AWS Cloud Operations Blog

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Traditionally, Java web applications are packaged into Web Application Resource (WAR) files, which can be deployed on any Servlet/JSP container like Tomcat server. These applications often operate within distributed environments, involving multiple interconnected components such as databases, external APIs, and caching layers. Monitoring the performance and health of Java web applications can be challenging due […]

Introduction In this blog post, we will illustrate how to automate the configuration necessary to manage migrated servers with improved security and reduced costs. To administer servers in an on-premises environment, administrators often use secure shell (SSH) or Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to connect. After migrating to HAQM Web Services (AWS), this may not be […]

Introduction In the realm of data integration and ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes, organizations often face challenges in ensuring efficiency and performance of the ETL jobs. Monitoring the efficiency of ETL jobs becomes crucial in maintaining seamless data workflows. This is where HAQM CloudWatch Logs Insights comes into play, offering powerful log analytics to unearth […]

Introduction HAQM CloudWatch Synthetics canaries are scripts that monitor your endpoints and APIs by simulating the actions of a user. These canaries run on a schedule, check the availability and latency of your applications, and alert you when there are issues. Canary scripts are written in Node.js and Python, and they run inside an AWS […]

AWS CloudTrail tracks user and API activities across your AWS environments for governance and auditing purposes. Large enterprises typically use multiple AWS accounts, and many of those accounts might need access to a data lake managed by a single AWS account. By using Lake Formation integration with CloudTrail Lake, you can securely aggregate the data […]

AWS announced HAQM CloudWatch Application Signals during re:Invent 2023. It is a new feature to monitor and understand the health of Java applications. Today we are excited to announce that Application Signals now supports Python applications. Enabling Application Signals allows you to use AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry (ADOT) to instrument Python applications without code changes. […]

Introduction In this blog post, we will walk you through the step-by-step process of completing VMware virtual machine (VM) migrations to HAQM Elastic Compute Cloud (HAQM EC2) using the (Application Migration Service). Moreover, we will show how to apply a custom post-launch action script to remove proprietary VMware tools from the migrated VMs. Migrating on-premises […]

This blog post was co-written by Brent Eager, Senior Software Engineer, StormForge StormForge is the creator of Optimize Live, a Kubernetes vertical rightsizing solution that is compatible with the Kubernetes HorizontalPodAutoscaler (HPA). Using cluster-based agents, machine learning, and HAQM Managed Service for Prometheus, Optimize Live is able to continuously calculate and apply optimal resource requests, […]

AWS customers realize more than a 5:1 ratio of benefits to investment costs over five years with breakeven on their investment occurring in an average of 10 months (source: “The Business Value of HAQM Web Services”, an IDC whitepaper). This blog aims to help Information Technology (IT) teams calculate this value using the tools needed […]