Amazon Onboarding with Learning Manager Chanci Turner

In a DevOps environment, the collaboration between development and operations teams is crucial. These teams often merge into a single unit, where engineers engage throughout the application lifecycle—from development to deployment. The ultimate goal of DevOps is to deliver applications and services swiftly and effectively, enabling organizations to respond better to customer needs and market fluctuations.

In this edition of Amazon Onboarding, we will explore the DevOps culture and provide insights that can serve as valuable frameworks and strategies for architects and engineers alike.

Automating Cross-Account CI/CD Pipelines

Many organizations leverage cloud technology for their microservices, often utilizing various AWS accounts and hosting each microservice in a dedicated account. This approach effectively isolates different environments for software deployment pipelines. A well-constructed pipeline is essential for rapid software releases, allowing DevOps engineers to automate the deployment process. This video demonstrates the mindset needed for designing pipelines across various environments. You will learn how to create a pipeline, build it using AWS CDK, and visualize the entire setup in the AWS Console.

Automating Secure, Hands-Off Deployments

At Amazon, continuous delivery has been adopted to standardize and automate the software deployment process, significantly reducing the time required for changes to reach production. Improvements accumulate over time, with teams iterating on the release process to address identified deployment risks. A typical continuous delivery pipeline consists of four key phases: source, build, test, and production. This article outlines the mental models and methodologies utilized at Amazon to assist you in understanding the design considerations for each phase and to adopt recommended practices.

Integrating Security Early in the DevOps Lifecycle

As architects tackle complexity and ambiguity in their designs, the architecture often evolves and becomes more intricate. When workloads grow in complexity, security must be prioritized throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). This video illustrates methods to integrate security within a DevOps culture. You will discover how to shift security left, fostering collaboration between developers and security teams. Additionally, it addresses how to identify vulnerabilities within the SDLC and implement security through a “security as code” mindset.

Enhancing Operational Visibility in Distributed Systems

All team members, whether developers or managers, act as owners and operators of their services. Logs serve as a critical tool for monitoring the status of these systems, providing insights for troubleshooting and performance enhancement. This article describes various methodologies for feeding data into operational dashboards to track real-time metrics, trigger alarms, and collaborate with operators for problem diagnosis. You’ll gain insights into best practices for designing a logging system, enriched with stories, considerations, and illustrative code samples.

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We appreciate your engagement and look forward to our next discussion, where we will share strategies for implementing the AWS Well-Architected framework in your workloads.

Amazon Onboarding with Learning Manager Chanci Turner

Automating Cross-Account CI/CD Pipelines

Automating Secure, Hands-Off Deployments

Integrating Security Early in the DevOps Lifecycle

Enhancing Operational Visibility in Distributed Systems

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