Author
Mattias Fjellstrom

Mattias Fjellstrom

Cloud Architect | Author | HashiCorp Ambassador

Mattias is a cloud architect consultant working to help customers improve their cloud environments. He has extensive experience with both the AWS and Microsoft Azure platforms and holds professional-level certifications in both. He is also a HashiCorp Ambassador and an author of a book covering the Terraform Authoring and Operations Professional certification.

9 Articles

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Monitoring services: A Deep Dive in AWS Resources & Best Practices to Adopt

Master AWS monitoring with CloudWatch, CloudTrail, AWS Config, and X-Ray for comprehensive observability.

Oct 15, 2025 · 17 min read
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Database Services: A Deep Dive in AWS Resources & Best Practices to Adopt

A comprehensive guide to AWS database services including RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, and ElastiCache.

Sep 3, 2025 · 19 min read
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AWS Lambda: A Deep Dive in AWS Resources & Best Practices to Adopt

Deep dive into AWS Lambda covering function configuration, IAM, VPC integration, and monitoring best practices.

Jun 23, 2025 · 16 min read
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S3 Buckets: A Deep Dive in AWS Resources & Best Practices to Adopt

Everything you need to know about Amazon S3 configuration, access control, encryption, and lifecycle management.

Jun 6, 2025 · 18 min read
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Secrets Manager: A Deep Dive in AWS Resources & Best Practices to Adopt

A guide to AWS Secrets Manager covering secret storage, rotation, access policies, and integration patterns.

May 7, 2025 · 12 min read
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Network Firewall: A Deep Dive in AWS Resources & Best Practices to Adopt

Learn about AWS Network Firewall architecture, rule groups, policies, and logging configurations.

Apr 7, 2025 · 17 min read
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VPC networking: A Deep Dive in AWS Resources & Best Practices to Adopt

Master AWS VPC networking fundamentals including subnets, route tables, gateways, and peering configurations.

Mar 7, 2025 · 21 min read
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DNS: A Deep Dive in AWS Resources & Best Practices to Adopt

Explore Route 53 and DNS management in AWS, including hosted zones, record types, routing policies, and health checks.

Feb 25, 2025 · 16 min read
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Identity and Access Management (IAM): A Deep Dive in AWS Resources & Best Practices to Adopt

A comprehensive guide to AWS IAM covering users, groups, roles, policies, and best practices for secure access management.

Feb 3, 2025 · 18 min read