In Season 3, Episode 26 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Igor Soroka. They discuss Amazon GuardDuty, New Lambda Logging Controls, Refactoring to Serverless, Aurora Global Database, the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, and the guys get sidetracked by Catalan taps...

Articles Discussed:

5:33 Amazon GuardDuty Runtime Monitoring Now Supports Ubuntu and Debian Operating Systems 

Key points:

- Previously only supported Amazon Linux

- Helps monitor and respond to potential threats like suspicious network activity, crypto mining, etc.

- Uses existing security agent, 30 day free trial

- Pricing is $1.50 per vCPU for first 500 vCPUs per month, drops for larger volumes

12:45 - New Lambda Logging Controls 

 Key points:

- Can now choose JSON or plaintext formatting

- Can set log levels like debug, error, etc.

- Supported in Python, Java, and Node.js

- Makes logging easier without needing additional libraries

- Can aggregate logs from different functions

18:21 - Refactoring to Serverless from Application to Automation 

Key points:

- Discusses "service factoring", replacing app code with automation

- Serverless allows abstracting away infrastructure details

- Entire architectures can be built using serverless components

- Improves apps through increased automation

24:11 - Using Aurora Global Database for Multi-Region Applications 

Key points:

- Provides hot-hot disaster recovery to secondary region

- Local endpoints provide fast response times

- Engineering to replicate globally is complex

- Useful but expensive to run dual full infrastructure

29:16 - Initial Services for AWS Europe Sovereign Cloud 

Key points:

- New sovereign cloud being built in Germany - Announces initial services like EC2, EKS, Lambda, etc.

- Functionally similar to AWS US GovCloud

- Provides data residency for EU regulations

- Impressive initial service list, no major omissions

Guest was Igor Soroko

https://www.linkedin.com/in/igor-soroka/

https://www.soroka.tech/blog/graphql-serverless-appsync