Today was published my new article in the official Blog of Alibaba Cloud (阿里云), named “Create a Cross-Region Active-Active Application on Alibaba Cloud“. If you want to have a look, you can find it in the following link: Create a Cross-Region Active-Active Application on Alibaba Cloud  

Today was published my new article in the official Blog of Alibaba Cloud (阿里云), named “Setting up GitOps with Alibaba Cloud OSS and GitHub Actions“. If you want to have a look, you can find it in the following link: Setting up GitOps with Alibaba Cloud OSS and GitHub Actions  

Vídeo sobre cómo crear una instancia ECS en Alicloud, fácil y rápido. En español.

Today was published my new article in the official Blog of Alibaba Cloud (阿里云), named “Working with Tengine and OpenResty“. If you want to have a look, you can find it in the following link: Working with Tengine and OpenResty  

Las empresas que buscan conectarse con el mercado digital de China muy pronto se dan cuenta de la necesidad de disponer de infraestructura local en dicho país. Con más de la mitad del mercado IaaS (nube pública) en China, Alibaba Cloud puede convertirse en el socio que estás buscando. Además, debido a que la compañía […]

There is a new podcast in town! Well, “Cloudcast” in this case 😅 Thanks to the Alibaba Cloud Academy I got invited to be part of the first edition of the program! Listen to the audio     Check the original live stream

As you may know, I’m a fan of the Alibaba Cloud Academy since it came to existence. Their way to structure the certifications is unique and really teaches you how to leverage the cloud just the way you want. I personally have a number of certifications from them. My way was to first learn from […]

If you weren’t aware, I submitted on November a Terraform Module I made to the Alibaba Cloud Open Platform Challenge. Said challenge was designed to bring developers closer to the tools Alibaba Cloud is trying to push across the community. Good news! I was among the winners!     They launched the challenge on November […]

In this article I’ll go through the advantages of using Aliyun Linux, a CentOS-based Linux distribution developed and maintained by Alibaba Cloud. Compared to other available Virtual Machines like Debian/Ubuntu or RHEL/CentOS (amongst others), Aliyun Linux is made in the cloud and for the cloud.     Alibaba optimised this distribution to the point that, […]

A terraform module to create a private Container Registry namespace and a RAM role able to pull/push from the namespace created. Alicloud Terraform Module. NOTE: This module uses AccessKey and SecretKey from profile and shared_credentials_file. If you have not set them yet, please install aliyun-cli and configure it. Architecture Diagram After using this module, the […]

When dealing with critical ECS instances, specially the ones running our applications, many times we worry about their performance all the time, sometimes to the point in where we need to pay or learn to use a number of platforms in order to monitor it. Although you can create automatic alarms using CloudMonitor, sometimes you […]

Learn how your devices can connect to Alibaba Cloud’s Internet of Things (IoT) solution by setting up a simulated IoT device. Have a look to the Webinar I recorded while in Hangzhou at Alibaba’s offices last month. >> GitHub Repository with the full example For a modern IT-based enterprise, integrating your hardware into the cloud […]

This article is about my experience a the Apsara Conference 2019, for the Instagram stories posts go to my Instagram profile.     The Conference The Apsara Conference, also called “Yunqi Conference” in chinese, or “云栖大会”, is the biggest cloud computing & AI conference in Asia. This conference is held every year in Yunqi, Hangzhou […]

Alberto Roura is an Alibaba Cloud MVP, Tech Writer and ACP Certified. He is the founder of Cirrus Audit, a Cloud Consultancy business that is currently trialing a public beta of its first SaaS product for SMEs, a multicloud optimisation tool with special focus on APAC providers. Cirrus Audit Panel is the multicloud resource optimisation […]

Alibaba Cloud have kindly invited us to their Castlereagh Street offices in between Martin Place and Wynyard stations. 1st speaker: Ben Dechrai, Auth0 A token walks into a SPA Securing SPAs isn’t as straight forward as a traditional web application. The code is there for all to see. Cookies and local storage aren’t 100% safe. […]