AWS Cloud Operations Blog
Author: Xiaoxue Xu
Xiaoxue Xu is a Solutions Architect for Amazon Web Services based in Toronto. She primarily works with Financial Services customers to help secure their workload and design scalable solutions on the AWS Cloud.
Centralize image administration for virtual machines and containers using EC2 Image Builder
Customers may have different processes for image building across virtual machines, containers, or both. This variation in processes introduces operational overhead in managing images, including the initial configuration and the ongoing updates. From the AWS Well-Architected Operational Excellence Pillar, section “Document and share lessons learned”, these images should be standardized, configured with the latest patches, […]
Accelerating development with AWS CDK plugin – CfnGuardValidator
Customers can incorporate the CfnGuardValidator plugin into their AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) application to accelerate their application development process. This acceleration stems from ensuring that the deployed resources comply with both organizational policy and AWS best practices. Without the plugin, however, ensuing policy compliance can often be an iterative process. Organizations may implement […]