AWS Guides
Cloud infrastructure for people who built their homelab first — cost-conscious setups, hybrid architectures, and practical AWS workflows without the enterprise overhead.
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Terraform for Homelab Users: IaC Without the Complexity
If you write Ansible playbooks, Terraform is the natural next step. Provision a VPC, EC2 instance, and security group in ~50 lines, homelab mindset guide.
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AWS Spot, Reserved, and Savings Plans: Cost Guide
AWS pricing is confusing by design. Spot, reserved, and savings plans in plain language with real examples and a decision framework for solo operators.
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Running Ollama on an AWS GPU Spot Instance
Run large Ollama models on AWS GPU spot instances for a few hours and tear them down: which instance fits which model size, a launch script, and cost trade-offs.
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A Minimal AWS Stack: VPS, DNS, Monitoring, Backups
A small AWS footprint for a homelab: one EC2 instance with Docker, Route 53 DNS, basic monitoring and S3 backups, with real list prices and how to keep it near €10/month.
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AWS S3 + Restic: Homelab Backups Under €2/Month
Encrypted, deduplicated homelab backups to AWS S3 with lifecycle policies, least-privilege IAM, and Glacier tiering, full walkthrough under €2/month.
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When to Move Your Homelab Workload to AWS (And When Not To)
When does moving workloads to AWS actually save money? Real cost comparison, decision framework, and hybrid setup recommendations for homelab operators.
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