Containers
Unlocking Benefits with Bottlerocket: A Purpose-Built Container OS
Post updated on Nov 26, 2024. This post discusses Bottlerocket, a Linux-based open source operating system that is purpose-built for running containers. We will walk through fleet management at scale and how users can benefit from it. We will also share the key pillars that support Bottlerocket’s development plan. The challenges of fleet management with […]
Optimize compute resources on Amazon ECS with Predictive Scaling
This blog is co-authored by Jooyoung Kim, Senior Containers Specialist Solutions Architect, Abhishek Nautiyal, Senior Product Manager, Amazon ECS and Ankur Sethi, Senior Product Manager, Amazon EC2. Introduction Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) is an opinionated, easy-to-use container orchestration service with deep AWS integrations that streamlines the deployment and management of containerized applications at […]
How HP achieved 40% improvement in Kubernetes node utilization on Amazon EKS using Karpenter
Introduction This post was co-authored by Jon Lewis (SW R&D Director in HP), Gajanan Chandgadkar (Principal Cloud Operations Architect, HP), Rutvij Dave (Sr. Solutions Architect at AWS), Ratnopam Chakrabarti (Sr. Solutions Architect, Containers and Open-Source technologies at AWS), Apeksha Chauhan(Senior Technical Account Manager at AWS) and Chance Lee (Sr. Container Specialist Solutions Architect at AWS) […]
How Vannevar Labs cut ML inference costs by 45% using Ray on Amazon EKS
This blog is authored by Colin Putney (ML Engineer at Vannevar Labs), Shivam Dubey (Specialist SA Containers at AWS), Apoorva Kulkarni (Sr.Specialist SA, Containers at AWS), and Rama Ponnuswami (Principal Container Specialist at AWS). Vannevar Labs is a defense tech startup, successfully cut machine learning (ML) inference costs by 45% using Ray and Karpenter on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS). […]
Monitoring and automating recovery from AZ impairments in Amazon EKS with Istio and ARC Zonal Shift
Introduction Running microservice-style architectures in the cloud can quickly become a complex operation. Teams must account for a growing number of moving pieces, such as multiple instances of independent workloads, along with their infrastructure dependencies. These components can then be distributed across different topology domains, such as multiple Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances, […]
Amazon EKS enhances Kubernetes control plane observability
Introduction Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) is a managed Kubernetes service to run Kubernetes in the AWS cloud and on-premises data centers. In the cloud, Amazon EKS automatically manages the availability and scalability of the Kubernetes control plane nodes responsible for scheduling containers, managing application availability, storing cluster data, and other key tasks. However, maintaining […]
Amazon EKS and Kubernetes sessions at AWS re:Invent 2024
Introduction AWS re:Invent 2024, the annual Amazon Web Services conference, is fast approaching. This year’s event will feature a full track of sessions focused on Kubernetes and other cloud-native technologies. To help you navigate the extensive session catalog, we’ve compiled a list of sessions around Kubernetes and cloud-native related topics. They have been grouped by […]
Amazon EKS now supports Amazon Application Recovery Controller
Introduction Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) now supports Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC). ARC is an AWS service that allows you to prepare for and recover from AWS Region or Availability Zone (AZ) impairments. ARC provides two sets of capabilities: Multi-AZ recovery, which includes zonal shift and zonal autoshift, and multi-Region recovery, which includes routing […]
Improving deployment visibility for Amazon ECS services
When deploying software, it’s critical to have visibility into all stages of the deployment process. Knowing the status of ongoing deployments, troubleshooting issues when things go wrong, and having an audit trail of past deployments are essential for ensuring a safe and reliable release process. Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) now provides enhanced observability […]
How Infinitium reduced fraud detection time by 95% with Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate on AWS Graviton
This post was created in collaboration with Infinitium Engineering Team. Introduction Infinitium (a Euronet Company) is a leading digital payments company in Southeast Asia, specializing in secure online payment solutions and risk management services. With a strong presence across the Asia Pacific region, Infinitium offers cutting-edge technologies such as 3D Secure (3DS) authentication, fraud detection […]