AWS

Don’t Forget Your Launch Template Version

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Hey. Yeah, you. The one trying to create that new EC2 instance. I see you’re trying to use a launch template with that. Did you remember to specify the correct version number? EC2 will use the default version number in the launch template which may not be what you want. So make sure you’ve got the version number properly set, just in case you’re not interested in wasting 30 minutes of your day.

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Force Deleting AWS Secrets

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

If you were to log into AWS and try to delete a Secrets Manager secret, you will be told that the secret will not be removed straight away. Instead, you’ll be asked to specify a “recovery window” in which the deleted secret can be recovered. The shortest recovery window you can specify is 7 days. Until that time, you cannot use this secret at all: cannot read it, cannot modify it.

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