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import sys

from http.server import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer

DEFAULT_PORT=8080

class RequestHandler(SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_GET(self):
        print(self.headers)
        SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.do_GET(self)

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# This example is from https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/intrinsic-function-reference-sub.html.
UserData:
  Fn::Base64:
    !Sub |
      #!/bin/bash -xe
      yum update -y aws-cfn-bootstrap
      /opt/aws/bin/cfn-init -v --stack ${AWS::StackName} --resource LaunchConfig --configsets wordpress_install --region ${AWS::Region}
      /opt/aws/bin/cfn-signal -e $? --stack ${AWS::StackName} --resource WebServerGroup --region ${AWS::Region}

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#cloud-config

# Adapted from Mathew Dugan's article at https://matduggan.com/idiot-proof-infrastructure/

package_update: true
package_upgrade: true
package_reboot_if_required: true

groups:
    - docker

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version 1.0;

ns junos = "http://xml.juniper.net/junos/*/junos";
ns xnm = "http://xml.juniper.net/xnm/1.1/xnm";
ns jcs = "http://xml.juniper.net/junos/commit-scripts/1.0";

import "../import/junos.xsl";

match / {

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# Adapted from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35869985/datetime-datetime-is-not-json-serializable

import datetime
import json

import boto3

def datetime_handler(x):
    if isinstance(x, datetime.datetime):
        return x.isoformat()

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#!/bin/bash -xe
yum update -y
yum install -y httpd
systemctl start httpd
systemctl enable httpd
usermod -a -G apache ec2-user
chown -R ec2-user:apache /var/www
chmod 2775 /var/www
find /var/www -type d -exec chmod 2775 {} \;
find /var/www -type f -exec chmod 0664 {} \;

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#!/bin/bash

domain=example.com
commonname=example.com

country=US
state=Virginia
locality=Leesburg
organization=ExampleCo
organizationalunit=IT

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#!/bin/bash -xe
# Use with Amazon Linux 2
# Amazon Linux 2023 doesn't seem to have make-dummy-cert script

yum update -y
yum install -y httpd mod_ssl
systemctl start httpd
systemctl enable httpd
usermod -a -G apache ec2-user
chown -R ec2-user:apache /var/www

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AWS Inter-Region Architectures

Cloud architects looking to leverage the cloud for their inter-region architectures can benefit from utilizing the services provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). This blog will cover the basics of networking, VPC, Cloud WAN, Transit Gateway, and VPC peering and explain how they can be used to successfully set up an inter-region architecture.

Introduction to AWS Inter-Region Architectures

Using AWS for inter-region architectures can provide many benefits such as lower costs, improved scalability, and increased availability and reliability. To understand how to make use of these benefits, it is important to have a basic understanding of networking components and concepts. The main component of a network is the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) which provides a secure and isolated environment within the cloud where resources can be hosted. A VPC consists of subnets, route tables, network gateways, security groups, and other elements that are used to set up and manage a network.

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AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
Description: >-
    AWS CloudFormation template to create a linux bastion host with a GUI that can
    be accessed via x2go.

Parameters:
  KeyName:
    Description: Name of an existing EC2 KeyPair to enable SSH access to the instances
    Type: String
  VPC: