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Troubleshooting: Unable to connect to the server: dial tcp x.x.x.x:443: i/o timeout

December 29, 2020 by Nathaniel Avery in Tip

Solution to Amazon EKS kubectl error: “Unable to connect to the server: dial tcp x.x.x.x:443: i/o timeout”

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December 29, 2020 /Nathaniel Avery
aws, kubernetes, cloud, Troubleshooting
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AWS re:Invent - Amazon is Now a Database Company

November 29, 2018 by Nathaniel Avery in Conferences

I thought I knew ahead of time what some of the stories coming out of re:invent would be. I expected some new instance types, some price changes, and maybe some announcements around serverless compute workloads. That plan changed when Amazon’s Andy Jassay spoke out against Oracle and SQL Server during his AWS re:invent keynote. His statements made me take another look at the updates to Amazon’s database that allowed him to speak in such a manner.

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November 29, 2018 /Nathaniel Avery
aws, aurora, aws aurora, re:Invent
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Weekend Update - List of Interesting Links from the Past Week

August 25, 2018 by Nathaniel Avery

Here are a list of links to stories I found interesting that are related Cloud and Virtualization.

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August 25, 2018 /Nathaniel Avery
CloudFieldDay, public cloud, aws, azure
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How To: Install Git for use with Amazon CodeCommit

April 10, 2018 by Nathaniel Avery in Install, Tip, Bugs

Git for Windows is a powerful tool for interacting with CI/CD pipelines.  There are specific components that should be avoided during the installation when working with Amazon AWS’s CodeCommit service.  More Specifically, the Git Credential Manager component should not be installed if you plan to use Git for Windows with Amazon's CodeCommit source code repository.

I ran into access denied errors a while back with Git and CodeCommit.  I'd read the advice on Amazon's troubleshooting website (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codecommit/latest/userguide/troubleshooting-ch.html) but to be honest, it didn't click with me.  It wasn't until I had the errors and re-read the instructions, that it started to set in that I needed to reinstall Git and change the option.

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April 10, 2018 /Nathaniel Avery
aws, CodeCommit, Git
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