Explores using Apache Spark on Amazon EMR to offload and improve ETL processes, comparing it to traditional Oracle-based solutions.
Announcing the launch of a product image classification API for fashion, built with deep learning, with details on performance and usage.
A guide to using an AWS CloudFormation template for standardizing the configuration of new linked accounts, including security and administrative roles.
Highlights from VMworld Europe 2016 Day 2, covering key announcements like vSphere 6.5, VSAN 6.5, and the VMware-AWS partnership.
A guide to automating AWS EBS snapshot creation and cross-region copying using PowerShell for disaster recovery purposes.
A guide to deploying AWS AutoScale groups with Windows instances that automatically join a domain and rename themselves using CloudFormation and PowerShell.
Explains why AWS EBS volumes from snapshots have slower initial disk performance and how to pre-read the disk to trigger block resets for accurate testing.
A collection of practical Terraform tips and lessons learned, covering AWS security groups, VPC configuration, and common pitfalls.
A developer's post-mortem on a Terraform outage and a guide on why and how to use separate tfstate files per environment.
A developer shares lessons on managing multiple AWS environments, networking, and security automation, debunking outdated practices.
A developer shares their initial two-week experience with Terraform, detailing the highs of versioned infrastructure and the lows of debugging and module refactoring.
AWS explains its infrastructure and disaster preparedness to ensure high availability and reliability for hosted applications during major weather events.
Introducing letsencrypt-aws, a tool to automate Let's Encrypt SSL certificate issuance and renewal for AWS infrastructure like ELBs.
A developer's experience and lessons learned from using Kubernetes for Docker container orchestration in a data processing project.
Guide to using AWS ElastiCache with RedisSessionStateProvider for scalable, shared ASP.NET session state, eliminating sticky sessions.
Explains how to use AWS cross-account IAM roles and the AssumeRole API (Use-STSRole) in Windows PowerShell for multi-account strategies.
A guide to configuring a Linux swap device on AWS instances using Cloud-Init's cloud-config syntax for persistent setup.
A guide on using tcpdump to capture network traffic and sending the logs to AWS CloudWatch for debugging Apache server issues.
Explains AWS authentication options like root accounts and IAM users, focusing on security best practices and access control.
A technical guide on loading detailed AWS billing data into a SQL Server data warehouse for advanced cost analysis.
