Orchestrate an Amazon EMR on Amazon EKS Spark job with AWS Step Functions

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedOrchestrate an Amazon EMR on Amazon EKS Spark job with AWS Step Functions At re:Invent 2020, we announced the general availability of Amazon EMR on Amazon EKS, a new deployment option for Amazon EMR that allows you to automate the provisioning and management of open-source big data frameworks on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon…

New AWS Solutions Consulting Offer – Pipeline Factory

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedNew AWS Solutions Consulting Offer – Pipeline Factory Pipeline Factory is an AWS Solutions Consulting Offer delivered via a consulting engagement from Mphasis Stelligent, an AWS DevOps Competency Partner. Pipeline Factory enables DevOps teams to define, build, and publish standardized pipelines that enforce quality, security, and governance throughout the software delivery lifecycle. Customers that…

Operating Lambda: Using CloudWatch Logs Insights

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedOperating Lambda: Using CloudWatch Logs Insights In the Operating Lambda series, I cover important topics for developers, architects, and systems administrators who are managing AWS Lambda-based applications. This three-part series discusses monitoring and observability for Lambda-based applications and covers: Using Amazon CloudWatch, CloudWatch Logs Insights, and AWS X-Ray to apply monitoring across services. How…

How to model one-to-many relationships with AppSync and DynamoDB

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedHow to model one-to-many relationships with AppSync and DynamoDB Thank you to Josh for asking this question on the AppSync Masterclass forum. His original question goes like this: Let’s say I want to add a one-to-many relationship from Profile to a new property called “Tag” (a complex object with “name” and “color” properties) so a user…

Deep Dive on AWS CloudFormation Macros to transform your templates

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedDeep Dive on AWS CloudFormation Macros to transform your templates AWS CloudFormation macros add custom operations to your templates, including iterations, string manipulations, and math operations. Macros allow these language extensions without sacrificing the declarative benefits enjoyed by our customers, whether they are novice developers or experienced system admins. CloudFormation macros are ideal for…