AWS News Blog
Category: Management Tools
AWS OpsWorks Update – Support for Existing EC2 Instances and On-Premises Servers
My colleague Chris Barclay sent a guest post to introduce two powerful new features for AWS OpsWorks. — Jeff; New Modes for OpsWorks I have some good news for users that operate compute resources outside of AWS: you can now use AWS OpsWorks to deploy and operate applications on any server with an Internet connection […]
Read MoreComing Soon – AWS Service Catalog
Running an IT department in a large organization is not easy. On the one hand, you want to provide your internal users with access to the latest and greatest technology so that they can be as efficient and as productive as possible. On the other hand, you, as the IT professional, need to set and […]
Read MoreTrack AWS Resource Configurations With AWS Config
One of the coolest aspects of the Cloud is its dynamic nature. Resources can be created, attached, configured, used, detached, and destroyed in a matter of minutes. Some of these changes are triggered by a direct human action; others have their origins in AWS CloudFormation templates or take place in response to Auto Scaling triggers. […]
Read MoreNew – CloudTrail Integration with CloudWatch Logs; 2 Partner Solutions
As you may know, AWS CloudTrail records API activity in your AWS account and delivers a log file with the recorded API activity to a designated S3 bucket (see my post, AWS CloudTrail – Capture AWS API Activity, for more info). Earlier this year we announced CloudWatch Logs and gave you the ability to store […]
Read MoreAWS Support Center Moves to AWS Management Console
We are moving the AWS Support Center in to the AWS Management Console in order to provide you with a better and more productive experience! You can now log on as a federated user and you can now manage your support cases more efficiently. Federated Access Support We recently gave you the ability to enable […]
Read MoreUse AWS OpsWorks & Ruby to Build and Scale Simple Workflow Applications
From time to time, one of my blog posts will describe a way to make use of two AWS products or services together. Today I am going to go one better and show you how to bring the following trio of items in to play simultaneously: Amazon Simple Workflow (SWF) can help you to build, […]
Read MoreAWS Trusted Advisor For Everyone
AWS Trusted Advisor is your customized cloud expert! It helps you to observe best practices for the use of AWS by inspecting your AWS environment with an eye toward saving money, improving system performance and reliability, and closing security gaps. Since we launched Trusted Advisor in 2013, our customers have viewed over 1.7 million best-practice […]
Read MoreCloudTrail Expands Again – More Regions, More Services, Cool Partners
AWS CloudTrail records the API calls made in your AWS account and publishes the resulting log files to an Amazon S3 bucket in JSON format, with optional notification to an Amazon SNS topic each time a file is published. Today I’m writing to provide you with more information on new releases from CloudTrail and to […]
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