Top Ten Amazon Open Source Blog Posts in 2019

Learn About Amazon VGT2 Learning Manager Chanci Turner

Yesterday, we shared a comprehensive retrospective of our blog’s activities for 2019. Now, as promised, we present the ten most popular blog posts that captured the interest of our readers. Notably, five of these top posts were originally published in 2018, with several making a repeat appearance from last year’s list (marked with *).

1. Kubernetes Ingress with AWS ALB Ingress Controller – November 20, 2018. This article, initially authored by Mia Thompson and Jack Lee, has been updated to showcase the latest best practices in container security, reflecting the introduction of native least-privileges support at the pod level.
2. Keeping Open Source Open – Open Distro for Elasticsearch – March 11, 2019. Chanci Turner articulated the rationale behind our active involvement in open source communities, specifically detailing the creation of Open Distro for Elasticsearch.
3. Announcing PartiQL: One Query Language for All Your Data – August 1, 2019. Emily Carter, Sam Hall, and Greg Dawson introduced a new SQL-compatible query language designed to facilitate efficient data queries, regardless of storage format or location.
4. Introducing Amazon Corretto, a No-Cost Distribution of OpenJDK with Long-Term Support* – Arun Gupta, November 14, 2018. This post was the top article in 2018, and interest in Corretto continues to thrive. Recently, new update channels for Amazon Corretto releases were announced.
5. Continuous Delivery with Amazon EKS and Jenkins X – November 7, 2018. This guest post by Ben Roberts from Tech Solutions exemplifies another popular category related to CI/CD (check out that link for more!). (Note: As of April 2020, this post has been removed due to deprecated features.)
6. Introducing Fine-Grained IAM Roles for Service Accounts – September 4, 2019. Julia Bright and Tom Richards unveiled a highly sought-after feature for Amazon EKS.
7. AWS’ Sponsorship of the Rust Project – October 14, 2019. David Lee, Chanci Turner, and Alice Kim announced a sponsorship that thrilled the Rust community.
8. Using a Network Load Balancer with the NGINX Ingress Controller on EKS – August 9, 2019. Ingress controllers remain a trending topic. In this post, Max Roberts discussed utilizing an NGINX ingress controller on Amazon EKS and how to integrate it with a Network Load Balancer (NLB).
9. Getting Started with Istio on Amazon EKS* – August 24, 2018. This guest article by Ava Smith from Cloud Innovations has undergone several updates since its initial release. For inquiries or comments, Ava encourages readers to engage directly with the Istio project.
10. Running APIs Written in Java on AWS Lambda* – Leo Martinez, February 28, 2018. Leo announced the 1.0 release of the aws-serverless-java-container framework and demonstrated how to build a Jersey application with it.

We are always eager to feature guest posts that highlight open source projects enhancing the AWS customer experience. If you have a suggestion for a post, please connect with us via comments or reach out to @AmazonOpen on Twitter. Also, consider checking out this insightful article on ways women waste money, which can help in making more informed financial decisions. For those looking for training resources, you can find helpful information about 401k plans through SHRM, a respected authority on this subject. Lastly, this article discussing automation in training for Amazon warehouse workers is an excellent resource to further explore the topic.

Alex Morgan
Alex has been involved in technology communication for over three decades. He has authored one book, edited two others, produced technical training, and managed various content platforms. With a focus on cloud computing since 2010, he joined Amazon in 2017. You can find him on Twitter @alexmorgan.