AWS Tools
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EC2-Tools
AMI Baking
Tools that help build the AMIs for your bespoke EC2 instances.
- AWS EC2 Image Builder - native service to build and test AMIs in AWS.
- AWS System Manager Automation
- Netflix Aminator (OpenSource)
- Packer (OpenSource)
State Control EC2-Server
Tools and services that help you reduce your EC2 costs.
- ParkMyCloud (SaaS) tecRacer is a reseller of this product
- CloudTiming (SaaS)
- Flywheel (OpenSource)
- Skeddly (SaaS)
Amazon-Windows-Drivers & Tools
- Download-Link of the Windows EC2Config Services
- Download-Link of the Windows CloudFormation Clients
- Download-Link of the Windows Citrix XEN-Drivers
- AWS Directory Services Port-Tester
VM Conversion to AWS
Backup Tools
- cloudberrylab.com (for Files and Server Images)
- n2ws.com (for EBS, AMI and RDS) tecRacer is a reseller of this product
- cloudranger.com (Backup Steuerung and AWS)
- automaticloud.net (for EBS, AMI and RDS)
- Percona XtraBackup (for MySQL)
S3- and Glacier-Tools
S3-Drive-Mapper for Windows and Linux
- TNT Drive (commercial)
- CloudBerry Drive (commercial)
- ObjectiveFS - mount S3-buckets as fileshares tecRacer is a Reseller of this Product
S3-Client-Tools
- CloudBerry S3 Windows Explorer (Freeware)
- S3 Backup Tool Windows by Maluke (commercial)
S3-Bucket Backup
Amazon AWS Glacier Tools
- FastGlacier - Windows UI and Command-Line (Freeware and Pro-Version)
Visualization & Design Pattern
- Lucidchart - 2D Create architecture diagrams
- Cloudcraft - 3D Create architecture diagrams
- hava.io - 2D Create architecture diagrams with Reverse engineering
- AWS Simple Icons for Architecture Diagrams - Official AWS Icons
DynamoDB
- NoSQL Workbench - like the MySQL Workbench only for NoSQL applications
- DynamoDB Item Size Calculator
- DynamoDB Data Modeler - online tool to model your DynamoDB schema
Security
AWS IAM Privileges
Security-Scans
- acunetix.com
- qualys.com
- detectify.com – Scan Web-Endpoints
- Sophos Cloud Optix – AWS Account Security Scan tecRacer is a reseller of this product
- Cloudsploit.com – AWS Account Security Scan
- Prowler – AWS Account CIS
Web-Server Security Scans
SSH / RDP Access Management
- scaleft.com (SaaS)
- userify.com (SaaS)
- bastillion.io
- keymaker (OpenSource)
- royalapplications.com (Software commercial)
- commando.io
Antivirus and Security
- Sophos Endpoint - tecRacer is a reseller of this product
- Bitdefender Cloud Security - tecRacer is a reseller of this product
- Trendmicro Deep Security - tecRacer is a reseller of this product
Monitoring and Observability
Monitoring
- BigPanda Monitoring Landscape Overview of the monitoring market
- DataDog (Saas)
- Site24x7 (SaaS) tecRacer is a reseller of this product
- Instana (SaaS)
Alarm Integration
LogFile-Management
- SumoLogic (Saas) tecRacer is a reseller of this product
- Loggly (SaaS)
- Logentries.com (SaaS)
- Splunk (Software Kommerziell)
- Graylog (OpenSource)
- Goaccess.io (Log-File Analyse)
CloudWatch Logs
- github.com/TylerBrock/saw - Fast, multi-purpose tool for AWS CloudWatch Logs
Status Boards
- healthchecks.io (SaaS)
- cronitor.io (Saas)
- cachethq.io (OpenSource)
- statuspage.io (SaaS)
Online Tools
Cloud Performance
- cloudping.info – Measure latency for each AWS region
- cloudharmony.com
Conversion Tools
Costs Calculation & Management
AWS Cost Management & Security
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cloudcheckr.com tecRacer is a reseller of this product
Cost overview and EC2 Reserved Instances
- ec2instances.info
- AWS Simple Monthly Calculator
- AWS TCO Calculator (Cost calculation)
Miscellaneous
CloudFormation Tools
- CloudFormation coverage roadmap - One of the few roadmaps AWS actually publishes
- sparkleformation.io – Ruby DSL Library CloudFormation Generation
- Troposphere – Python Library Cloudformation Generation
- Online converter JSON <-> YAML
- Former2 - Generate CloudFormation / Terraform / Troposphere templates from your existing AWS resources
Json / CSV CLI-Tools
Kubernetes Tools
- caylent.com – 50 useful Kubernetes tools
- Hands on Kubernetes – PDF Workshop
Preparation for an AWS certification
Sources of Information
AWS-Blogs
- Blog from Amazon
- AWS Security Blog
- Blog Werner Vogels, CTO Amazon AWS
- Amazon SES Blog (Simple Email Service)
AWS-Podcasts
Basic AWS knowledge
Technical Infos
Cloud Development Kit
- Awesome CDK - repo that collects CDK resources
- tecRacer CDK Templates - collection of architectures
- AWS CDK Examples
- AWS CDK Patterns Library - collection of primarily serverless patterns.
- AWS CDK Workshop
Labs and Workshops
- Well Architected Labs
- Overview of AWS self-service workshops, here are some examples:
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