Containers
Automating Amazon EKS with GitOps
This post is contributed by Anita Buehrle, Director of Content at Weaveworks. Companies want to go fast; they need to deploy more often, more reliably, and preferably with less overhead. GitOps is a fast and secure method for developers to manage and update complex applications and infrastructure running in Kubernetes. GitOps is an operations and […]
Amazon EKS now supports provisioning and managing EC2 Spot Instances in managed node groups
This post was contributed by Ran Sheinberg, Principal Solutions Architect and Deepthi Chelupati, Sr Product Manager Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) makes it easy to run upstream, secure, and highly available Kubernetes clusters on AWS. In 2019, support for managed node groups was added, with EKS provisioning and managing the underlying EC2 Instances (worker […]
re:Invent 2020: AWS Containers Track
re:Invent is a free, 3-week virtual conference that will be held November 30 – December 18, 2020. Starting this week, registered attendees can access scheduled and on-demand sessions on topics across AWS Services. In this post, we’ll cover the Containers track, featuring sessions on Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, AWS Fargate, Amazon ECR, and AWS App […]
Using AWS Wavelength, Amazon EKS, and Rafay to deliver ultra-low latency applications for 5G devices
This post is contributed by Haseeb Budhani, CEO of Rafay AWS Wavelength is an infrastructure offering optimized for mobile edge computing applications. With Wavelength, developers can deploy their applications closer to end users, resulting in an improved end-user experience. Wavelength enables the development and adoption of a new class of latency-sensitive use cases that can […]
Save the date: AWS Container Day: Kubernetes Edition
The AWS Kubernetes team is back for the next installment of AWS Container Day: Kubernetes Edition, a full day of sessions on Amazon EKS and Kubernetes at AWS. In this fully live and virtual Twitch event, the AWS Kubernetes team, hosted by Containers from the Couch, will be covering new launches, demoing products and features, […]
Domain reduces scaling time for their mobile API services with Amazon ECS
This post was contributed by Peter Kiem, Senior DevOps Engineer, Cloud Platform Team, Domain Group, Mitch Beaumont, Principal Solutions Architect, Large Enterprise, Container SME, and Mai Nishitani, Solutions Architect, Large Enterprise. Domain provides real estate information and services to Australians through mobile applications, the web, and newspapers. The company’s services include property […]
How Taloflow saved 60% by moving their data pipeline to AWS Fargate Spot
This post was contributed by Todd Kesselman, CTO, CFO, Chairman, Taloflow. About Taloflow Taloflow is a company focused on cloud cost optimization, cloud cost accounting, and explaining the relationship between cloud costs and business metrics. Data pipeline overview At Taloflow, we take pride in hitting our Service Level Objectives (SLOs) while always striving to find […]
Learn how to run containers on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service with our new instructor-led course
This post was contributed by Ed Van Sickle, Product Manager, AWS Training Are you looking for a training course that is more than introductory level on Amazon EKS containers? Good news! We have one. AWS Training & Certification released “Running Containers on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Container Service (Amazon EKS)” in October 2020. The course is […]
ICYMI: Container Day EU
In case you missed it, on August 17th, at the first ever virtual KubeCon, AWS held our day zero event, Container Day. The day covered technical deep dives, product demos, and launches all on how Amazon EKS makes it easy to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications using Kubernetes on AWS. If you weren’t able […]
How Affirm uses AWS Fargate and Apache Airflow to manage batch jobs
This post was contributed by Greg Sterin, Senior Staff Software Engineer, Affirm. Affirm’s mission is to deliver honest financial products that improve lives. Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest. Affirm’s Platform Engineering team […]