Recently, we received AWS notifications that certain Node.js 18.x runtimes for our Lambda functions are approaching EOL and need to be upgraded. As part of our standard process, we first validate the new runtime locally before performing the actual update.

We’ve encountered issues where macOS on Apple Silicon (M1/M2) cannot reliably run Node.js 20.x. To work around this, we perform our runtime tests directly in AWS CloudShell. Since CloudShell does not support host.docker.internal for Docker networking, we’ve documented a workaround here.

How to get real client IP in AWS CloudFront

In the realm of web development, obtaining accurate client IP information is a common challenge, especially when leveraging Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) like AWS CloudFront. The quest for the client’s true IP address often involves navigating through headers like X-Forwarded-For, but it’s not as straightforward as it might seem.

Containerization has revolutionized the way applications are deployed, offering increased portability and scalability. At the forefront of container management, Kubernetes has emerged as a dominant open-source platform.

Derived from the Greek word for helmsman or pilot, Kubernetes aptly serves as a pilot, skillfully managing workloads while you set the course for your applications.

In kubernetes series article, we will explore Kubernetes’ essential features, its role in managing containerized workloads, and its extensibility options, empowering developers to harness its full potential.

• An Introduction to Kubernetes (1) Environment Preparation

• An Introduction to Kubernetes (2) Cluster Introduction

• An Introduction to Kubernetes (3) Publish Application to Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service

• An Introduction to Kubernetes (4) Troubleshooting & References

In this section, will introduction about environment preparation in linux and Mac.

Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration platform that automates the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It was originally developed by Google and is now maintained by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Kubernetes provides a robust and scalable infrastructure to manage and deploy containerized applications in a consistent and efficient manner.

In kubernetes series article, we will explore Kubernetes’ essential features, its role in managing containerized workloads, and its extensibility options, empowering developers to harness its full potential.

• An Introduction to Kubernetes (1) Environment Preparation

• An Introduction to Kubernetes (2) Cluster Introduction

• An Introduction to Kubernetes (3) Publish Application to Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service

• An Introduction to Kubernetes (4) Troubleshooting & References

A Kubernetes cluster is a set of physical or virtual machines (nodes) that are connected together to form a cluster. The cluster is managed by the Kubernetes control plane, which includes several components responsible for maintaining the desired state of the cluster. These components ensure that applications are running as intended and handle tasks such as scaling, load balancing, and monitoring.

Node with following components:

Kubernetes has become the standard for container orchestration, enabling developers and DevOps teams to manage containerized applications efficiently and securely. It has a vibrant ecosystem and a vast community that continues to drive innovation and adoption of cloud-native technologies.

In kubernetes series article, we will explore Kubernetes’ essential features, its role in managing containerized workloads, and its extensibility options, empowering developers to harness its full potential.

• An Introduction to Kubernetes (1) Environment Preparation

• An Introduction to Kubernetes (2) Cluster Introduction

• An Introduction to Kubernetes (3) Publish Application to Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service

• An Introduction to Kubernetes (4) Troubleshooting & References

Before we introduction the environment preparation and cluster. Here will introduction the key concepts in kubernetes:

In kubernetes series article, we will explore Kubernetes’ essential features, its role in managing containerized workloads, and its extensibility options, empowering developers to harness its full potential. An Introduction to Kubernetes (1) Environment Preparation

What is an event-driven architecture?

Traditional approaches to integrating applications involve tightly coupling them together, making changes to one system impact the other.

Event-driven architecture is an excellent way to decouples and aggregate two or more applications because it provides a flexible and scalable way to integrate and communicate between different systems sources, such as user actions, system events, or sensor data. Event-driven architectures are used to build complex and scalable systems that respond to changes in real-time.

A data lake is a centralized repository for storing and managing large amounts of raw data in various formats. Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a comprehensive range of services that can be used to set up a data lake system. In this article, we will introduct how establish a data lake on AWS.

Recently, our payment service is building with serverless Event-Driven Architecture with SNS, SQS, and lambda function, this will support the Event callback with core payment event service (the following will show as core event service), and this core event service are integration muli-purchase 3rd vendor to one interface.

When a user has subscriptions behavior in our platform, each action send to 3rd party vendor, the 3rd party vendor will create an Event to core event service, and the core event service send the callbacks Event to project payment service’s SNS, for the final process, project service need provide a cross VPC account access SNS grants to core Event service:

3rd vendor --(callback event)--> core event service --(callback event)--> project

When developing an APP in ECS, We need to pass the environment variables to the tasks container.

Because we have sensitive and non-sensitive environment variables, so we need to take care in choosing the policy.

We have a service that sometimes got a 504 Gateway Time-Out response from ELB( actually is CLB).

When investigating the root cause, we found out that CLB’s 3 instances are normal in the current two weeks, and the 504 time-outs happened in CLB.

In this article is a tutorial to get started with GitLab Runner, will show you how to install runner in AWS EC2 and registrations to GitLab.

Before you start, you need to make sure local with the following configuration:

• login AWS CLI
• Docker
• nodejs

AWS CLI tool - AWS SAM CLI

AWS SAM CLI is a AWS CLI tool that allows you to develop, test and analysis your application in the local environment.

In MAC environment, install SAM tool by brew:

brew tap aws/tap
brew install aws-sam-cli
sam --version

Opsworks Introduction AWS OpsWorks is an configuration management service that provides an easy way to create and manage AWS stacks and application. You can preset your AWS resourcce and manage the configuration, deploy those resources and monitor the status of the resources activity.

AWS Copilot CLI 是一個開源的 CLI ，可以方便地用於管理 AWS App Runner, AWS ECS, AWS Farget. 只要透過簡單的指令就可搭建起 containerized application， 在本文會先介紹 ECS 以及如何透過 Copilot 來部署應用到 ECS 。 AWS ECS 簡介 AWS ECS(Elastic Container Service) 是一個簡單且高擴充的 container cluster 管理服務， 可以透過 task definnition 定義 container 並且直接運行在 serverless infrastructure (Fargate)，或者可以選用 EC2 來做更多的調控。