As a developer, I thought that once I pushed the code to the repository, I was done. I thought that things such as deployment, scalability, networking, and monitoring were all handled by the DevOps team. However, this is only true for a short period of time. At some point, when something go wrong in production […]
The Problem With ‘Flip the Switch’ We’ve all been there: the new version is ready, the tests are passing in the staging environment, everybody is reasonably confident, and you deploy – only to find out that in a matter of minutes, the error rates are through the roof. Suddenly, you’re in the process of an […]
When I first set up CloudFront, I just wanted it to work. I clicked through the wizard, pointed it at an S3 bucket, and called it a day. It worked—until the bill showed up. That’s when I realized CloudFront is one of those services where the defaults aren’t your friend. If you’ve been running CloudFront […]
Introduction A pretty common AWS setup is CloudFront in front of an Application Load Balancer (ALB). CloudFront improves performance and gives you some security features “for free.” But if you leave the ALB wide open, anyone can bypass CloudFront and hit it directly – not ideal. This documentation outlines two effective methods for restricting direct […]
In the rapidly evolving world of digital media, content providers are constantly seeking innovative ways to increase revenue and enhance viewer engagement. One of the most effective strategies is to deliver personalized ads within Video on Demand (VOD) content. By tailoring advertisements to individual viewer preferences, businesses can not only improve user experience but also […]
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Gartner’s Cloud Infrastructure as a service quadrant positioned AWS as a leader owing to multiple benefits that AWS offers to its customers. AWS offers reliable and inexpensive cloud computing services to global companies such as Netflix, SAP, NASA and multiple others. Some of these services include compute, storage, databases, networking, and IoT. AWS has continuously […]
In a recent project we were required to move our static content files to some CDN because servers were getting millions of hits every hour and many of the resources on the main page were static (like JS/CSS/etc). I hope most of the people understand CDN already. So, I’m not covering any information on CDN […]
AWS re:Invent has already begun and keeping in mind security of your applications in the cloud, AWS has launched a new service called AWS Web Application Firewall. This service is intended to secure what you share on the world wide web via AWS CloudFront. Making the experience for the user better with more security is […]
Amazon CloudFront Allow us to monitor our website or application using CloudWatch.Using metrics, we can specify a time interval of as little as one minute for time periods in the previous two weeks. Following cloudwatch metrics are provided by CloudFront. 1. Requests – Number of requests for all HTTP methods and for both HTTP and […]
