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Ask HN: What mistakes did you make when using AWS for the first time?
Hello Everyone,
I'm documenting the common mistakes beginners make when using AWS for the first time.
Here are some of the most common mistake I have noticed so far:-
- Forgetting to delete resources that are no longer needed
- Accidentally deleting wrong resources
- Misconfiguring S3 buckets
- Enabling public access to RDS
What's yours?
- rshnotsecure 6y agoCloudFormation instead of Terraform.
- potta_coffee 6y agoCan you elaborate some?
- zwayhowder 6y agoNot treating resources as cattle. I ended up having to maintain a fragile pet for too long that cost me much more than replacing it would have.
- speedgoose 6y agoNot me yet but I have seen it twice, pushing a AWS secret key to a public git repository.
- GoldenMonkey 6y agoYou need to use Serverless. This will make everything easier for you. You code the Script to standup the AWS resources. This will avoid manually adding/removing resources. https://www.serverless.com https://www.serverless.com
- oldschoolrobot 6y agoYes. Serverless is the way to go
- fiftyacorn 6y agoHow does it compare to cdk?
- Michael_Sieb 6y agoWe did't use all the free credits that are available all over the place. Like this one from Segment https://segment.com/industry/startups/ https://segment.com/industry/startups/
- mraza007 6y agoForgetting to turn off ec2 instances and then I realized when a got a bill I quickly deleted it