Author: Jeff Barr

We’ve added a second container type to AWS Elastic Beanstalk. Version 7 of Apache Tomcat is now available for use and is the default for all new environments (you can still choose version 6 if you’d like). Tomcat 7 includes functional improvements such as support for the latest versions of a number of standards including […]

The AWS Management Console now includes support for Identity and Access Management (IAM). You can create and manage users, groups, and policies with a couple of mouse clicks. Read on to learn more about this new feature, or read my other post to learn more about IAM. There’s a new IAM tab on the AWS […]

Our customers use AWS in many creative and innovative ways, continuously introducing new use cases and driving us to solve unexpected and complex problems. We are constantly improving our capabilities to make sure that we support a very wide variety of use cases and access patterns. In particular, we want to make sure that developers […]

We’ve got some interesting events and webinars planned for May of 2011. Here’s the most recent list: Live Events, Conferences, and Conference Talks: May 9: AWS 101 for the Government – Herndon, Virginia May 10-11: Streaming Media East – New York City, NY (Javitz Convention Center), including a talk from Tal Saraf (GM of Amazon […]

We have updated the AWS Management Console with support for three important CloudFront features: The ability to set a custom origin for a CloudFront distribution (docs). The option to make a distribution accessible solely via HTTPS (docs). The ability to set a default root object (docs). With this update, functionality that was previously available only […]

Our new AWS Architecture Center was designed to provide you with the information and best practices that you need to build cloud-based applications. We will also be conducting a number of webinars to review and expand on the material found in the Architecture Center. Here’s the schedule: Designing Fault-Tolerant Applications: Monday May 2 at 8 […]

We have just announced our first set of AWS training classes. Each session will be held in Seattle and will run for four full days. The classes are designed for developers with experience building Java applications and there will be coding exercises in class. Attendance is limited to 20 students per session and attendees are […]

Our customers have been asking us for additional in-depth knowledge so that they can architect, develop, secure, and deploy all types of AWS applications. Our new AWS Summit events will take place in New York (June 10), London (June 14), and San Francisco (June 21). Each event will include a keynote from Amazon CTO Werner […]

You can now stream live audio or video through AWS using the Adobe Flash Media Server using a cost-effective pay-as-you-go model that makes uses of Amazon EC2, Amazon CloudFront, and Amazon Route 53, all configured and launched via a single CloudFormation template. We’ve used AWS CloudFormation to make the signup and setup process as simple […]

We’ve added a new bookmarking feature to the AWS Management Console. You can now construct a URL that will open the console with a specific AMI (Amazon Machine Image) or CloudFormation Template selected and ready to launch. EC2 AMI LaunchThe URL to open up the console with a particular AMI selected looks like this: https://console.aws.amazon.com […]