Speed Up Alibaba Cloud OSS Deployments By Zipping The Files
OSS, the Alibaba Cloud Object Storage Service, can be an amazing tool to save money hosting static websites and, at the same time, speeding up a site by avoi...
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Storing and retrieving a secret with Alibaba Cloud Secret Manager
Storing application secrets is an important part of the security planning of any application. This is because it helps to keep sensitive information, well, s...
Generating NFT Images Using Alibaba Cloud Serverless
My speech during the Alibaba Cloud Developer Summit 2023, in Jakarta, was related to using Alibaba Cloud Serverless to generate NFT images, this is, as a way...
Participating in the Alibaba Cloud 2023 Jakarta Developer Summit
Attending or participating at international events in the cloud computing industry can be beneficial for a number of reasons. These type of events provide an...
Cómo funciona la muralla China, en el podcast “Lejano Este”
En este post, compartiré mi experiencia reciente como invitado en un podcast sobre China llamado “Lejano Este”. Tuve el placer de hablar con Adrián Díaz, un ...
Alibaba Cloud OSS, More Than Just Storage
When we talk about storage we often think about hard drives, USB sticks and devices of the kind. All those solutions are okay for personal computers (and eve...
Using Alibaba Cloud DevOps Flow to automate an ECS Deployment
Called just “Flow“, this is the long-awaited DevOps tool from Alibaba Cloud. Until now, this cloud provider didn’t have any CI/CD platform to help developers...
Migrate a WordPress site from Alibaba Cloud SAS to ECS
Terms like “Cloud Computing“, “Cloud Server“, “Virtual Machine” or “Database” could be daunting for someone who is just starting. This is why I completely un...
Alibaba Cloud Elasticsearch Tutorial & Optimisation
Alibaba Cloud’s Elasticsearch Service has come a long way from when it was first introduced, and I believe it is ready for most production workloads. It wipe...
Using Serverless Devs to run a “Hello World” with Alibaba Cloud
As you know, I’ve been talking and developing production-ready solutions in a Serverless fashion since 2018, which sounds “forever” in this IT world. In the ...
Alibaba Cloud Elastic Desktop Service (EDS) Goes Live
Last February I published an article about Alibaba Cloud EDS, detailing how to install and use the software from Alibaba Cloud to make use of this VDI soluti...
Host-based routing with Alibaba Cloud Kubernetes (ACK)
When creating a multi-deployment platform in Kubernetes, you will quickly realise how many LoadBalancer-type Services you deployed. This is usually not a pro...
Testing the new Alibaba Cloud 7th Gen ECS Instances
As part of being an Alibaba Cloud MVP, I get to test from time to time new products from this cloud provider for free, which is a really nice thing to have. ...
Alibaba Cloud Free Tier and Free Services
In this post, I want to introduce you to the free tier and always-free services offered by Alibaba Cloud. It’s important to test out the platform and try out...
Best Practices Dealing With Large Docker Images in Alibaba Cloud Kubernetes
All applications starts in the same way, usually with a simple deployment made up of a tiny and organised Docker Container which is built and deployed within...
Lower the latency of your application in China with EIP & BGP Pro
The usual problem for companies with some sort of presence in China is the platform speed for their end users located in the Mainland, this stems from the co...
About How A Single Character Broke Alibaba Cloud’s Container Registry
You load the site… it doesn’t work. You check the console… some weird error. You examine the code… nothing specially wrong. The debugging nightmare begins! T...
Adding visibility to inter-VPC connections with Alibaba Cloud Firewall Enterprise
In the last article I talked about the product called Cloud Firewall, the FaaS (Firewall as a Service) from Alibaba Cloud, a great alternative and a must-go ...
Overview of the Cloud Firewall from Alibaba Cloud
When it comes to protecting machines from malicious network connections there are plenty of options, and depends on which portion of the network request you ...
Terminating SSL and setting up an Alibaba Cloud SLB with Kubernetes
SSL termination, sometimes so easy, sometimes so hard… If you ended up reading this article you probably are in the second group. Welcome to the brotherhood,...
Installing and testing the Alibaba Cloud Elastic Desktop Service (EDS)
Thanks to being an MVP Diamond I’m one of the first to test this VDI product called EDS. In fact, I’m such an early adopter that, until today, I couldn’t eve...
Giving Internet Access to an Alibaba Cloud Serverless K8s Pod
By default, a user would use an ECS Instance when deploying applications on Alibaba Cloud. This usually is the go-to solution of most people. An ECS Instance...
Testing the new Alibaba Cloud 6th Gen ECS Instances
As part of being an Alibaba Cloud MVP Diamond, I get to test from time to time new products from this cloud provider for free, which is a really nice thing t...
[Webinar] El Ecosistema Serverless de Alibaba Cloud
El 24 de septiembre hice un pequeño webinar (15 minutos). En esta sesión descubriremos el ecosistema Serverless de Alibaba Cloud e introduciremos los servici...
The Apsara Conference Dialogue: Alberto Roura
At the Apsara Conference 2020 I shared with the public why I chose Alibaba Cloud:
Protecting Your Data With Alibaba Cloud KMS
Cloud providers, specially those ranked higher like Microsoft Azure, Alibaba Cloud or Amazon Web Services, tend to follow very scrupulously all regulations e...
Setting up a cross-region replicated Container Registry in Alibaba Cloud
When you start your journey around deploying services in China, soon you realise that is not the same as in the rest of places. You even feel that your prior...
Entrevista con Robert Walters acerca de Alibaba Cloud
El miércoles 15 de julio Robert Walters me entrevistó, en directo, sobre la presencia del Cloud de Alibaba, y las oportunidades que ofrece este tipo de tecno...
Create a Cross-Region Active-Active Application on Alibaba Cloud
Consider the following situation. You are a race-car driver and your car is at the starting line. Your helmet is on and you already heated up your tires. The...
Setting up GitOps with Alibaba Cloud OSS and GitHub Actions
When dealing with GitHub, we used to always link it with CI/CD tools like CircleCI, Jenkins or Travis, among other tools, to extend the functionality of its ...
Cómo crear una Instancia ECS en Alibaba Cloud
Vídeo sobre cómo crear una instancia ECS en Alicloud, fácil y rápido. En español.
Working with Tengine and OpenResty
If you are thinking of implementing some type of callback URL for a pipeline action, endpoint, or something more complex like an API Gateway, you probably ma...
Elegir Alibaba Cloud puede ser una gran oportunidad para tu negocio
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 paí...
Cloudcast: Container Networking
There is a new podcast in town! Well, “Cloudcast” in this case 😅
Alibaba Cloud Academy Day 2020
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 yo...
Participating in Alibaba Cloud Open Platform’s first challenge
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 de...
Exploring Aliyun’s Linux Distribution
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 t...
Build your own serverless ECS Instance monitor
When dealing with critical ECS instances, specially the ones running our applications, many times we worry about their performance all the time, sometimes to...
IoT with Alibaba Cloud – Webinar
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 re...
MVP Interview at the Apsara Conference 2019
I was interviewed by Wei Tong, Senior Content Marketing Strategist at Alibaba Cloud. We discussed my motivations to become an MVP, talked about the evolution...
MVP Booth Tour at the Apsara Conference 2019
To help people understand what was going on in the different exhibitions, we made a tour showcasing the top activities inside the hall C. Don’t miss these vi...
The Apsara Conference (云栖大会) 2019
This article is about my experience at the Apsara Conference 2019, for the Instagram stories posts go to my Instagram profile.
Alibaba Cloud MVP Global Summit 2019
As part of the Apsara Conference (Yunqi Conference in chinese, 云栖大会), but one day ahead the official start, the MVP Global Summit was held in Hangzhou (杭州).
Why I chose to build Cirrus Audit on Alibaba Cloud?
Alberto Roura is an Alibaba Cloud MVP Diamond, Tech Writer and ACP Certified. He is the founder of Cirrus Audit, a Cloud Consultancy business that is current...
SSH Tunnelling With Alibaba Cloud To Expose A Local Environment
What we want to solve with this tutorial?
August Edition, Sydney Serverless [Meetup]
Alibaba Cloud have kindly invited us to their Castlereagh Street offices in between Martin Place and Wynyard stations.
Accessing Salesforce from China
Yesterday, Alibaba Cloud and Salesforce announced a significant strategic partnership. Under this agreement, Alibaba Cloud became the exclusive provider of S...
Dynamic IP, Home NAS and Alibaba Cloud API
When I got my NAS, I had clear that I wanted to access it from anywhere in the world, as I’m a person who loves travelling and from time to time I’ll need th...
How I built a serverless SaaS product on Alibaba Cloud
Cirrus Audit Panel is a multicloud resource optimisation SaaS platform targeted to SME businesses (investors welcomed). It aims to help IT professionals deal...
Using Aliyun Fun with Function Compute
This GitHub repository is been created to help you understand how to easily deal with emails when working on serverless/microservice architectures on Alibaba...
Using PouchContainer to Deploy a Node Site in Alibaba Cloud
In today’s post, we will learn how to deploy a Node site using VueJS to an Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS) Instance by using PouchContainer, Alib...
Tengine, Docker, and PHP Application Best Practices
From a DevOps point of view, the importance of a good architected solution, with proper separation of responsibilities, is fundamental for the long-term succ...
Building Highly Scalable Marketing Campaigns With Alibaba Cloud
Alibaba Cloud (阿里云) is certainly becoming an obvious place where growing organisations are migrating their websites and campaigns to the cloud. This is helpi...
IoT with Alibaba Cloud [Meetup]
Introduction to Alibaba Cloud’s IoT platform and discussion of different use-cases. Hear how to leverage the IoT platform to create the next-gen gadgets.
Alibaba Cloud ACP Cloud Computing Exam Tips
I recently passed my ACP (Alibaba Cloud Professional) Cloud Computing Certification exam. As Alibaba Cloud MVP Diamond, I want to help you to pass as well wi...
Alibaba Cloud Academy Certifications
Alibaba Cloud Academy is the certification and training department of Alibaba Cloud (阿里云). There you can learn from Alibaba Cloud experts, improve your skill...
Alibaba Cloud ACA Cloud Computing Exam Tips
I recently passed my ACA (Alibaba Cloud Associate) Cloud Computing Certification exam. As Alibaba Cloud MVP Diamond, I want to help you to pass as well with ...
My Alibaba Cloud Story
Last week, as part of being part of the Alibaba Cloud MVP family, I had the opportunity to enjoy a phone interview with James Fitzgerald, a passionate of clo...
Build your first serverless website with Alibaba Cloud
Serverless is the buzzword among developers recently, right? Well, do you really know how to take full advantage of it? This tutorial will help you to create...
Function Compute to Power Schedule Alibaba Cloud ECS Instances
In web development we have to deal with different environments when developing, testing and deploying our websites or applications. This way of doing things ...
Going Serverless with Alibaba Cloud [Meetup]
Introduction to Alibaba Cloud’s Serverless platform and discussion of different use-cases. Hear how to leverage the Serverless platform to create the next-ge...
Launch an Alibaba Cloud ECS with Docker using Terraform
This example will show you how to launch an Alibaba Cloud (阿里云) ECS Instance using Ubuntu and packed with Docker and Docker Compose. Very simple but can be u...
Being an Alibaba Cloud MVP
What is the MVP Program?
How to Deploy Apps Effortlessly with Packer and Terraform
Alibaba Cloud published a very neat white paper about DevOps that is very interesting to read. It shows how “DevOps is a model that goes beyond simple implem...
Create a VPN-secured VPC with Packer and Terraform
Securing a web application in terms of access management can be tricky, as there are multiple ways to do it in an acceptable way.
Introduction to Alibaba Cloud and Devops tools [Meetup]
Our first Meetup in Brisbane! What is Alibaba Cloud? What are the differences with other providers? Get answer for all this questions and more in our first i...
Alibaba Cloud Terraform 101 Basic Setup
In this video we will learn how to setup macOS to work with the Official Terraform provider for Alibaba Cloud (阿里云).
Awarded as Alibaba Cloud MVP 2018
I’m proud to announce that I achieved a new major achievement as the Most Valuable Professional (MVP Diamond) for Alibaba Cloud 2018.
Hosting Multiple Websites on a Single Alibaba Cloud ECS Server the DevOps Way
In this tutorial we are going to learn how to run two or more websites using the same Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS) Instance using Docker Compo...
Deploying and Best Practices with Alibaba Cloud
With this How-To I want to talk about Best Practices using Alibaba Cloud (阿里云) deploying a new website/webapp to their infrastructure, also covering the impl...
Setting Up Load Balancers Using Terraform
In this tutorial, I will show you how to set up a CMS, in this case Bolt, on Alibaba Cloud using a Load Balancer and RDS with 3 ECS instances attached. We wi...
Dynamic DNS using Alibaba Cloud DNS API
According to Wikipedia, “Dynamic DNS (DDNS or DynDNS) is a method of automatically updating a name server record, often in real time, with the active Dynamic...
Run Bolt With Docker And Terraform With Alibaba Cloud
In this tutorial, I will show you how to set up Bolt on Alibaba Cloud ECS. We will be doing this based on a DevOps approach.
Alibaba Cloud PHP and AB Benchmarking
As some of you may know, I recently moved all my services and infrastructure to Alibaba Cloud (阿里云), being this one of the best decisions I made in 2017 in t...
There is a datacenter that runs on lake water
In Chun’an 淳安县, right on the Qiandao Lake 千岛湖 lies what is probably the greenest datacenter in the world. The e-commerce giant Alibaba Group finished develop...