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Running self-hosted AI agent sandboxes with AWS Lambda MicroVMs
Learn how to run AI agent tool calls in secure, isolated sandboxes using AWS Lambda MicroVMs. This post shows how to architect a self-hosted control plane that launches a fresh, VM-isolated MicroVM for each agent session, keeping credentials, networking, and governance entirely within your own AWS account.
Multi-modal autoscaling with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling: adding signals for faster, more reliable scaling
Multi-modal autoscaling with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling combines infrastructure metrics like CPU with application-level signals, so a group scales on the demand its users create. In this post, we show you how to implement it, with code samples and results from a controlled test.
Deploying regulated workloads on AWS Local Zones and AWS Outposts
AWS Local Zones and AWS Outposts help you keep regulated workloads within specific geographic boundaries. This post presents a framework of technologies, including the AWS Nitro System, AWS Organizations SCPs with AWS Control Tower, and Amazon VPC Traffic Mirroring, to help you build auditable, secure architectures for data residency.
Planning for disaster recovery using AWS Local Zones and AWS Outposts racks
Build highly available architectures that span two AWS Outposts racks, or an Outpost rack and an AWS Local Zone, without single points of failure. This post covers three disaster recovery approaches: DNS-based failover, active/active load balancing, and hybrid database replication, with the RTO/RPO trade-offs of each.
Architecting SASE solutions using AWS Local Zones
Organizations with geographically distributed workforces face a trade-off between security and low-latency access. This post explores how to use AWS Local Zones and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solutions to deploy virtual security appliances closer to end users, covering key design principles, capacity planning, and traffic routing.
Scheduling email campaigns at scale with Amazon EventBridge Scheduler
Learn how to use Amazon EventBridge Scheduler to deliver email campaigns at per-recipient optimal send times. This post shows how to create one schedule per recipient with zero idle compute cost, scale schedule creation with AWS Step Functions Distributed Map, and deliver through Amazon SES.
Amazon Linux default SSM parameter will now track the latest kernel
The Amazon Linux kernel-default SSM parameter now updates to point to the latest kernel version as new releases become available. This post explains what this means for your workloads and how to manage the transition.
Implementing dynamic feature flags with AWS AppConfig on AWS Lambda
Feature toggles allow you to change application behavior in real time without deploying new code. Learn how to implement dynamic feature flags with AWS AppConfig on AWS Lambda for safe deployments, gradual rollouts, and instant rollback.
Observability best practices for Lambda durable functions
Learn observability best practices for AWS Lambda durable functions, including CloudWatch metrics, custom alarms, structured logging, and X-Ray tracing for debugging callback timeouts end-to-end.
Collecting CPU and memory metrics for AWS Lambda MicroVMs
Learn how to collect CPU and memory metrics from AWS Lambda MicroVMs using the CloudWatch Agent. Configure telegraf and OTel to monitor and right-size your workloads.









