AWS Open Source Blog
Category: Technical How-to
How to use InfluxDB and Grafana to visualize ML output with AWS IoT Greengrass
Machine learning (ML) algorithms are widely used for computer vision (CV) applications, such as image classification, object detection, and semantic segmentation. With the latest development of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), ML algorithms can be directly implemented at the edge device to process image data and perform anomaly detection, such as for product quality […]
Adding AWS X-Ray support to the OpenTelemetry PHP library
In this blog post, AWS observability team intern engineer Oliver Hamuy shares his internship experience on his project to enhance the OpenTelemetry PHP SDK by adding support for AWS X-Ray. Please note that the OpenTelemetry PHP SDK is in development and in alpha state currently. We’ve tested the X-Ray pipeline for simple tracing using a […]
Implementing CloudWatch-centric observability for Kubernetes-native developers in Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service
This post was written by Seth Dobson (Southwest Airlines), Paul Ramsey, and Sheetal Joshi. The solution presented in this blog shows how large enterprise organizations such as Southwest Airlines can implement an end-to-end, Amazon CloudWatch-centric observability solution for Kubernetes clusters running on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) in a way that feels natural for […]
Building a Helm chart for deploying the OpenTelemetry Operator
In this post, Shibo Wang, an intern on the AWS Open Source Observability team, shares his experience of designing and building the OpenTelemetry Operator Helm chart and integrating the OpenTelemetry Operator into the AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry (ADOT). This open source Helm chart allows you to install the OpenTelemetry Operator to an on-premises or managed […]
Deployment patterns for the AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry Collector with Amazon Elastic Container Service
The AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry (ADOT) is a secure, production-ready, AWS-supported distribution of the OpenTelemetry project. Cloud-native, distributed technology stacks are now the norm, but these architectures introduce operational challenges, which have led to the rise of observability. Several different patterns can be used for deploying ADOT for observability, and this blog post will describe […]
Integrating Amazon EFS with Podman running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
This post was written by Mayur Shetty and Vani Eswarappa. Podman is a daemonless open source, Linux-native tool designed for finding, running, building, sharing, and deploying applications using Open Containers Initiative (OCI) containers and container images on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) system. Similar to other container engines, such as Docker, Podman depends on […]
Adding security workflows to OpenTelemetry
In this blog post, intern engineers Karen Xu and Kelvin Lo describe their experience working in the popular open source project, OpenTelemetry. They describe how they added security scanning workflows to the project, including how it supports a major milestone in readying the software for production use. In any important and widely adopted open source […]
Best practices for migrating self-hosted Prometheus on Amazon EKS to Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus
With Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers adopting Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus (AMP) on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS), we often see requests for information regarding best practices to follow when moving self-managed Prometheus on Amazon EKS to AMP. In this article, we’ll examine those best practices, with a focus on the five pillars […]
Running your own server for Jamulus, an open source solution to jam with other musicians online
Musician activities, such as choir and band rehearsals—or jamming out—were largely grounded by the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns. Many of these groups needed alternatives, and they often resorted to videoconferencing tools, such as Amazon Chime or open source tools, such as Jitsi. Most of these solutions are optimized for conversation, however, not for music, so they […]
Serverless COBOL: Rejuvenating legacy code with open source software — Part 2
The benefits of the serverless architecture are not reserved to newly written applications. Legacy code can be combined with leading-edge technologies by deploying them in a cloud platform. This will ensure reuse of the massive existing legacy assets and further extend their life, thus using them in new ways. Serverless COBOL: Rejuvenating legacy code with […]









