Existing Aurora MySQL Cluster: Encryption at rest from zero to KMS
Have you ever wanted to encrypt an unencrypted Aurora MySQL Cluster with the mínimum downtime? You know you can not create an encrypted replica from an unencrypted Aurora cluster. So I’m going to explain how to encrypt an unencrypted Aurora MySQL database using the binlog replication feature. I will assume that you have a custom DNS record for the database that points to the Aurora cluster endpoint. Well, let’s do it! Enable binlog First, you have to enable BinLogs on the exi
The new normal and the cloud world
2020 has been a year full of uncertainty, many lives and businesses have been affected due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this situation has created many challenges for companies, families, and the world in general; for many of us it requires adopting new ways of working, and the word that would define this would be reinvention. We have had to reinvent ourselves in many ways or bring out those skills that we had not had to exploit, both as employees and as a company. In t
