Boost your Amazon CloudWatch Logs Insights performance and significantly cut costs by leveraging filter indexes. This practical guide walks you through enabling field indexes, optimizing selected fields, and comparing query results with and without indexing. Demonstrated clearly with visual aids …
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The Confused Deputy Problem: A Critical AWS Security Challenge (and How to Fix It)
The Confused Deputy problem is a key security risk in AWS. This post dives deep into how it manifests at service and role levels, and how to mitigate it using AWS's built-in mechanisms, including STS External IDs, for robust cross-account …
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Deploy Your First AWS Batch Using CodePipeline and CloudFormation
Deploying an automated workload on AWS can be both rewarding and empowering, especially when using AWS CodePipeline and AWS Batch. In this blog post, you’ll learn how to create a scalable deployment pipeline from scratch using AWS CloudFormation templates. We’ll …
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Translate SAM to CloudFormation: Verify and Understand Infrastructure Changes
Ever wondered what AWS resources SAM will create before hitting deploy? Get a sneak peek by translating your SAM template into CloudFormation script right within your IntelliJ IDE. This pre-deployment safety check empowers you to verify and understand the exact …
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Visualizing SAM/CloudFormation Templates: Moving Beyond CloudFormation Designer with AWS Application Composer
AWS has shifted gears in the way we visualize cloud infrastructure, promoting AWS Application Composer over the older CloudFormation Designer. While this brings a modern interface, there are nuances to understand, especially when working with SAM templates. Dive into this …
Auto-Healing SNS Subscriptions in AWS SAM: A Solution for Large Enterprises
Struggling with SNS Topic subscriptions mysteriously turning off in your enterprise? Discover a robust solution that leverages AWS SAM, Lambda, and the AWS SDK to automatically detect and re-subscribe emails, ensuring seamless communication. This comprehensive guide will walk you through …
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Streamlining SAM template to use AWS Lambda Functions with IAM Roles, Policies, and Log Management: A Developer’s Guide
Diving into the serverless world of AWS Lambda can be as thrilling as it is daunting. In my latest journey, I encountered a maze of IAM roles, policies, and the critical task of log management, all pivotal for deploying a …
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