AWS Accounts With Leading Zeros
AWS accounts with leading zeros can play havoc with your YAML, so use ARNs instead....
AWS IAM:PassRole explained
A common point of confusion when getting started with AWS IAM, and when trying to implement "least privileges" on IAM is the message "is not...
Amplify, Amplify, and Amplify
"AWS Amplify" is easy to say, but what does it mean? Is it Amplify.js? The AWS Amplify Console? The Amplify Framework? Wonder no more, and read on to uncover the truth of Amplify!...
The CloudFormation Layer Cake
So I've had the idea of this post for a while. Like "3 years ago" a while: CFN Layer Cake FTW!I first came across...
CloudFormation Examples on GitHub
AWS documentation letting you down? Never fear, GitHub can help with that! Find CloudFormation examples quickly and easily....
Effective Actions for AWS IAM
TL;DR I made Effective IAM Actions [https://bigorange.cloud/actions/], a small tool to expand wildcards "*"in IAM Policy Actions [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_policies_elements_action.html] so that you can see explicitly what permissions are granted by a policy. It supports multiple statements in each policy, Allow...