Containers
How VMware Tanzu CloudHealth modernized container workloads from self-managed Kubernetes to Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service
This post is co-written with Rivlin Pereira, Staff DevOps Engineer at VMware Introduction VMware Tanzu CloudHealth is the cloud cost management platform of choice for more than 20,000 organizations worldwide that rely on it to optimize and govern the largest and most complex multi-cloud environments. In this post, we will talk about how VMware Tanzu […]
How Perry Street Software Implemented Resilient Deployment Strategies with Amazon ECS
This post was coauthored by Ben Duffield and Eric Silverberg at Perry Street Software, with contributions from Adam Tucker, Piotr Wald, and Cristian Constantinescu of PSS Introduction You just finished deploying that important change you spent weeks preparing, when you see this email subject in your inbox: Alarm: HTTPCode_Target_5XX_Count. Ugh. The code you have just […]
Configure Amazon EKS for environmental sustainability
Introduction Sustainable cloud design requires understanding and minimizing the impacts of architectural decisions. With conscientious cloud architecture, we can innovate rapidly while treading lightly on our shared environment. As cloud computing becomes ubiquitous, it’s imperative that we build sustainable cloud architectures that minimize environmental impacts. While cloud economies of scale improve efficiency, our design choices […]
Enabling mTLS with ALB in Amazon EKS
Introduction In today’s interconnected world, communication faces evolving security threats. From sensitive financial transactions in online banking to secure data transmissions in the automobile industry, ensuring trust and authenticity between businesses is becoming more and more critical. This is where Mutual Transport Layer Security (mTLS) can be an option to offer enhanced security through advanced […]
Deep dive into Amazon EKS scalability testing
Introduction The “Elastic” in Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) refers to the ability to “acquire resources as you need them and release resources when you no longer need them”. Amazon EKS should scale to handle almost all workloads but we often hear questions from Amazon EKS customers like: “What is the maximum number of […]
Build preview environments for Amazon ECS applications with AWS Copilot
Introduction In the software development sphere, immediate evaluation of every code adjustment and deploying pull requests to active environments for immediate preview and feedback is essential. This practice is instrumental in reducing post-deployment issues and operational disruptions, underscoring the urgency for dedicated preview environments. Without these environments, the risk of merging unassessed features into the […]
Secure Amazon Elastic Container Service workloads with Amazon ECS Service Connect
Introduction With this release, Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) integrates with AWS Private Certificate Authority (CA) and automates the process of issuing, distributing, and rotating certificates, which makes it simple for customers to secure traffic between services without adding extra operational workload. Now Amazon ECS Service Connect customers can encrypt service-to-service communication using Transport […]
Train Llama2 with AWS Trainium on Amazon EKS
Introduction Generative AI is not only transforming the way businesses function but also accelerating the pace of innovation within the broader AI field. This transformative force is redefining how businesses use technology, equipping them with capabilities to create human-like text, images, code, and audio, which were once considered beyond reach. Generative AI offers a range […]
Amazon EKS now supports Kubernetes version 1.29
Introduction The Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) team is pleased to announce support for Kubernetes version 1.29 in Amazon EKS, Amazon EKS Distro, and Amazon EKS Anywhere (v0.19.0). The theme for this version was chosen for the beautiful art form that is Mandala—a symbol of the universe in its perfection. Hence, the fitting release […]
Diving into Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) with Hosted Control Planes (HCP)
Introduction Since its first appearance on AWS in 2015, Red Hat OpenShift has had a similar architecture. Regardless of it being OpenShift 3 or OpenShift 4, self-managed OpenShift Container Platform (OCP), or managed ROSA. All this time customers query the Control Plane existing within their AWS account and explore getting the most return-on-investment (ROI) to […]