AWS just recently announced the improved VPC networking for AWS Lambda functions. Simply speaking the improvement is made by that Lambda functions now uses AWS HyperPlane to connect to customers' VPC instead of the individual ENI. AWS HyperPlane is a distributed Network Function Virtualization platform that works at the VPC flow level, it tracks the … Continue reading Improved VPC networking for AWS Lambda functions
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AWS Summit Sydney 2019
Another year, another AWS Summit. As always I attended AWS summit in Sydney this year. If I only can summarise it with one sentence, then it would be "It is AWS age 2.0 now". I started my AWS journey about 6 years ago, and these were all the products AWS offered at that time. I … Continue reading AWS Summit Sydney 2019
Updated AWS Well-Architected Framework
AWS recently released the new version of AWS Well-Architected Framework, I just had a quick look. The biggest change to me is that the Architecture design principles (they call it pillars of the framework) have increased from 4 to 5. Now the 5 pillars of the framework are: Operational Excellence Security Reliability Performance Efficiency Cost … Continue reading Updated AWS Well-Architected Framework
EKS is now generally available
Finally finally, EKS is now generally available. It took roughly half year to arrive here since the announcement in last ReInvent. If you ever used kops before, then you will feel that the way how they build k8s cluster is very similar. Except that AWS manages the master nodes for you. I had quick look … Continue reading EKS is now generally available
EC2 fleet at first glance
I was working on a project called SpotOn last year. The basically idea is to use Spot fleet whenever possible. If the pool size is lower than the threshold, then CloudWatch will trigger a Lambda function to scale up the on-demand EC2 to pick up the workloads. Check this out if you want to know … Continue reading EC2 fleet at first glance
Jackie Chen's IT Workshop 