Amazon EC2 instance port forwarding with AWS Systems Manager

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedAmazon EC2 instance port forwarding with AWS Systems Manager Port forwarding is a useful way to redirect network traffic from one IP address and port number combination to another. With port forwarding, you can access an EC2 instance located in a private subnet from your workstation. In this post, we walk through…

Understanding database options for your serverless web applications

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedUnderstanding database options for your serverless web applications Many web developers use relational databases to store and manage data in their web applications. As you migrate to a serverless approach for web development, there are also other options available. These can help improve the scale, performance, and cost-effectiveness of your workloads. In…

Secure deployment of Amazon SageMaker resources

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedSecure deployment of Amazon SageMaker resources Amazon SageMaker, like other services in Amazon Web Services (AWS), includes security-related parameters and configurations that you can use to improve the security posture of resources as you deploy them. However, many of these security-related parameters are optional, allowing you to deploy resources without them. While…

Amazon ECS announces CloudFormation support for Amazon EFS volumes

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedAmazon ECS announces CloudFormation support for Amazon EFS volumes Today, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) announced CloudFormation support for adding Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) volumes to ECS tasks. Customers can automate the creation and management of tasks using EFS volumes through infrastructure as code.