AWS Cloud Operations Blog
Category: Announcements
Announcing AWS Config now supports recording exclusions by resource type
AWS Config is a service that tracks configuration changes of AWS resources in your AWS account. AWS Config uses the configuration recorder to detect these changes and then captures them as configuration items. The configuration recorder is created and started in each Region where you set up AWS Config. By default, the configuration recorder records […]
Building CIS hardened Golden Images and Pipelines with EC2 Image Builder
Until recently, customers had to navigate to the AWS Marketplace Console and search for a compatible Amazon Machine Image (AMI) product for your image pipeline. They also had to write their own custom components to harden the operating systems to meet Center for Internet Security (CIS) Benchmark guidelines. This required subscriptions to the CIS Benchmark […]
AWS Recognized as a Leader in the 2023 ISG Provider Lens for Mainframe Application Modernization Software
Industry analyst firm Information Services Group, Inc. (ISG) has published its annual ISG Provider Lens “Mainframes – Services and Solutions” reports. These reports assess the current market positioning of vendors offering mainframe application modernization software to enterprises, based on the depth of their service offerings and market presence. AWS Mainframe Modernization service has marked its […]
Announcing Amazon Managed Grafana workspace version selection with version 9.4 support
Many customers that use Amazon Managed Grafana have requested for the ability to choose a Grafana version with the latest product features including navigation, dashboards, and visualizations. Today, we are announcing Amazon Managed Grafana workspace version selection with version 9.4 support. Since the product was launched, Amazon Managed Grafana maintained a single version offering globally. […]
Engage Incident Responders with the On-Call Schedules in AWS Systems Manager Incident Manager
AWS Systems Manager Incident Manager is an incident management console designed to help users mitigate and recover from incidents affecting their AWS-hosted applications. We are excited to announce that Incident Manager, a capability of AWS Systems Manager, now provides on-call schedules, a cost-effective solution for helping 24/7 coverage for critical issues. Now, AWS customers can […]
Announcing inbound network access control in Amazon Managed Grafana
Many customers that use Amazon Managed Grafana have a need to restrict the Grafana workspace public access and enable fine-grained control to allow which traffic sources can reach the Grafana workspace. Today, we are announcing Amazon Managed Grafana’s new feature that supports inbound network access control. This enables you to secure Grafana workspaces using VPC […]
Build Cloud Operations Skills Using the New Getting Started with AWS Audit Manager Training
Are you responsible for your organization’s compliance? Do you want to simplify and automate audit activities? Do you want to make sure your organization is compliant with internal control frameworks and industry standards? If you need to simplify your risk and compliance assessments while automating evidence collection in your AWS cloud environment, then getting started […]
Top 10 AWS Cloud Operations and Migrations Blog posts of 2022
With 2022 behind us, we want to take the opportunity to highlight our readers and the top blog posts from 2022. A big thank you to all our readers but also our authors who continue to work on delighting our customers with their blog posts. #1 Announcing AWS CloudTrail Lake – a managed audit and […]
What’s new in AWS Observability at re:Invent 2022
Kick off your AWS re:Invent 2022 week with a round-up of the AWS Observability launches across Amazon CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, Amazon Managed Grafana, and Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus. From understanding impact of internet issues on your application performance and availability with CloudWatch, to VPC support and Prometheus alerting in Managed Grafana, read on to […]
Announcing Prometheus Alertmanager rules in Amazon Managed Grafana
Today, we are announcing Amazon Managed Grafana’s new alerting feature that allows customers to gain visibility into their Prometheus Alertmanager alerts from their Grafana workspace. Customers can continue to use classic Grafana Alerting in their Amazon Managed Grafana workspaces if that experience better fits their needs. Customers using the Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus workspaces to […]









