AWS Management & Governance Blog
Category: Management Tools
Amazon Managed Service for Grafana (AMG) preview updated with new capabilities
Starting today, Amazon Managed Service for Grafana (AMG) is now available to all AWS customers in public preview and updated with new features and plugins. AMG manages the provisioning, setup, scaling, and maintenance of Grafana servers, eliminating the need for customers to do this themselves. AMG is seamlessly integrated with AWS Identity and Access Management […]
Read MoreProactive monitoring of application configuration deployment using AWS AppConfig and Amazon CloudWatch
While deploying critical changes to large-scale applications, unexpected errors can render the application unavailable to end users until the changes are manually rolled back. As a best practice, many Amazon teams use AWS AppConfig to deploy application configuration changes. AWS AppConfig is a capability of AWS Systems Manager that you can use to create, manage, […]
Read MoreHow to automate capture and analysis of CI/CD metrics using AWS DevOps Monitoring Dashboard solution
Across the world, organizations are investing in DevOps tools to improve productivity in their software delivery process. Customers tell us that they want to collect performance and operational metrics on their continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline, to quantify value from DevOps automation investments and to identify opportunities to improve efficiency in software delivery capabilities. However, […]
Read MoreUse Jira Service Management to track and resolve operational items related to AWS resources
Customers can use the AWS Service Management Connector for Jira Service Desk to enable the OpsCenter integration feature on Jira projects. Using a scenario involving an operational item in AWS, this blog post walks you through an example of investigating and resolving an OpsCenter OpsItem from within Jira Service Management.
Read MoreUse Contributor Insights to analyze AWS Network Firewall
AWS recently launched AWS Network Firewall, a stateful, managed network firewall that provides intrusion detection and prevention for Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC). In a large-scale enterprise environment, it can be difficult and time-consuming to inspect multiple log groups and log streams. Investigating a security incident across a Network Firewall fleet that spans different VPCs […]
Read MorePrepare for Oracle license audits in AWS using AWS Audit Manager and AWS License Manager
Many of our customers who run Oracle databases need help with managing their Oracle licenses on AWS and ensuring that they have not fallen out of compliance with Oracle’s licensing rules. They must be prepared to provide relevant evidence in an auditor-friendly format during an Oracle license audit. Gathering evidence in a timely manner to […]
Read MoreIntroducing TypeScript support for building AWS CloudFormation resource types
If you’ve authored private resource types to extend the AWS CloudFormation registry, you might have used Java, Python, or Go, which, until now, were our officially supported languages. In this blog post, we will show you how to create a private resource type using TypeScript, the latest addition to our growing list of officially supported […]
Read MoreAutomate suspension of an AWS CodePipeline release during critical events using AWS Systems Manager Change Calendar and Amazon EventBridge
In this blog post, I show you how to set up public holidays calendars using AWS Systems Manager Change Calendar and suspend your AWS CodePipeline pipelines during the critical holidays in these calendar events. For example, let’s say an application release pipeline in your AWS account builds and deploys a new version of the application […]
Read MoreManage Microsoft’s 90-day license assignment rules with AWS License Manager
AWS License Manager makes it easier to manage your software licenses across AWS and on-premises environments. AWS License Manager lets administrators create customized licensing rules that emulate the terms of their licensing agreements, apply these rules to keep track of licenses used, and control whether an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance should be […]
Read MoreMulti-step API monitoring using Amazon CloudWatch Synthetics
As customers add more applications, the number of APIs and webpages increase exponentially. The new multi-step HTTP monitoring in Amazon CloudWatch Synthetics offers visibility and helps you proactively solve problems. It helps engineering teams monitor their APIs 24/7 using flexible scripts so that they can maintain SLA compliance. In this post, we show you how […]
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