cloudonaut

cloudonaut

By Andreas Wittig and Michael Wittig focusing on AWS CloudNewsTechnologyTech News
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  • #39 Serverless in the Enterprise
    Is Serverless ready for the Enterprise?
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    Notes

    Check out the following blog posts - the written versions of this podcast episode.

    • Serverless in the Enterprise
    • Serverless Hybrid Cloud: Accessing an API Gateway via VPN or Direct Connect
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      45 min
    • #38 5 good reasons not to get AWS certified
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      Notes

      Don't miss the blog post 5 good reasons not to get AWS certified, the written version of this podcast episode.

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      We launched cloudonaut.io in 2015. Since then, we have published hundreds of articles, podcast episodes, and videos. It's all free and means a lot of work in our spare time. We enjoy sharing our AWS knowledge with you.

      Have you learned something new by reading, listening, or watching our content? If so, we kindly ask you to support us in producing high-quality & independent AWS content. We look forward to sharing our AWS knowledge with you.

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      32 min
    • #37 How to choose an EBS volume type?
      Cheap, Durable, Fast?
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      Every week, we write about all things AWS. For example, we unbox or review new AWS services. We also share pitfalls that we learned about the hard way ourselves. On top of that, we provide code examples for Infrastructure as Code and Serverless applications.

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      Notes

      Don't miss the blog post Cheap, Durable, Fast. How to choose an EBS volume type?, the written version of this podcast episode.

      • Amazon EBS volume types
      • Benchmark tool fio
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        We launched cloudonaut.io in 2015. Since then, we have published hundreds of articles, podcast episodes, and videos. It's all free and means a lot of work in our spare time. We enjoy sharing our AWS knowledge with you.

        Have you learned something new by reading, listening, or watching our content? If so, we kindly ask you to support us in producing high-quality & independent AWS content. We look forward to sharing our AWS knowledge with you.

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        31 min
      • #36 re:Invent 2020: Recap of Werner Vogels's Keynote
        Deep dive into the services and features announced at re:Invent 2020
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        Notes

        Werner Vogels's keynote was a blast and definitely the highlight of re:Invent 2020. Michael and I are going through the announced features and services. As usual, we also take a look at the technical details.

        This podcast episode is also available as a video on YouTube. Check it out!

        • CloudShell
        • VPC Reachability Analyzer
        • Fault Injection Simulator
        • Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus (AMP)
        • Amazon Managed Service for Grafana
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          We launched cloudonaut.io in 2015. Since then, we have published hundreds of articles, podcast episodes, and videos. It's all free and means a lot of work in our spare time. We enjoy sharing our AWS knowledge with you.

          Have you learned something new by reading, listening, or watching our content? If so, we kindly ask you to support us in producing high-quality & independent AWS content. We look forward to sharing our AWS knowledge with you.

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          33 min
        • #35 3½ ways to workaround missing CloudFormation support
          I bet you learn something new today!
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          Every week, we write about all things AWS. For example, we unbox or review new AWS services. We also share pitfalls that we learned about the hard way ourselves. On top of that, we provide code examples for Infrastructure as Code and Serverless applications.

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          Notes

          Don't miss the blog post 3½ ways to workaround missing CloudFormation support, the written version of this podcast episode.

          This Episode, Michael has a special guest from Hamburg, Germany: Soenke is the co-founder of superluminar, runs Serverless Days Hamburg, and recently, he released an open source solution to automate the setup of an AWS Cloud environment with prescriptive best practises.

          Custom Resource example: IAM Password Policy

          Resource Provider examples: official CloudFormation resource types

          SSM Automation example: Setting up GuardDuty Delegated Administrator

          CloudWatch Synthetics example: Activating Control Tower

          Support us

          We launched cloudonaut.io in 2015. Since then, we have published hundreds of articles, podcast episodes, and videos. It's all free and means a lot of work in our spare time. We enjoy sharing our AWS knowledge with you.

          Have you learned something new by reading, listening, or watching our content? If so, we kindly ask you to support us in producing high-quality & independent AWS content. We look forward to sharing our AWS knowledge with you.

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          33 min
        • #34 A recap of the re:Invent 2020 Keynote with Andy Jassy
          A discussion about all the services and features announced during the first keynote.
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          Every week, we write about all things AWS. For example, we unbox or review new AWS services. We also share pitfalls that we learned about the hard way ourselves. On top of that, we provide code examples for Infrastructure as Code and Serverless applications.

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          Notes

          Andreas Wittig and Michael Wittig from cloudonaut are discussing Andy Jassy's keynote from re:Invent 2020. The focus is on the newly announced services and features: ECS Anywhere, EBS volumes (gp3), Aurora Serverless v3, Lambda Container Support, and many more.

          This podcast episode is also available as a video on YouTube. Check it out!

          • re:Invent 2020 Liveblog: Andy Jassy Keynote
          • New for AWS Lambda – Container Image Support
          • Preview: AWS Proton – Automated Management for Container and Serverless Deployments
          • New for AWS Lambda – 1ms Billing Granularity Adds Cost Savings
          • Amazon Elastic Container Registry Public: A New Public Container Registry
          • Amazon Connect – Now Smarter and More Integrated With Third-Party Tools
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            We launched cloudonaut.io in 2015. Since then, we have published hundreds of articles, podcast episodes, and videos. It's all free and means a lot of work in our spare time. We enjoy sharing our AWS knowledge with you.

            Have you learned something new by reading, listening, or watching our content? If so, we kindly ask you to support us in producing high-quality & independent AWS content. We look forward to sharing our AWS knowledge with you.

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            47 min
          • #33 ECS vs. Fargate: What's the difference?
            Different options to run your containers on AWS.
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            Every week, we write about all things AWS. For example, we unbox or review new AWS services. We also share pitfalls that we learned about the hard way ourselves. On top of that, we provide code examples for Infrastructure as Code and Serverless applications.

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            Notes

            Don't miss the blog post ECS vs. Fargate: What's the difference?, the written version of this podcast episode.

            • EKS vs. ECS: orchestrating containers on AWS
            • Scaling Container Clusters on AWS: ECS and EKS
            • Reduce your AWS bill with Savings Plans
            • Resilient task scheduling with ECS Fargate
            • Rapid Docker on AWS

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              Support us

              We launched cloudonaut.io in 2015. Since then, we have published hundreds of articles, podcast episodes, and videos. It's all free and means a lot of work in our spare time. We enjoy sharing our AWS knowledge with you.

              Have you learned something new by reading, listening, or watching our content? If so, we kindly ask you to support us in producing high-quality & independent AWS content. We look forward to sharing our AWS knowledge with you.

              Support us!

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              36 min
            • #32 Comparing API Gateways on AWS
              REST API, HTTP API, WebSocket API, AppSync, and ALB
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              Every week, we write about all things AWS. For example, we unbox or review new AWS services. We also share pitfalls that we learned about the hard way ourselves. On top of that, we provide code examples for Infrastructure as Code and Serverless applications.

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              Notes

              Don't miss the blog post Comparing API Gateways on AWS

              , the written version of this podcast episode.

              Special thanks to Cloudcraft our go-to tool for creating AWS architecture diagrams. This year we are writing for the Cloudcraft blog as well.

              Comparing API Gateways on AWS
              1. API Gateway REST API
              2. API Gateway HTTP API
              3. API Gateway WebSocket API
              4. AppSync
              5. Application Load Balancer (ALB)
              6. Additional Links
                • Review: API Gateway HTTP APIs - Cheaper and Faster REST APIs?
                • Serverless WebSocket API: API Gateway, Kinesis, Lambda
                • Support us

                  We launched cloudonaut.io in 2015. Since then, we have published hundreds of articles, podcast episodes, and videos. It's all free and means a lot of work in our spare time. We enjoy sharing our AWS knowledge with you.

                  Have you learned something new by reading, listening, or watching our content? If so, we kindly ask you to support us in producing high-quality & independent AWS content. We look forward to sharing our AWS knowledge with you.

                  Support us!

                  Feedback

                  We ask for feedback! Please rate or review our podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Or send us a message via Twitter (Andreas and Michael) or LinkedIn (Andreas and Michael) or send us an email.

                  41 min
                • #30 Getting started with IPv6 on AWS
                  Learn how to enable IPv6 for your cloud infrastructure
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                  Every week, we write about all things AWS. For example, we unbox or review new AWS services. We also share pitfalls that we learned about the hard way ourselves. On top of that, we provide code examples for Infrastructure as Code and Serverless applications.

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                  Notes

                  Don't miss the blog post Getting started with IPv6 on AWS, the written version of this podcast episode.

                  Before you think about designing your IPv6 network, you should enable IPv6 alongside IPv4 on endpoints accessed by end-users. Around 30% of Internet traffic is already IPv6 traffic. The IPv6 deployment progress is mainly driven by mobile devices and varies heavily between countries. The following AWS services support IPv6: Route 53, CloudFront, internet-facing ALB, S3, and IoT Core.

                  There is no IPv6-only VPC on AWS. A VPC is always IPv4 enabled, but you can optionally enable IPv6 (dual-stack). When you do so, AWS assigns a /56 block of IPv6 Global Unicast Addresses (GUA) to your VPC - you can bring your own block as well. A GUA is like a public IPv4 address. You can assign each subnet in your VPC a /64 sub-block. There is no VPC/subnet size planing anymore!

                  Summary

                  IPv6 is coming. At some point in time, you have to start your journey towards IPv6. For now, I recommend enabling IPv6 for the endpoints that are used by your end-users.

                  There is not much benefit in enabling IPv6 in your VPC yet. The only exception is if you want IPv6 support for your ALB. As a workaround, you can front the IPv4 ALB with CloudFront to offer IPv6 to your end-users.

                  Learn more

                  I recommend a re:Invent talk from 2017: IPv6 in the Cloud: Protocol and AWS Service Overview (NET202). Besides that, I read IPv6 Essentials from Silvia Hagen (O'Reilly), which goes into the details (far beyond what you need to get IPv6 working on AWS).

                  Support us

                  We launched cloudonaut.io in 2015. Since then, we have published hundreds of articles, podcast episodes, and videos. It's all free and means a lot of work in our spare time. We enjoy sharing our AWS knowledge with you.

                  Have you learned something new by reading, listening, or watching our content? If so, we kindly ask you to support us in producing high-quality & independent AWS content. We look forward to sharing our AWS knowledge with you.

                  Support us!

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                  46 min

                About cloudonaut

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                We are two brothers focusing 100% on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Every other week, one of us prepares the topic of the podcast. The topic is not known to the other one, which results in surprising conversations about all things AWS.