Route53 configuration for Elastic Beanstalk
The AWS documentation is extensive, yet I find it both incomprehensible and overwhelming from time to time. Recently, I struggled to configure a HostedZoneId in a Route53 AliasTarget targeting an...
View ArticleContinuous Deployment on AWS Lambda
The quickest way of pushing every code change to production is to use automation, but to do that in a safe and sustainable way also requires test automation. The goal of this blog post is to create a...
View ArticleIntroduction to CloudFormation for API Gateway
AWS API Gateway and AWS Lambda are part of the Serverless Architecture paradigm shift. The learning curve is steep and for this reason Amazon has a step-by-step tutorial on how to get started. This...
View ArticleContinuous Deployment of AWS Lambda behind API Gateway
In two previous blog posts I started by introducing scripts for Continuous Deployment on AWS Lambda and then I continued to experiment with Introduction to CloudFormation for API Gateway. This blog...
View ArticleIntroduction to Swagger for CloudFormation and API Gateway
When I was writing my previous blog post about Introduction to CloudFormation for API Gateway, I noticed that CloudFormation also supports Swagger for API Gateway configuration. Curious about what such...
View ArticleIntroduction to Claudia.js
Serverless architecture and serverless applications are rapidly gaining momentum. In a couple of previous blog posts I have showed simple examples of how RESTful APIs can be deployed using AWS API...
View ArticleAWS CLI MFA
AWS CLI MFA, how about that for title? It translates to Amazon Web Services Command Line Interface Multi Factor Authentication when all acronyms are spelled out. If you have enabled MFA for the AWS...
View ArticleAWS Glue Dev Endpoint Deleter
Development of AWS Glue scripts can potentially add unnecessary expenses to your invoice if you are not careful. This blog post shows one way to avoid some of the cost in an automated fashion by using...
View ArticleAWS Elasticsearch JavaScript Client
I have spent some time working with the AWS Elasticsearch Service lately. Regrettably, I found the threshold before being productive was higher than I anticipated. One of my obstacles was to get an AWS...
View ArticleAWS CDK MFA
The AWS CDK (Cloud Development Kit) is a welcome contribution to the “Infrastructure as Code” family. It is a development framework that allows you to configure AWS resources using programming...
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