Deploy, track, and roll back RDS database code changes using open source tools Liquibase and Jenkins

By Dustin Ward

Customers across industries and verticals deal with relational database code deployment. In most cases, developers rely on database administrators (DBAs) to perform the database code deployment. This works well when the number of databases and the amount of database code changes are low. As organizations scale, however, they deal with different database engines—including Oracle, SQL…

Implementing Amazon Inspector in Automated AMI Pipelines

By Dustin Ward

This is part two of a two part series on Amazon Inspector. This article is about implementing Amazon Inspector in automated AMI pipelines. The first article is an Introduction to Amazon Inspector.Automated security scanning is an essential part of DevSecOps, however setting the scanning up can be cumbersome. This quickstart incorporates Amazon Inspector and helps…

Preparation Guide for Puppet 206 Certification Exam

By Dustin Ward

One of the notable technological advancements in recent times, DevOps, has completely transformed the way of IT operations. DevOps experts are capable of finding high-paying jobs in various notable enterprises all over the world. Therefore, the demand for certifications in popular DevOps tools such as Puppet is increasing considerably. If you are searching for ideal…

Amazon Aurora with PostgreSQL Compatibility Supports User Authentication with external Microsoft Active Directory

By Dustin Ward

Earlier this year, we launched support for Aurora PostgreSQL user authentication with Kerberos and Microsoft Active Directory. In the original release, this support was based on AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory. We have now added support for user authentication using external Kerberos and Microsoft Active Directories, including those running on premises.

Get Your Business Off The Ground with the AWS Serverless-First Function

By Dustin Ward

Guest post by Ragi Mahil, Principal PMM for Serverless, AWS Have you been looking at ways to refactor your application with the least amount of time and development effort? Or are you thinking about modernizing your technology to scale faster after having just secured your round of VC Funding? A serverless-first approach could be your…