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Automating AL2023 custom hardened AMI updates for HAQM EKS managed nodes

This post was authored by Abhishek Nanda, Containers Specialist Solutions Architect and co-written with Jayaprakash Alawala, Principal Container Specialist Solutions Architect and Rajesh Singh, Sr. Containers Specialist BDM.  Introduction HAQM EKS users in the Regulatory and Compliance industry invest time and effort to build EKS custom AMIs for the worker nodes Operating System (OS) to […]

Securing API endpoints using HAQM API Gateway and HAQM VPC Lattice

Introduction In microservices architectures, teams often build and manage internal applications that they expose as private API endpoints and publicly expose those endpoints through a centralized API gateway where security protections are centrally managed. These API endpoints allow both internal and external users to leverage the functionality of those applications. The separation of concerns between […]

Build secure application networks with VPC Lattice, HAQM ECS, and AWS Lambda

Introduction In this post, we’ll explore how to publish and consume services running on HAQM Elastic Container Service (HAQM ECS) and AWS Lambda, as HAQM VPC Lattice services. For an introduction to HAQM VPC Lattice, please read the documentation here. One main reason customer experience a lower velocity of innovation, is the complexity they deal […]

Implement custom service discovery for HAQM ECS Anywhere tasks

Introduction HAQM Elastic Container Service (HAQM ECS) is a managed container orchestration service offered by AWS. It simplifies the deployment, management, and scalability of containerized applications using HAQM ECS task definitions through the AWS Management Console, AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), or AWS Software Development Kits (AWS SDKs). Customers who require running containerized workloads, […]

How RGC Genetics Center achieved infrastructure automation at scale using AWS Proton

This post was co-written with Rouel Lanche, Associate Director IT Architect, Regeneron Introduction Regeneron is a leading biotechnology company that invents, develops, and commercializes life-transforming medicines for people with serious diseases. Founded and led for 35 years by physician-scientists, Regeneron’s unique ability to repeatedly and consistently translate science into medicine has led to numerous FDA-approved […]

AWS Lambda for the containers developer

Introduction When building an application on AWS, one of the common decision points customers encounter is building on AWS Lambda versus building on a containers product like HAQM Elastic Container Service (HAQM ECS) or HAQM Elastic Kubernetes Service (HAQM EKS). To make this decision, there are many factors to consider such as cost, scaling properties, […]

Automatically enable group metrics collection for HAQM EKS managed node groups

Automatically enable group metrics collection for HAQM EKS managed node groups

Introduction HAQM Elastic Kubernetes Service (HAQM EKS) managed node groups automate the provisioning and lifecycle management of Kubernetes nodes (HAQM Elastic Compute Cloud (HAQM EC2) instances) for HAQM EKS Kubernetes clusters. Managed nodes are provisioned as part of an HAQM EC2 Auto Scaling group that’s managed for you by HAQM EKS. HAQM EKS doesn’t enable […]

Run event-driven workflows with HAQM EKS and AWS Step Functions

Introduction Event-driven computing is a common pattern in modern application development with microservices, which is a great fit for building resilient and scalable software in AWS. Event-driven computing needs to be push-based with event-driven applications that are run on-demand when an event triggers the functional workflow. Tools that help you minimize resource usage and reduce […]