More about AWS Landing Zone (Part 1)
Since AWS launched the Landing Zone capability in June 2018, Automat-it has invested in building secured and robust solutions around it. The first post about our Landing Zone solutions was published 1 year ago. Since then we added many interesting and useful solutions and AWS features, including: – IP address management – Backup policies – […]
How to deploy Helm charts to an EKS cluster through AWS CloudFormation
Problem statement There are several ways to create an EKS cluster in AWS: Web console or CLI EKSctl tool Terraform, CloudFormation or other IaC tools Third-party products In most cases an empty kubernetes cluster is not enough. We still may need an Ingress Controller, Cluster autoscaler, External DNS, Prometheus, etc. included in a default cluster […]
AWS infrastructure for a clickstream data analysis
Problem statement Analysing the user’s behaviour is very important for making right decisions in application development and maximising business value. AWS provides many services useful for data streaming, transformation and analysis. In this blog post I’m describing a Proof Of Concept project where I tried to simulate clickstream activity, ingest it to AWS, store, transform, […]
Testing AWS network performance
Updated: Oct 7, 2022 Problem statement Our customers often ask us about different aspects of network performance in AWS, how architecture or configurations can affect it, what to expect and how to optimize it. In this blog post I will explain basic components influencing a network performance, complete several tests and demonstrate outcomes. Basic components […]
AWS Control Tower and Landing Zone simplifies HIPAA Compliance
Problem statement Since the introduction of HIPAA in 1996, healthcare providers have invested in different solutions to secure sensitive patient data. These providers are increasingly turning to the cloud, which has quickly become a low-cost way to develop the complex infrastructure required to support their critical organizational activities. The most important items for HIPAA compliance […]