AWS Compute Blog
Architecture patterns for consuming private APIs cross-account
This blog written by Thomas Moore, Senior Solutions Architect and Josh Hart, Senior Solutions Architect. Amazon API Gateway allows developers to create private REST APIs that are only accessible from a virtual private cloud (VPC). Traffic to the private API uses secure connections and does not leave the AWS network, meaning AWS isolates it from […]
Chaos experiments using AWS Step Functions and AWS Fault Injection Simulator
This blog post describes how to use Step Functions to orchestrate Fault Injection Simulator (FIS) experiments for EC2 and ECS workloads. Using the workflow in this post as an example, you can build state machines for more AWS FIS experiments.
Scaling AWS Outposts rack deployments with ACE racks
This blog post is written by Eric Vasquez, Specialist Hybrid Edge Solutions Architect, and Paul Scherer, Senior Network Service Tech. Overview AWS Outposts brings managed, monitored AWS infrastructure, compute, and storage to your on-premises environment. It provides the same AWS APIs, and console experience you would get within the AWS Region to which the Outpost […]
Visualizing the impact of AWS Lambda code updates
This post is written by Brigit Brown (Solutions Architect), and Helen Ashton (Observability Specialist Solutions Architect). When using AWS Lambda, changes made to code can impact performance, functionality, and cost. It can be challenging to gain insight into how these code changes impact performance. This blog post demonstrates how to capture, record, and visualize Lambda […]
Securing Lambda Function URLs using Amazon Cognito, Amazon CloudFront and AWS WAF
This post is written by Madhu Singh (Solutions Architect), and Krupanidhi Jay (Solutions Architect). Lambda function URLs is a dedicated HTTPs endpoint for a AWS Lambda function. You can configure a function URL to have two methods of authentication: IAM and NONE. IAM authentication means that you are restricting access to the function URL (and […]
Introducing Serverlesspresso Extensions
Today the Serverless DA team is launching Serverlesspresso Extensions, a new program that lets you contribute to Serverlesspresso. The best extensions will be added to the Serverlesspresso application running in production and featured on the AWS Compute Blog. What is Serverlesspresso? Serverlesspresso is a multi-tenant event-driven serverless application for a pop-up coffee bar that allows […]
AWS Local Zones and AWS Outposts, choosing the right technology for your edge workload
This blog post is written by Joe Sacco, Senior Technical Account Manager. The AWS Global Cloud Infrastructure includes 30 Launched Regions, 96 Availability Zones (AZs), 410+ Points of Presence with 400+ Edge Locations, and 13 Regional Edge Caches. With over 200 AWS services, most customer workloads can run in the AWS Regions. However, for some […]
Visualize and create your serverless workloads with AWS Application Composer
This post is written by Luca Mezzalira, Principal Specialist Solutions Architect. Today, AWS is launching a preview of AWS Application Composer, a visual designer that you can use to build your serverless applications from multiple AWS services. In distributed systems, empowering teams is a cultural shift needed for enabling developers to help translate business capabilities […]
Introducing new AWS Serverless digital learning badges
The AWS Serverless Learning Plan and digital badge are available now. All courses are available on-demand. Both the learning plan courses and the assessment are free for everyone.
Reducing Java cold starts on AWS Lambda functions with SnapStart
At AWS re:Invent 2022, AWS announced SnapStart for AWS Lambda functions running on Java Corretto 11. This feature enables customers to achieve up to 10x faster function startup performance for Java functions, at no additional cost, and typically with minimal or no code changes.