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Best practices for utilizing AWS Systems Manager with AWS Fault Injection Service
Introduction In today’s cloud-centric world, ensuring the resilience of mission-critical applications is paramount. The ability to withstand and recover from unexpected failures, including degradation of cloud provider services, can mean the difference between seamless operation and costly downtime. This is where the powerful combination of AWS Systems Manager (SSM) and AWS Fault Injection Service (AWS […]
Analyze Azure Audit Logs with CloudTrail Lake
Introduction In the ever-evolving world of cloud computing, maintaining robust security and compliance is paramount. As usage of multicloud environments grows, the need for comprehensive monitoring and logging solutions becomes more critical. Enter the synergy of Azure Audit Logs and AWS CloudTrail Lake—a powerful combination that provides comprehensive visibility across your cloud environments. Azure Audit […]
Monitor AWS Transit Gateway Flow Logs centrally using Amazon Managed Grafana
As organizations continue to expand their cloud infrastructure by connecting multiple Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (Amazon VPC) across accounts and regions, the complexity of managing their network environment increases. AWS Transit Gateway has emerged as a powerful solution to simplify this complexity by providing a centralized hub for secure communication between Amazon VPCs, on-premises systems, and […]
How Hapag-Lloyd automated incident management using AWS Step Functions
This post is co-authored by Grzegorz Kaczor and Daniel Steenbock from Hapag-Lloyd AG and Michael Graumann and Daniel Moser from AWS. Introduction In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, efficient incident management is crucial for maintaining high-quality customer experiences. In our previous article we discussed how the Web and Mobile department at Hapag-Lloyd established observability for serverless […]
Unlock deeper insights and faster investigations with AWS CloudTrail Lake
AWS CloudTrail Lake introduces powerful new features to help you analyze and investigate your AWS activity logs more efficiently. New capabilities include enhanced event filtering, AI-powered natural language querying, AI-powered query result summarization, cross-account sharing of event data stores, and comprehensive dashboard capabilities. These enhancements enable deeper insights and faster investigations while providing greater control over data ingestion costs and analysis, making it easier than ever to monitor and secure your AWS environments.
Enhance your global network performance: A deep dive into Internet Monitor’s new optimization tools
Overview The Internet Monitor feature of Amazon CloudWatch Network Monitoring now includes enhanced traffic optimization recommendation guidance that you can use to explore how to help optimize your application’s latency by using different AWS Regions or Local Zones, or by using Amazon CloudFront. You can also learn how to reduce latency by routing specific IP […]
Increase SAP workloads scalability and resiliency with AWS native Application Load Balancer
In the evolving landscape of SAP systems, the transition to web-based access via SAP FIORI has necessitated robust load balancing solutions. Traditionally, end-users accessed SAP systems using the SAP GUI installed on their PC/laptop. However, critical transactions are now increasingly processed through web browsers. For scenarios like SAP HR time entry, these transactions might also […]
Manage third party applications in Windows Server nodes using AWS System Manager and Chocolatey
System Administrators face a never-ending list of tasks in IT organizations, with one of the most critical being the installation and updating of software packages. This process is essential for maintaining a secure posture across systems. However, as the number of servers grows, manually managing updates becomes increasingly time-consuming and inefficient. The challenge we’re addressing […]
Assess, Audit, and Evaluate AWS Resources Against AWS Sustainability Best Practices
At AWS, we are committed to running our business in the most environmentally friendly way possible. We also work to enable our customers to use the benefits of the cloud to better monitor and optimize their IT infrastructure. As reported in The Carbon Reduction Opportunity of Moving to Amazon Web Services, our infrastructure is 3.6 […]
Limit interactive session commands by groups of users using AWS Systems Manager
Customers are looking for a way to limit the types of commands that can be run on their Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances when using AWS Systems Manager Session Manager interactive sessions. Allowed commands vary by group, meaning you need to allow different sets of commands based on the group of users. For […]