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AWS OpsWorks recently launched support for Chef 12 Linux. This release changes the way that information about the stacks, layers, and instances provided by OpsWorks is made available during a Chef run. In this post, I show how to interactively explore this information using the OpsWorks agent command line interface (CLI) and Pry, a shell […]

Update: In the meantime our friends at Chef published a post that walks you through deploying a Django app on AWS OpsWorks using Chef 12. Go check it out! In addition to providing Chef 12 support for Windows, AWS OpsWorks (OpsWorks) now supports Chef 12 for Linux operating systems. This release benefits users who want […]

The AWS CloudFormation team and others presented and shared many updates and best practices during several 2015 AWS re:Invent sessions in October. We wanted to take the opportunity to show you where our presentation slides and videos are located as well as highlight a few product updates and best practices that we shared at this […]

Under the Hood: AWS CodeDeploy and Auto Scaling Integration AWS CodeDeploy is a service that automates application deployments to your fleet of servers. Auto Scaling is a service that lets you dynamically scale your fleet based on load. Although these services are standalone, you can use them together for hands-free deployments! Whenever new Amazon EC2 […]

Want to review an AWS OpsWorks session you attended at this year’s re:Invent or experience OpsWorks for the first time? Check out these re:Invent videos and slide decks. DVO301 – AWS OpsWorks Under the Hood This session is a deep dive into the OpsWorks lifecycle event framework and Chef 12 integration. It also explains OpsWorks […]

re:Invent 2015 is right around the corner. Here’s an overview of the AWS OpsWorks breakout sessions and bootcamp. DVO301 – AWS OpsWorks Under the Hood AWS OpsWorks helps you deploy and operate applications of all shapes and sizes. With OpsWorks, you can create your application stack with layers that define the building blocks of your […]

When AWS OpsWorks added support for Chef 11.10, OpsWorks introduced built-in support for Berkshelf, a dependency manager for Chef cookbooks. Enabling Berkshelf installs it on instances managed by OpsWorks so that it resolves cookbook dependencies on the instances as specified in a Berksfile. Despite the benefits, using Berkshelf with OpsWorks this way does have some […]

Until today, AWS OpsWorks customers have had no choice about whether and when to receive updates for the agent and the built-in cookbook. Beginning today, you can select whether you receive such updates and, if you do, when the updates will occur. On the Add Stack page, in the OpsWorks Agent Version field, choose Manual […]

Using CodeDeploy Environment Variables AWS CodeDeploy AWS CodeDeploy is an AWS service that can help customers deploy their applications quickly and reliably to Amazon EC2 instances or on-premises servers. To learn more about the service, visit the AWS CodeDeploy home page or see the AWS CodeDeploy documentation. When you use AWS CodeDeploy, your deployment goes […]

With CloudWatch Logs, you can monitor your systems and applications in near real-time using your existing log files in just a few quick steps.  The CloudWatch Logs console and agent can also help you quickly generate CloudWatch Metrics, CloudWatch Alarms, and invoke CloudWatch Actions based on log events. In this post we’ll demonstrate how to […]