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Category: AWS Lambda
Using Amazon MSK as an event source for AWS Lambda
Now Lambda supports Amazon MSK as an event source, you can invoke Lambda functions from messages in Kafka topics to integrate into your downstream serverless workflows.
Scheduling AWS Lambda Provisioned Concurrency for recurring peak usage
This post is contributed by Jerome Van Der Linden, AWS Solutions Architect Concurrency of an AWS Lambda function is the number of requests it can handle at any given time. This metric is the average number of requests per second multiplied by the average duration in seconds. For example, if a Lambda function takes an […]
Introducing the CDK construct library for the serverless LAMP stack
Update: The complete blog series and supporting GitHub repository is now available: Part 1: Introducing the new Serverless LAMP stack Part 2: Scaling relational databases Part 3: Replacing the web server Part 4: Building a serverless Laravel application Part 5: The CDK construct library for the serverless LAMP stack Part 6: From MVC to serverless […]
Migrating AWS Lambda functions to Amazon Linux 2
July 26, 2023 update: Information in this post has been superseded by Migrating AWS Lambda functions from the Go1.x runtime to the custom runtime on Amazon Linux 2. You can now use the latest version of any of the AWS Lambda runtimes on Amazon Linux 2 (AL2). End-of-life of standard support for Amazon Linux (AL1 […]
ICYMI: Season one of Sessions with SAM
February 12, 2024: Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose has been renamed to Amazon Data Firehose. Read the AWS What’s New post to learn more. Developers tell us they want to know how to easily build and manage their serverless applications. In 2017 AWS announced AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) to help with just that. To help […]
Using AWS Lambda IAM condition keys for VPC settings
You can now control the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) settings for your AWS Lambda functions using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) condition keys. IAM condition keys enable you to further refine the conditions under which an IAM policy statement applies. You can use the new condition keys in IAM policies when granting permissions […]
Building a Pulse Oximetry tracker using AWS Amplify and AWS serverless
This guide demonstrates an example solution for collecting, tracking, and sharing pulse oximetry data for multiple users. It’s built using AWS serverless technologies, enabling reliable scalability and security. The frontend application is written in VueJS and uses the Amplify Framework. It takes oxygen saturation measurements as manual input or a BerryMed pulse oximeter connected to […]
The serverless LAMP stack part 4: Building a serverless Laravel application
Update: The complete blog series and supporting GitHub repository is now available: Part 1: Introducing the new Serverless LAMP stack Part 2: Scaling relational databases Part 3: Replacing the web server Part 4: Building a serverless Laravel application Part 5: The CDK construct library for the serverless LAMP stack Part 6: From MVC to serverless […]
Understanding database options for your serverless web applications
Web developers commonly use relational databases in building their applications. When migrating to serverless architectures, a web developer can continue to use databases like RDS, or take advantage of other options available.
Building well-architected serverless applications: Controlling serverless API access – part 3
This series of blog posts uses the AWS Well-Architected Tool with the Serverless Lens to help customers build and operate applications using best practices. In each post, I address the nine serverless-specific questions identified by the Serverless Lens along with the recommended best practices. See the Introduction post for a table of contents and explanation of the example application. Security question […]