Useful link on AWS env and Docker

In this short post, I've collected useful links for EC2 improvements such as how to configure the local discs, how to add UI if you need it or How to add VPN client to connect to the customer's network.

• Adding local disks:

https://objectivefs.com/howto/how-to-mount-instance-store-on-aws-ec2-instance-for-disk-cache

• How to add UI to EC2 machine (Ubuntu and Linux2):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BAoJ7JZHr0

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25657596/how-to-set-up-gui-on-amazon-ec2-ubuntu-server

and the .vnc/xstartup you can take from:

https://github.com/ggworld/utils/blob/master/.vnc/xstartup

the tunnel:

ssh -L 5901:localhost:5901 -i "the_pem_file" ubuntu@AWS_MACHINE

or you can follow aws on EC2 Linux 2:

https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/ec2-linux-2-install-gui/

• Use openVPN:

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpn/latest/clientvpn-user/ubuntu.html

• Install Docker

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/docker-basics.html

Or

https://www.lewuathe.com/how-to-install-docker-in-amazon-linux.html

• install docker-compose:

The easiest way run:

sudo pip3 install docker-compose

Or use this link:

https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/

• Build a basic Flask + MySQL docker (including docker-compose)

https://stavshamir.github.io/python/dockerizing-a-flask-mysql-app-with-docker-compose/

• When you created vpc and you can't connect to the ec2 in it (it's probably because of the routing table see inside):

https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/instance-vpc-troubleshoot/