams. You usually have far more important or pressing issues to sort out.
This is where creating Azure Diagrams Online using Hava comes into play.
If you are taking on a new client or development project, having access to infrastructure documentation is a massive advantage when trying to understand exactly what is running on your network.
Back in the dim dark past of our cloud consulting days, diagramming a new client's infrastructure was always the first job in the process. It was always time consuming, laborious but necessary in establishing exactly what was going on prior to starting work on improving or redesigning infrastructure.
Topics: cloud azure visualization Version History diagrams kubernetes
10 min read
What are Dedicated AWS EC2 Instances?
Ec2 instances are the virtual machines provided by AWS that you can rent to run your application workloads. They can can vary from powerful instances with hundreds of processors capable of processing vast amounts of data quickly, down to small micro instances suitable for running microservices.
Topics: aws DevOps cloudcomputing
24 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Sept 10th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
8 min read
AWS VPN Diagram
An AWS VPN Diagram is the easiest way to understand exactly how your AWS infrastructure is configured.
There's no doubt that a good AWS VPN diagram is invaluable when trying to understand your AWS infrastructure and communicating how your network topology has been constructed.
Topics: aws cloud cloudcomputing vpn
5 min read
35 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Sept 3rd 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
7 min read
AWS Cloud Diagrams
Accurate AWS cloud diagrams play a vital role in monitoring and internally communicating the operational status and design of well engineered AWS infrastructure.
Topics: aws cloud
8 min read
How to track changes in Azure
When you are building or operating applications built on Microsoft Azure, one of your primary concerns will be keeping track of any changes that impact the performance of your applications.
Topics: azure
28 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Aug 27th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
7 min read
Cloud Visualization
There are many reasons why you would want to visualize your AWS environments. Knowing exactly what is running based on the actual resources running in your cloud environments is probably the number one reason to use an automated Cloud Visualization Tool over manually drawing your network diagrams.
Topics: aws cloud Documentation security visualization vpc diagrams
10 min read
What is AWS Elastic Beanstalk?
Elastic Beanstalk is a platform within AWS that is used for deploying and scaling web applications. In simple terms this platform as a service (PaaS) takes your application code and deploys it while provisioning the supporting architecture and compute resources required for your code to run. Elastic Beanstalk also fully manages the patching and security updates for those provisioned resources.
Topics: aws elastic beanstalk
29 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Aug 20th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
8 min read
Generate Network Diagrams From AWS
When you or your team are building applications on AWS you will reach a point where you need to ensure what you intended to build has been executed according to the design brief. Whether you are a cloud enterprise architect, program manager, infrastructure or security architect, cloud operations engineer, application architect, DevOps or an application developer, at every step of the application development and deployment lifecycle, you need to know exactly what has been build and what is running.
There are lots of reasons why you should accurately diagram and document your AWS environments. Knowing exactly what is running based on the actual resources configured in your AWS environments is probably the number one reason to generate network diagrams from AWS.
Once you have a clear line of sight on your network topology, you can instantly assess whether the network is running as intended.
Topics: aws cloud Documentation security visualization vpc diagrams
12 min read
Cloud Computing Roles
Cloud computing offers an attractive career path for people who are looking to work in IT or for people already established in the traditional IT landscape who want to re-skill and enter the world of cloud computing.
Topics: cloud DevOps cloudcomputing
20 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Aug 13th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
8 min read
Best AWS Diagram Tool
The best AWS diagram generator is certainly a subjective topic. Depending on how your cloud infrastructure is built, what technologies and automation pipeline you are using will definitely influence your view.
In terms of typical VPC deployment and the resources and services used to build modern cloud based applications, we believe the approach and layout generated by Hava when you connect it to your AWS accounts is a worthy contender for the best AWS diagram tool available, especially if automation and accuracy are important to you.
There are many reasons why you would want to accurately diagram and document your AWS environments. Knowing exactly what is running based on the actual resources configured in your AWS environments is probably the number one reason to use automated AWS Network Diagram Tool software over manually drawn diagrams.
Topics: aws cloud Documentation security visualization vpc diagrams
7 min read
Why Visualize Your Cloud Infrastructure
The Increasing adoption of cloud based infrastructure by businesses large and small is a testament to the benefits of moving from on premise hardware to infrastructure as a service or the cloud as it more commonly referred.
Topics: aws cloud security azure visualization diagrams DevOps cloudcomputing
24 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Aug 6th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
7 min read
AWS Network Diagram Generator
There are many reasons why you would want to accurately diagram and document your AWS environments. Knowing exactly what is running based on the actual resources configured in your AWS environments is probably the number one reason to use automated AWS Network Diagram Generator software over manually drawn diagrams.
Topics: aws cloud Documentation security visualization vpc diagrams
10 min read
How to Become a DevOps Engineer
The evolution of application software development over the last 15 years has given rise to new methodologies in the cloud computing space that were rarely seen when development was purely an in-house activity.
Topics: DevOps
36 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Jul 30th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
8 min read
AWS Deployment Diagram
Accurate AWS deployment diagrams can play a significant role in monitoring and internally communicating the design of well engineered AWS infrastructure.
Topics: aws cloud
7 min read
What is AWS EC2 Auto Scaling?
Auto-scaling is the capability built into AWS that allows you to ensure you have the right number of EC2 instances provisioned to handle the load of your application. Using Auto-scaling, you can remove the guess work in selecting how many EC2 instances are required to provide an acceptable level of performance for your application without over-provisioning resources and incurring unnecessary costs.
Topics: aws cloud DevOps
25 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Jul 23rd 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
7 min read
AWS Network Topology Diagram
Accurate AWS network topology diagrams play a major part in monitoring and internally communicating the design of well engineered AWS infrastructure.
Topics: aws cloud
7 min read
What is AWS Security Token Service (STS)?
AWS STS is an AWS service that allows you to request temporary security credentials for your AWS resources, for IAM authenticated users and users that are authenticated in AWS such as federated users via OpenID or SAML2.0.
Topics: aws
14 min read
Google Cloud Visualization
Google Cloud visualization especially in diagram form is an important approach for monitoring well managed and easily communicated GCP network infrastructure.
Topics: Documentation gcp visualization diagrams
32 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Jul 16th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
10 min read
What Can You Do With Hava?
Hava is an application that analyses your cloud configuration and maps out the discovered networks and resources when connected to your AWS, Azure or GCP accounts.
Topics: aws
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In Cloud Computing This Week [Jul 9th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
8 min read
AWS VPC Diagrams
If you are using AWS to build solutions that consist of more than a handful of resources you will appreciate the need for accurate AWS VPC Diagrams. The best form of documentation to be able to easily communicate how your AWS network is constructed is a network topology diagram.
Topics: aws vpc diagrams api DevOps
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What is AWS Trusted Advisor?
AWS Trusted Advisor is a service that inspects all the resources present in your AWS account and suggests improvements to bring them in line with AWS best practices.
Topics: aws cloudcomputing trusted advisor
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In Cloud Computing This Week [Jul 2nd 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
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AWS Diagram Maker
If you are using AWS to build solutions that consist of more than a handful of resources you will appreciate the need for accurate network documentation. By far, the best form of documentation to be able to easily communicate how your AWS network is constructed is a network topology diagram.
Topics: aws vpc diagrams api DevOps
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In Cloud Computing This Week [Jun 25th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
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Microsoft Azure Diagrams
When you are working with Azure cloud computing infrastructure, there are many benefits to creating and maintaining accurate Microsoft Azure diagrams.
You can effectively communicate your Azure network design to both technical engineering staff and also management where necessary. If you are onboarding new engineers, or engaging external consultants, you can bring them up to speed very quickly with a well laid out infrastructure diagram.
If you are taking on a new client or project, having access to infrastructure documentation is a massive advantage when trying to understand exactly what is running where. Back in our cloud consulting days, diagramming a new client's infrastructure was always the first job in the induction process. It was often time consuming, laborious but necessary in establishing exactly what was going on prior to starting work on improving or redesigning infrastructure.
Topics: cloud azure visualization Version History diagrams kubernetes
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What is Amazon Aurora?
Amazon Aurora is an AWS RDS database service that brings together enterprise performance and scalability at pricing that’s more associated with harder to scale open source solutions.
Topics: aws cloud visualization amazon aurora
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In Cloud Computing This Week [Jun 18th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
7 min read
Cloud Architecture Diagram Tool
There are numerous reasons why you would want to accurately diagram and document your AWS environments. Knowing exactly what is running based on the actual resources configured in your cloud environments is probably the number one reason to use an automated Cloud Architecture Diagram Tool over manually drawing your network topology diagrams.
Topics: aws cloud Documentation security visualization vpc diagrams
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What is AWS CodeCommit?
If you are developing on AWS or any other platform for that matter, you will understand the need for good version control. Git repositories have for a long time been an effective method of controlling software versions, enabling multiple developers to work on the same code base without overwriting each other’s code and providing the opportunity to roll back code in the event of a release introducing unforeseen behaviours, or bugs as they are more commonly referred to.
Topics: aws cloud visualization cloudcomputing
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In Cloud Computing This Week [Jun 11th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
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What is AWS Fargate?
AWS Fargate is a service that provisions serverless compute resources to run AWS ECS and EKS containers. AWS states that Fargate allows you to focus on building your applications when you let Fargate provision and manage the infrastructure required. Think of it as containers on-demand with no underlying manually created infrastructure that are quick to launch and scale, where you manage everything at the container level.
Topics: aws cloud security kubernetes DevOps containers cloudcomputing
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AWS Components Diagram
When you are working with AWS cloud infrastructure, accurate network topology diagrams play a major part in monitoring and internally communicating the design of your AWS infrastructure.
Being able to visualise all of your AWS components and resources in diagram form assists in understanding what is running where and also helps experienced engineers spot vulnerabilities and redundancy issues in network design.
Topics: aws cloud
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In Cloud Computing This Week [Jun 4th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
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What is AWS Lambda?
AWS Lambda is a service that allows you to run code and containers without the need to set up, manage or provision servers. Lambda runs your code on highly available compute cloud infrastructure via Functions. Lambda takes care of server and OS maintenance, scaling, code monitoring and activity/error logging.
Topics: aws cloud visualization diagrams DevOps cloudcomputing lambda
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In Cloud Computing This Week [May 28th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
13 min read
Google Cloud Platform Architecture Diagrams
Producing Google Cloud Platform Architecture Diagrams is an important part of well managed and easily communicated GCP network infrastructure.
Topics: Documentation gcp visualization diagrams
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AWS App Runner
This month AWS announced the release of App Runner which is a fully managed container-native service designed to make it easier for developers to quickly deploy APIs, micro-services, and web applications using source code repositories and container images.
Topics: aws cloud DevOps containers
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In Cloud Computing This Week [May 21st 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
18 min read
Azure Diagrams
When you are working with any cloud computing virtual infrastructure, there are many benefits to creating and maintaining accurate Azure Architecture diagram sets.
You can immediately communicate the network design to both technical engineering staff and also management where necessary. If you are onboarding new engineers, or engaging external consultants, you can bring them up to speed very quickly with a well laid out infrastructure diagram.
Topics: cloud azure visualization Version History diagrams kubernetes
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What is Amazon Detective?
When you are monitoring your AWS infrastructure for security alerts, not all security signals can be remediated automatically. Large or complex environments can generate multiple security flags (repeatedly) that need to be manually investigated in detail. This requires access to sometimes complex metadata to thoroughly investigate which may place a strain on your in-house security skills or may even require you to find the budget for a dedicated security expert.
Topics: aws security diagnose visualization DevOps
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AWS Network Diagram Tool
Accurate network topology diagrams play a major part in monitoring and internally communicating the design of well engineered AWS infrastructure.
Topics: aws cloud
19 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [May 14th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
7 min read
AWS Container Services
In this Post we will look at a high level overview of all the different AWS container services you can use on AWS. If you want to run a containerized application on AWS you have multiple options to choose from depending on your application requirements, AWS Security and orchestration software preferences.
Topics: aws kubernetes DevOps containers
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In Cloud Computing This Week [May 7th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
12 min read
GCP Diagrams
Generating and maintaining accurate GCP Diagrams is essential for well managed and easily communicated GCP network infrastructure.
Topics: Documentation gcp visualization diagrams
18 min read
Azure Architecture Diagram
If you have worked with Microsoft Azure for any length of time, you no doubt appreciate the value and necessity of great network topology diagrams. Diagrams provide a visual cue for better communication and understanding of your cloud infrastructure at all levels of your organisation, from management down to freshly onboarded engineers and consultants.
Topics: cloud azure visualization Version History diagrams kubernetes
8 min read
AWS Developer Tools
Along side the hundreds of AWS resources we recently detailed in this AWS Services List, Amazon also provides a stack of developer and DevOps tools to help you build, deploy, manage and monitor applications on the AWS cloud.
This is a list of a few of our favourite AWS Developer Tools.
AWS Developer Tools
Topics: aws cloud Documentation azure visualization diagrams DevOps
23 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Apr 30th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
6 min read
AWS Infrastructure Diagram
There are many reasons why you would want to accurately diagram and document your AWS environments. Knowing exactly what is running based on the actual resources configured in your AWS environments is probably the number one reason to use automated AWS Infrastructure Diagram software over manually drawn diagrams.
Topics: aws cloud Documentation security visualization vpc diagrams
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In Cloud Computing This Week [Apr 23rd 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
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AWS Services List
AWS is one of three major cloud platforms that Hava generates automated cloud diagrams for. AWS offers a host of services that fall under several major service categories. In this post we'll take a look at the services available for you to build, manage and monitor applications on the AWS cloud platform.
Source: aws.amazon.com
Topics: aws
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In Cloud Computing This Week [Apr 16th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
11 min read
AWS Diagram Creator
There are so many reasons why you should accurately document your AWS cloud environments with Network Topology Diagrams. They visually portray how your network is constructed, what is running where and how resources are grouped and connected.
This is a major time saver when explaining your network to new engineers, consultants or other internal stakeholders.
Topics: aws cloud Consulting Documentation security vpc diagrams
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Organisational and Design Tips for Google Cloud
Defining Your Organisation
Google Cloud recommend your network resources should be organized hierarchically to enable you to manage access control and permissions across your organization. Grouping together all the network resources that each team or project requires makes it easier to permit or deny access according to which business unit each team member belongs.
Topics: cloud Documentation gcp vpc DevOps
63 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Apr 9th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
12 min read
Google Cloud Diagrams
There is no question that keeping accurate Google Cloud Diagrams is essential for well managed and easily communicated GCP network infrastructure.
Topics: Documentation gcp visualization diagrams
17 min read
AWS Security
Security is possibly the most important consideration for any organization storing data or hosting applications on public cloud infrastructure.
Topics: aws cloud security diagnose Version History vpc diagrams
29 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Mar 26th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
5 min read
AWS VPC Diagram Generator
When you are working with AWS VPC infrastructure, there are many many reasons why you can benefit from accurate automatically generated infrastructure diagrams.
Topics: aws cloud Documentation visualization vpc
12 min read
How to Reduce AWS S3 Storage Costs
S3 Optimization
Some organisations struggle to contain their S3 Storage costs through a combination of failures around planning and monitoring. This could be due to the complete absence or incomplete application of both important steps.
Topics: aws cloud diagnose
21 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Mar 19th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
4 min read
Seven Cloud Computing Trends to Watch in 2021
Continuing on a stellar trajectory and partly enhanced by the pandemic, the adoption of cloud infrastructure and services is expected to top $120Bn in 2021 increasing by well over 35% according to Forrester Research. Welcome to the new normal.
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In Cloud Computing This Week [Mar 12th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
7 min read
19 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Mar 5th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
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In Cloud Computing This Week [Feb 26th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
7 min read
Managing Cloud Engineers? Here's 7 Reasons Why You Should Consider Hava
When you are responsible for the delivery and maintenance of critical or complex applications built on cloud infrastructure, the chances are you are relying on multiple in house engineers or teams of engineers, devops and external consultants to keep your network and applications operating at peak performance for your end users.
Topics: aws cloud Consulting security azure gcp visualization diagrams
20 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Feb 19th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
10 min read
AWS Diagram
There are numerous reasons why you would want to accurately document your AWS cloud environments with an AWS Diagram.
Topics: aws cloud Consulting Documentation security vpc diagrams
13 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Feb 12th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
7 min read
DevOps vs Agile
Software development can be a long and complex process. The more you can map out and plan, the greater chance you have of success.
Topics: aws cloud Consulting azure Version History diagrams kubernetes DevOps
13 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Feb 5th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
11 min read
GCP Architecture Diagrams
There is no question that keeping accurate GCP architecture diagrams is essential for well managed and easily communicated network infrastructure.
Topics: Documentation gcp visualization diagrams
11 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Jan 22nd 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
18 min read
Azure Network Diagrams
When you are working with Microsoft Azure, there is no doubt you appreciate the value and necessity of great network topology diagrams. Diagrams provide a visual cue for better communication and understanding of your cloud infrastructure at all levels of your organisation, from management down to freshly onboarded engineers and consultants.
Topics: cloud azure visualization Version History diagrams kubernetes
16 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Jan 15th 2021]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
7 min read
How To Choose A Database on AWS
When moving your data and applications to AWS or developing a solution from scratch, you are most likely going to be faced with the challenge of selecting the most appropriate of the multitude of database options offered by AWS.
Topics: aws security visualization database
13 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Dec11th 2020]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
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In Cloud Computing This Week [Dec 4th 2020]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
19 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Nov 27th 2020]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
Topics: aws azure gcp news
7 min read
Arcentry Alternative
If you used Arcentry in the past to document your cloud infrastructure, the closure of the service earlier this year probably came as a bit of a shock.
While quite a newcomer having only been established in 2018, the decision to shut the doors at short notice potentially left a lot of people high and dry that were using the service to diagram their cloud infrastructure.
Topics: aws cloud azure gcp diagrams api cloudcraft
19 min read
In Cloud Computing This Week [Nov 20th 2020]
This week's roundup of all the cloud news.
