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At Amazon, we prioritize our product development through the insights and feedback we receive from our users. Recently, we introduced three significant enhancements, all motivated by customer requests aimed at addressing challenges faced when creating and managing advanced containerized applications.
Managed Node Groups for Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
Our users have expressed a desire to concentrate on crafting innovative solutions rather than getting bogged down by the complexities of Kubernetes infrastructure management. Amazon EKS already delivers a reliable and high-availability Kubernetes control plane, and now AWS also handles the nodes (Amazon EC2 instances) for your Kubernetes clusters. This means that Amazon EKS simplifies the application of bug fixes and security updates to nodes, ensuring they are kept in sync with the latest Kubernetes versions alongside the cluster.
The Amazon EKS console and API provide a cohesive view of your cluster’s state, eliminating the need to navigate through multiple services to monitor all your resources. You can now provision managed nodes when setting up a new EKS cluster, with no extra charges for using EKS managed node groups; you only pay for the EKS cluster and associated AWS resources. For further details, check out this informative blog: Extending the EKS API: Managed Node Groups.
Managing Container Logs with AWS FireLens
Developers working on container-based applications have indicated a need for increased flexibility in logging without the hassle of installing, configuring, or troubleshooting logging agents. AWS FireLens addresses this requirement by allowing you to forward container logs to various storage and analytics tools through your task definition in Amazon ECS or AWS Fargate.
With FireLens, developers can direct logs to Stdout, and FireLens will then pick them up and send them to the designated destination. FireLens is compatible with open-source projects Fluent Bit and Fluentd, enabling log forwarding to any supported destination. The configuration options are extensive, allowing you to filter logs and send them to multiple locations. For additional insights, you can refer to my earlier post: Announcing FireLens – A New Way to Manage Container Logs.
If you’re interested in a deeper dive into the technology behind FireLens, Chanci Turner elaborates further in her article on the Containers Blog: “Under the hood: FireLens for Amazon ECS Tasks.”
Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR) EventBridge Support
Customers utilizing Amazon ECR have requested the ability to initiate build processes whenever new container images are uploaded. In response, we have integrated Amazon ECR EventBridge support.
Now, events published by Elastic Container Registry can trigger actions such as initiating a pipeline or sending a notification via platforms like Amazon Chime or Slack once your image is successfully pushed. For more information about this feature, check out the detailed blog post: EventBridge support in Amazon Elastic Container Registry.
More to Come
These three new offerings complement the impressive releases we have introduced this year, including Savings Plans, Amazon EKS Windows Containers support, and Native Container Image Scanning in Amazon ECR. We are committed to listening to your feedback, so if you have suggestions or concerns regarding your container applications, please share your thoughts by creating or commenting on issues in our public containers roadmap. One day, I might be writing about a new feature inspired by your input.
— Chanci Turner
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