Tag: AWS

Port Forwarding over AWS Session Manager


Continue with the Session Manager over PrivateLink, another good use case for session manager is port forwarding. Here is a quick demo: First, login into the EC2 instance with session manager to install a Apache server # Install Apachesudo yum -y install httpd # Start Apache web serversudo systemctl start httpd # Ensure port 80 … Continue reading Port Forwarding over AWS Session Manager →

Use AWS SSM Session Manager Over PrivateLink


AWS SSM Session Manager is a great addition to the existing AWS services, simply speaking it provides a secured, manageable and easier way to access the instance inside the VPC, and more (e.g. port forwarding). There are two ways to use session manager: over Internet vs over PrivateLink. Over Internet: The instance communicates to the … Continue reading Use AWS SSM Session Manager Over PrivateLink →

Improved VPC networking for AWS Lambda functions


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 →