Production Ready22 min read
CloudWatch Monitoring: Metrics, Alarms, Logs
Monitor AWS applications with CloudWatch: metrics, alarms, logs, dashboards, and the Four Golden Signals. Step-by-step setup included.
Samuel Ogunti
#beginners
Every published article tagged beginners.
13 articles
Getting Started33 min read
AWS Free Tier Guide 2026: Everything You Get for Free
Every AWS Free Tier offering in 2026: 25 services with exact limits, billing traps that catch beginners, and the 5-minute setup to avoid surprise charges.
Samuel Ogunti
Deploy and Defend20 min read
CI/CD on AWS: Build Your First Pipeline
Build your first CI/CD pipeline on AWS with CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy. Deployment strategies (blue/green, canary) explained simply.
Samuel Ogunti
Containers and Automation27 min read
Infrastructure as Code on AWS: CloudFormation vs SAM vs CDK
CloudFormation vs SAM vs CDK compared with examples and trade-offs. Clear guidance on which IaC tool to start with on AWS.
Samuel Ogunti
Containers and Automation22 min read
Docker on AWS: Beginner's Guide to ECS and Fargate
Docker and ECS for beginners: what containers are, how they differ from VMs, and how to run your first container on AWS Fargate.
Samuel Ogunti
Going Serverless19 min read
AWS Lambda for Beginners: Serverless Guide
A plain-English guide to AWS Lambda and serverless computing, covering how it works, when to use it, cold starts, pricing, and hands-on CLI examples.
Samuel Ogunti
Data and Traffic24 min read
AWS Load Balancers: ALB vs NLB Explained
ALB vs NLB explained with real examples. How health checks work, when to use each load balancer type, and how Route 53 ties DNS to availability.
Samuel Ogunti
Servers and Storage26 min read
S3 Storage Classes: When to Use Each One
All 7 S3 storage classes compared. When to use each, how to set up lifecycle policies, and how to avoid common cost mistakes.
Samuel Ogunti
Servers and Storage26 min read
EC2 Instance Types: How to Choose the Right One
EC2 instance types decoded: naming convention, when to use each family, and how to compare On-Demand, Reserved, Spot, and Savings Plans.
Samuel Ogunti
Cloud Foundations25 min read
AWS VPC Networking Explained Simply
A beginner-friendly guide to Amazon VPC, subnets, route tables, internet gateways, NAT gateways, and security groups, explained with real-world analogies.
Samuel Ogunti
Cloud Foundations25 min read
AWS IAM Guide: Users, Roles, Policies Explained
AWS IAM explained: users, groups, roles, policies, and least privilege. Includes policy evaluation logic and troubleshooting Access Denied errors.
Samuel Ogunti
Cloud Foundations28 min read
Cloud Computing Explained for Beginners
Cloud computing explained in plain English: IaaS vs PaaS vs SaaS, why companies migrate, and how the Shared Responsibility Model works.
Samuel Ogunti
Getting Started30 min read
Career Change to Cloud Computing in 2026
A practical roadmap to break into cloud computing without a CS degree. Skills that transfer, learning paths, and realistic salary expectations.
Samuel Ogunti