Rowan Udell

AWS, Serverless, Code, and Security

Edge Bundling Security Groups Redux

You can now visualise your own EC2 security groups [https://rowanu.github.io/security-groups-edge-bundling/] using edge bundling - No scripts, no downloads! This small web application takes an AWS access key id and secret access key to make requests against

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A last minute guide to re:Invent

I'm fortunate enough to be heading back to AWS re:Invent [https://reinvent.awsevents.com/] this year. If tickets aren't sold out by the time you read this, they will be soon. Here's a

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Getting Started with AWS SAM Local

The AWS blog gave me a very pleasant surprise the other day: AWS SAM Local [https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-aws-sam-local-beta-build-and-test-serverless-applications-locally/] is in public beta. It's a golang CLI project that's distributed via NPM [https:

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Real World Serverless Application Examples

UPDATED: Added examples from submissions. I love seeing real-world serverless applications. This post is a collection of the best examples, break-downs, and deep-dive articles and videos I've come across recently: * MyCrypto.tools [https://medium.com/@tunatore/how-mycrypto-tools-uses-aws-lambda-serverless-architecture-b5603df10443] is

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Redirects in Serverless

Now that the Lambda Proxy Integration [http://docs.aws.amazon.com/apigateway/latest/developerguide/integrating-api-with-aws-services-lambda.html] is a thing for API GW [https://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/], performing redirects is a much simpler - and more sane - thing to

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I'm Writing a Book about AWS!

A few months ago I was approached to write a book about AWS for Packt Publishing [https://www.packtpub.com]. I'm pleased to announce that the AWS Administration Cookbook [https://www.packtpub.com/virtualization-and-cloud/aws-administration-cookbook] is mostly written,

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