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Infrastructure as Code for Containers

This deck was part of a builder session at AWS re:Invent 2019. It introduces the basics of AWS CDK, what it is and why you might consider using it.

Dec 4, 2019 - 1 min read
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Announcing the Amazon ECS CLI v2

Launch blog for the Amazon ECS CLI v2, with a basic walkthrough of new functionality. Article published during re:Invent 2019 on the official AWS container blog

Dec 3, 2019 - Official AWS Blog
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AWS CDK + AWS App Mesh demo

Created a demo application that combines AWS CDK and AWS App Mesh. It has a custom construct you can use to easily launch an Amazon ECS service that is part of a mesh

Oct 18, 2019 - GitHub
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Develop a Web App Using Amazon ECS and AWS Cloud Development Kit

I presented an AWS Tech Talk on the benefits of building with AWS Cloud Development Kit, then showed some of the higher level constructs and tooling that AWS CDK offers for containerized applications, and finished off with a live demo.

Sep 26, 2019 - 56 min watch
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AWS Summit New York: Build Your First Containerized App with AWS CDK

This super fun AWS Launchpad session streamed live on Twitch at the New York AWS Summit. I got to talk about the new AWS Cloud Development Kit with Uttara Sridar, Nicki Stone, and Brandon West:

Jul 29, 2019 - 19 min watch
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AWS Summit New York: Testing Containers Locally with Amazon ECS Local Endpoints and Docker Compose

This was a fun AWS launchpad with Uttara Sridar, about new local development features for Amazon ECS. I did a live demo of a local development process for vending IAM roles to the AWS SDK in your local containers, similarly to how the ECS task IAM roles get vended to containers running in production.

Jul 29, 2019 - 21 min watch
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Container Office Hours: Building a container CI/CD Pipeline

In this episode I build a CI/CD pipeline that builds and updates my live containerized application, with just a Git push. I ran into a few issues during this episode, but that just makes it all the more fun!

Jun 5, 2019 - 1 hr 4 min watch
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Container Office Hours: Build your first image

In this episode Brent Langston and I sit down and walk through building a first Docker container image, including optimizing it! Enjoy!

May 16, 2019 - 1 hr 2 min watch
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Container Office Hours: Developing a Container App with AWS Cloud Development Kit

Containers are a powerful tool for packaging your application and running it in the cloud. In this session I took a look at the Amazon Cloud Development Kit and used it to build and deploy a container application:

May 9, 2019 - 1 hr 1 min watch