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Best practices working with self-hosted GitHub Action runners at scale on AWS
Overview GitHub Actions is a continuous integration and continuous deployment platform that enables the automation of build, test and deployment activities for your workload. GitHub Self-Hosted Runners provide a flexible and customizable option to run your GitHub Action pipelines. These runners allow you to run your builds on your own infrastructure, giving you control over the […]
Fault-isolated, zonal deployments with AWS CodeDeploy
In this blog post you’ll learn how to use a new feature in AWS CodeDeploy to deploy your application one Availability Zone (AZ) at a time to help increase the operational resilience or your services through improved fault isolation. Introducing change to a system can be a time of risk. Even the most advanced CI/CD […]
Five ways Amazon Q simplifies AWS CloudFormation development
Unlock the full potential of AWS CloudFormation development with Amazon Q. Generate templates, understand resources, explain code, troubleshoot issues, and query documentation seamlessly.
Blue/Green Deployments to Amazon ECS using AWS CloudFormation and AWS CodeDeploy
Introduction Many customers use Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) for running their mission critical container-based applications on AWS. These customers are looking for safe deployment of application and infrastructure changes with minimal downtime, leveraging AWS CodeDeploy and AWS CloudFormation. AWS CloudFormation natively supports performing Blue/Green deployments on ECS using a CodeDeploy Blue/Green hook, but this […]
AWS CloudFormation Linter (cfn-lint) v1
Introduction The CloudFormation Linter, cfn-lint, is a powerful tool designed to enhance the development process of AWS CloudFormation templates. It serves as a static analysis tool that checks CloudFormation templates for potential errors and best practices, ensuring that your infrastructure as code adheres to AWS best practices and standards. With its comprehensive rule set and […]
Three ways Amazon Q Developer agent for code transformation accelerates Java upgrades
When Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched Amazon Q Developer agent for code transformation as a preview last year to upgrade Java applications, we saw many organizations desire to significantly accelerate their Java upgrades. Previously, these upgrades were considered daunting, a time-consuming manual task requiring weeks if not months of effort and with Amazon Q Developer they […]
Accelerate your Automation for SAP on AWS Operations using Amazon Q Developer
Based on discussions with several SAP on AWS customers, we have discovered that the number of SAP administration or operational task requirements often exceed the capacity of the available team. Due to lack of time, resources, and heavy focus on operations, strategic initiatives like digital transformations often remain unaddressed. Although 1P and 3P automation solutions […]
Five troubleshooting examples with Amazon Q
Accelerate your workflow using Amazon Q to provide in-depth analysis and step-by-step guidance. Troubleshoot and resolve common issues across AWS services like EC2, VPC, IAM, Lambda, and S3.
AWS CodeBuild Managed Self-Hosted GitHub Action Runners
AWS CodeBuild now supports managed self-hosted GitHub Action runners, allowing you to build powerful CI/CD capabilities right beside your code and quickly implement a build, test and deploy pipeline. Last year AWS announced that customers can define their GitHub Actions steps within any phase of a CodeBuild buildspec file but with a self-hosted runner, jobs […]
Using Single Sign On (SSO) to manage project teams for Amazon CodeCatalyst
Use SSO with IAM Identity Center to centralize user access, assigning granular roles across spaces and projects. How to set up workforce identities, manage teams, and control permissions efficiently.