Hamburg AWS UG 2018-03 What's new in AWS

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1. What’s new in AWS Feb 2018 Hamburg AWS UserGroup Andreas Rütten 2018-03-01
2. • Experiment • Also done by other UG, e.g. AWS UG Munich • Presented news are a biased selection done by me, not a complete list
3. Network Performance Improvements for EC2 Instances • EC2 to S3 - Up to 25 Gbps bandwidth (S3 within the same region) • EC2 to EC2 - different AZ within a region up to 5 Gbps for single-flow traffic, or 25 Gbps for multi-flow traffic ◦ a flow represents a single, point-to-point network connection • EC2 to EC2 (Placement Group) - up to 10 Gbps of lower-latency for single-flow traffic, or 25 Gbps of lower-latency for multi-flow traffic • All current generation instances using ENA, including those already running, without any additional steps https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/the-floodgates-are-open-increased-network-bandwidth-for-ec2-instances/
4. 10x Higher API Call Rates for Kinesis Client Library Applications • Key KCL API functions now use the ListShards API • Supports a 10x higher call rate limit compared to the DescribeStream API • KCL version 1.9.0 or higher • AWS SDK version 1.11.272 or higher https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/10x-higher-api-call-rates-for-amazon-kinesis-client-library-kcl-applications/
5. R53 Auto Naming with CNAME Record Type and Alias to ELB • Amazon Route 53 Auto Naming APIs to create CNAME records • Amazon Route 53 Auto Naming APIs to create Route 53 alias records that route traffic to ELBs • Previously just A, AAAA, and SRV https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/amazon-route-53-auto-naming-announces-support-for-cname-record-type-and-alias-to-elb/
6. AWS Instance Scheduler • A solution to easily configure custom start and stop schedules for EC2 and RDS instances https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/introducing-the-aws-instance-scheduler/ https://aws.amazon.com/answers/infrastructure-management/instance-scheduler/ • CloudWatch event triggers Lambda function that checks the current state of each appropriately tagged instance against the targeted state defined in an associated schedule in DynamoDB
7. ECS Adds New Endpoint to Access Task Metrics and Metadata • Previously, container metadata and statistics available by querying a metadata file on the host EC2 instance • Now, query metadata and Docker statistics directly from an HTTP endpoint using a RESTful API call for tasks launched using the awsvpc network mode • Not for Fargate https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/amazon-ecs-adds-new-endpoint-to-access-task-metrics-and-metadata/
8. Target Tracking ECS Auto Scaling • Set up Service Auto Scaling using target tracking policies directly from the Amazon ECS console • Auto Scaling adjusts the number of running tasks for a service • Previously it was only possible to do auto scaling for ECS services using step scaling policies, which required CloudWatch alarms https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/amazon-ecs-adds-new-endpoint-to-access-task-metrics-and-metadata/
9. Longer Format Resource IDs are Now Available in Amazon EC2 • Opt in for using longer IDs ◦ EC2, EBS, and Storage Gateway • After June 2018, all new resources will be created with longer IDs by default • Existing resources won't be affected • From a 8-character string to a 17-character string ◦ vpc-1234abc0 -> vpc-1234567890abcdef0 • Affected resources: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/faqs/#longer-ids https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/longer-format-resource-ids-are-now-available-in-amazon-ec2/
10. AWS Certifications • New AWS Certified Developer – Associate Beta Exam ◦ Beta exam is priced at 75 USD, which is 50% off ◦ Beta exam from February 19 through March 16 ◦ Pass the beta exam to receive a voucher to take the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional exam at 50% off • Updated AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam ◦ Includes new services and architectural best practices, ... ◦ Either the new exam or the previous version of the exam through August 12, 2018 https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/register-for-the-new-aws-certified-developer-associate-beta-exam/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/updated-aws-certified-solutions-architect-associate-exam-now-available/
11. Inter-Region VPC Peering is Now Available in 9 Additional Regions • AWS managed cross-region VPC peering • Communicate with each other using private IP addresses, without requiring gateways, VPN connections or separate physical hardware • Cross-VPC DNS based on R53 private zones also works • Added EU (London), EU (Ireland), EU (Paris), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Canada (Central) and South America (São Paulo) to US East (Northern Virgina), US East (Ohio), US West (Northern California), US West (Oregon) https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/inter-region-vpc-peering-is-now-available-in-nine-additional-aws-regions/
12. AWS EMR Release 5.12.0 • Apache Hadoop 2.8.3, Apache HBase 1.4.0, Apache Flink 1.4.0, Presto 0.188, Hue 4.1.0, Apache MXNet 1.0.0, and Apache Phoenix 4.13.0 • Presto integration with EMRFS to performantly access data in Amazon S3 ◦ This enables EMRFS features like consistent view, S3 server-side and client-side encryption, and EMRFS authorization with Presto. https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/support-for-apache-hadoop-2_8_3-and-presto-integration-with-emrfs-on-amazon-emr-releas e-5_12_0/
13. Misc - I • Trusted Advisor's S3 Bucket Permissions Check Is Now Free https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/aws-trusted-advisors-s3-bucket-permissions-check-is-now-free ◦ Identifies S3 buckets that are publicly accessible • Network Load Balancer now Supports Cross-Zone Load Balancing https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/network-load-balancer-now-supports-cross-zone-load-balancing/ • AWS Serverless Application Repository https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-available-aws-serverless-application-repository ◦ Consume or publish serverless application templates
14. Misc - II • RDS now supports PostgreSQL 10 https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/postgresql-10-now-supported-in-amazon-rds/ • A WordPress plugin that uses Polly to create high-quality audio versions of your blog posts https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/give-your-wordpress-blog-a-voice-with-our-new-amazon-polly-plugin/ • Encryption at Rest for DynamoDB https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-encryption-at-rest-for-dynamodb/ • CodeCommit Supports Creating and Editing Files via the Console Editor https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/aws-codecommit-supports-creating-and-editing-files-via-the-console-ed itor-and-sdks/