Amazon SNS Notification Is Now Available for Amazon IP Ranges Updates

You can now subscribe to Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) notifications for changes of AWS’ IP address ranges. We publish the IP address ranges for AWS and specific services, like Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon CloudFront, and Amazon Route 53 in a JSON file. You can use these ranges to update your firewalls or Read more about Amazon SNS Notification Is Now Available for Amazon IP Ranges Updates[…]

3 Ways to Securely Browse the Internet with OpenVPN on Debian 8

Introduction Reasons for browsing the Internet with more privacy vary as much as the ways to achieve it. In this tutorial we will explain in detail how to set up a virtual private network (VPN) on a server so it secures three important components of your Internet browsing experience: Privatize your web traffic by securing Read more about 3 Ways to Securely Browse the Internet with OpenVPN on Debian 8[…]

Simplify Resource Discovery with Enhanced AWS Config Console

AWS Config is a fully managed service that gives you an inventory of your AWS resources, notifies you when the configurations of your resources change, and lets you audit the history of the configurations for those resources. You can now discover your active and deleted AWS resources recorded by AWS Config by simply specifying resource Read more about Simplify Resource Discovery with Enhanced AWS Config Console[…]

Mobile SDK for Xamarin is Now Generally Available

We are concluding the Developer Preview for the AWS Mobile SDK for Xamarin and making it Generally Available. The AWS Mobile SDK for Xamarin makes it easier for you to deliver cross-platform iOS, Android, and Windows applications created with Xamarin that leverage AWS Services. With AWS Mobile SDK for Xamarin, you can simply connect your Read more about Mobile SDK for Xamarin is Now Generally Available[…]

Introducing sample apps and test scripts for AWS Device Farm; get started faster with automated app testing in the cloud

Now you can get started faster with AWS Device Farm and test your apps on real devices in the AWS Cloud. Leverage the sample Android app and scripts to create tests specific to your app, or take them out-of-box to learn more about automation best practices and AWS Device Farm. The tests you create can Read more about Introducing sample apps and test scripts for AWS Device Farm; get started faster with automated app testing in the cloud[…]

Estimate the Cost of Your Predictions in Amazon Machine Learning

You can now estimate the cost of your Amazon Machine Learning (Amazon ML) predictions through the AWS Management Console prior to requesting the predictions. For batch predictions, the Create Batch Prediction wizard will display a cost estimate based on the data source you selected. For real-time predictions, you will now have visibility into the hourly Read more about Estimate the Cost of Your Predictions in Amazon Machine Learning[…]

How To Use Mytop to Monitor MySQL Performance

Introduction Mytop is an open source, command line tool used for monitoring MySQL performance. It was inspired by the Linux system monitoring tool named top and is similar to it in look and feel. Mytop connects to a MySQL server and periodically runs the show processlist and show global status commands. It then summarizes the Read more about How To Use Mytop to Monitor MySQL Performance[…]

AWS OpsWorks for Windows announces support for custom AutoScaling, custom AMIs and Microsoft SQL Server AMIs

AWS OpsWorks for Windows now supports custom AutoScaling based on Amazon CloudWatch Alarms and custom AMIs. Amazon CloudWatch alarms can be used as thresholds for AWS OpsWorks Automatic Load-based Scaling. For example, you can use ‘Disk Reads’ or ‘Network In’ as metrics to scale up or down your load-based instances. Custom AMI support gives you Read more about AWS OpsWorks for Windows announces support for custom AutoScaling, custom AMIs and Microsoft SQL Server AMIs[…]