by ray | Jul 6, 2018 | Amazon Web Services (AWS)
The unfortunate reality about running a web service is that every now and again, you’re going to have downtime. Even the best web companies have the occasional blip in service. If downtime is inevitable, then it’s best to plan ahead so that you can be ready. After...
by ray | Jul 6, 2018 | Amazon Web Services (AWS), Wordpress
Short answer (with my specific WordPress setup and test scenarios): 10–15 concurrent users sustainably, 100 concurrent users before WordPress crashed. Long answer: I recently executed a test to measure performance of a t2.micro running WordPress, as part of a...
by ray | Jul 6, 2018 | Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Step 1: Connecting to an Instance Before you can connect, you need to make a note of your server’s IP address (write it down!). Go back to your EC2 Control Panel and find your Public IP address. It’s the area that’s highlighted in the screenshot below… Next, you will...
by ray | Jul 6, 2018 | Amazon Web Services (AWS)
I’m about to be released into the wild as a free roaming web developer. I won’t have the company hosting anymore and it’s damn well about time I got my own shit sorted. After a little reading I have decided to give Amazon Web Services a try. So far I...
by ray | Jul 6, 2018 | Amazon, General News
It’s been a year since Amazon.com Inc. agreed to buy Whole Foods for $13.5 billion. The biggest beneficiaries of the deal might be Amazon Prime members. Sky-blue signs advertising discounts for Prime members greet shoppers in some Whole Foods parking lots....