Accelerating the AWS Journey: (Open Source) Tools for getting teams up to speed

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Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

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What they hope it’s like What it’s actually like….

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Learning AWS • AWS Courses / Certification • AWS Workshops • Game Days • Documentation • Tutorials • Blogs • Etc… Learn by doing!

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Personal Observations • Design: What service(s) should I use to run my application? • Infrastructure as Code • Networking – VPCs, Security Groups, etc. • IAM (Identity & Access Management) • Local development

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Source: https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/the-17-ways-to-run-containers-on-aws/

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Image by Sasha Kasper: https://sascha-kasper.com/the-bumpy-learning-curve/

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Infrastructure as Code Infrastructure as Code Cloudformation

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Infrastructure as Code Infrastructure as Code

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Reasoning • Language Flexibility: TypeScript, Python, Java, C#, etc • Type Safety • Documentation while coding • High-Level Abstractions • Customization and Reusability • Rich Ecosystem of Constructs • Integrated Deployment • AWS CDK Patterns

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AWS CDK + Higher level abstractions

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Example Code

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AWS CDK + AWS Solution Constructs “AWS Solutions Constructs is an open-source extension on top of AWS CDK that provides multi-service, well-architected patterns for quickly defining solutions in code to create predictable and repeatable infrastructure. The goal is to accelerate the experience for developers to build solutions of any size using pattern-based definitions for their architecture.” https://github.com/awslabs/aws-solutions-constructs

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Local development Testcontainers + =

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Testcontainers • On-demand isolated infrastructure provisioning • Consistent experience on both local and CI environments • Reliable test setup using wait strategies • Automatic clean up • Support for Java, Python, NodeJs, Go, etc.

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Localstack • Local cloud sandbox for development, testing, and experimentation • Emulates 60+ AWS cloud services • Get productive with cloud dev from day 1 • Avoid the slow and tedious deploy- test-redeploy cycles for your cloud- based apps

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AI Coding Assistant(s) • Amazon CodeWhisperer, Github Co-Pilot, etc… • (Near) Real-time code suggestions • CodeWhisperer is optimized for use with AWS services • Support for popular programming languages and IDEs

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Conversational AI

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CDK NAG • Checks CDK applications for best practices using a combination of available rule packs: • AWS Solutions • HIPAA Security • NIST 800-53 rev 4 • NIST 800-53 rev 5 • PCI DSS 3.2.1 • Inspired by https://github.com/stelligent/cfn_nag • https://github.com/cdklabs/cdk-nag

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CDK-NAG output with AwsSolutionsChecks

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[Error at /AwsCdkNagDemoStack/demo-queue/Resource] AwsSolutions-SQS4: The SQS queue does not require requests to use SSL. Without HTTPS (TLS), a network-based attacker can eavesdrop on network traffic or manipulate it, using an attack such as man-in-the- middle. Allow only encrypted connections over HTTPS (TLS) using the aws:SecureTransport condition in the queue policy to force requests to use SSL.

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CDK-NAG output with HIPAASecurityChecks

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CDK-NAG output with HIPAASecurityChecks [Error at /AwsCdkNagDemoStack/demo-function/Resource] HIPAA.Security- LambdaConcurrency: The Lambda function is not configured with function-level concurrent execution limits - (Control ID: 164.312(b)). Ensure that a Lambda function's concurrency high and low limits are established. This can assist in baselining the number of requests that your function is serving at any given time. [Error at /AwsCdkNagDemoStack/demo-function/Resource] HIPAA.Security- LambdaDLQ: The Lambda function is not configured with a dead-letter configuration - (Control ID: 164.312(b)). Notify the appropriate personnel through Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) or Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) when a function has failed.

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Alternatives • cfn_nag • General-purpose policy-as-code evaluation tool • https://github.com/stelligent/cfn_nag • cfn_guard • Leverages Control Tower proactive controls • Also available as a cdk (validatorplugin) plugin • https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-guard

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KICS - Keeping Infrastructure as Code Secure • Finds security vulnerabilities, compliance issues, and infrastructure misconfigurations early in the development cycle of your infrastructure-as-code. • Works with Cloudformation • Also supports Docker, Helm, Kubernetes, Pulumi, Terraform • https://github.com/Checkmarx/kics

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Categories • Access Control • Availability • Backup • Best Practices • Build Process • Encryption • Insecure Configurations • Insecure Defaults • Networking and Firewall • Observability • Resource Management • Secret Management • Structure and Semantics • Supply-Chain Reporting options • JSON • SARIF • Gitlab SAST • JUnit • SonarQube • HTML • PDF • CycloneDX • ASFF • CSV • Code Climate • CLI Report

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Alternatives • Terrascan • General-purpose static code analysis for Infrastructure as Code • https://github.com/tenable/terrascan • Checkov • General-purpose static code analysis for IaC and software composition analysis (SCA) • Also scans CI/CD pipeline best practices • https://github.com/bridgecrewio/checkov (By PrismaCloud)

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Prowler • Open-Source Security tool for AWS (Azure/GCP) • Cloud Security best practices assessments, audits, incident response, compliance, continuous monitoring, hardening and forensics readiness • Integrates with AWS Security Hub • https://github.com/prowler-cloud/prowler

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Infracost.io • Integrates directly with VS Code • Calculates Cloud Costs based on Terraform (IaC) • Catch costly typos • https://github.com/infracost/infracost

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Infracost.io CI/CD • Direct integration into source control systems or CI/CD • Review cost impact with the team alongside security and code quality • Shows the cost impact of the specific change

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CDK Monitoring Constructs • Easy-to-use CDK constructs for monitoring your AWS infrastructure • Supports a variety of different services • Easily define dashboards, widget and alarms for important metrics https://github.com/cdklabs/cdk-monitoring-constructs

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Summary • Engineering productitivy: • AWS CDK • Localstack + Testcontainers • AI Coding assistents (CodeWhisperer, Amazon Q, Github Co-Pilot, etc..) • Conversational AI / GenAI • Security & Compliance • CDK NAG • KICS • Prowler • Cost Management & Observability • infracosts.io • cdk-monitoring-constructs

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