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AWS – Support for X-Forwarded-For (XFF) header is now available for AWS WAF
AWS WAF now supports inspecting the X-Forwarded-For (XFF), True-Client-IP, or other custom header that includes the originating IP address of a client connecting to your application through an HTTP proxy or a third-party CDN. With this feature, you can reference these headers to write rate-based rules, geographic match rules, or IP match rules, allowing you […]
AWS – Amazon RDS Application Programming Interface supports AWS PrivateLink
You can now use AWS PrivateLink to privately access the Amazon RDS Application Programming Interface (Amazon RDS API) for Amazon RDS from your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) without using public IPs, and without requiring the traffic to traverse across the Internet. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon ECS announces AWS Copilot, a new CLI to deploy and operate containers in AWS
Today, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) announced AWS Copilot, a command line interface tool that helps customers develop, release, and operate containerized applications on AWS. With a single command, AWS Copilot creates all infrastructure and artifacts required to run production-ready service on Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate, including task definitions, image repositories, and AWS resources […]
AWS – AWS RoboMaker releases rosbag upload cloud extension for Robot Operating System (ROS)
AWS RoboMaker, a service that makes it easy to simulate and deploy robotics applications at cloud scale, today announced the S3 rosbag cloud extension for ROS Kinetic and Melodic distributions. This new cloud extension enables customers to easily configure and record data from robots as rosbags, and upload them to Amazon S3, which they can […]
AWS – AWS WAF Security Automations now supports WAF v2.0 API
We’re excited to announce that we’ve updated AWS WAF Security Automations, a reference implementation that makes it easier for customers to configure WAF rules to protect web applications running in AWS. Read More for the details.
AWS – The new Amazon Redshift console is now available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
You can now use the new Amazon Redshift console Amazon Redshift in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. The new user interface and new features simplify management and improve insights into the health and performance of your Amazon Redshift clusters and workloads. Read More for the details.
AWS – Introducing Video Support using Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth
Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth is a fully managed data labeling service that makes it easy to build highly accurate training datasets for machine learning. Starting today, SageMaker Ground Truth now supports common video labeling use cases with new built-in workflows. Read More for the details.
AWS – Updates to the AWS Well-Architected Framework and the AWS Well-Architected Tool
The latest update to the AWS Well-Architected Framework is now available and reflects the latest best practice guidance for designing and deploying cloud workloads. An integral part of the AWS Well-Architected Tool (AWS WA Tool), the AWS Well-Architected Framework has been a guide for building secure, efficient, reliable, cost-effective, and high-performance workloads on AWS since […]
GCP – Compute Engine explained: Choosing the right machine family and type
Editor’s note: This is the first in a multi-part series to help you get the most out of your Compute Engine VMs. Have you ever wondered whether you’re using the best possible cloud compute resource for your workloads? In this post, we discuss the different Compute Engine machine families in detail and provide guidance on […]
GCP – Your gcloud command-line questions answered in printable cheat sheet
If you have a Google Cloud environment, you’ve probably spent some time with the gcloud command-line tool, the primary command-line tool for creating and managing Google Cloud resources. But with over 2,000 commands, it can be a little overwhelming to get started with its multitude of flags, filters, and formats. Fear not for the gcloud […]