During mid of October, AWS released the AWS Parameters and Secrets Lambda Extension. It makes it easier to retrieve parameters or secrets from the Systems Manager Parameter Store or AWS Secrets Manager. As the lambda function makes requests to different AWS services, we need to adjust the execution role. You...
Introduction Infrastructure as code (IaC) is defined as the process of managing and provisioning components in a data center through machine-readable definition files. Usually, JSON or YAML files. In our cloud environments, we want to automatically deploy code to new regions and centrally manage it in a version control system....
The bigger our cloud environments are getting, the harder it is to manage all security alerts and vulnerabilities of our workloads and services. For this purpose, we can utilize a tool called Security information and event management (SIEM), which provide real-time analysis of security alerts. AWS offers the service OpenSearch...
Update: AWS is constantly adding new modules to its Lambda functions. Those can be added via layers. Before creating custom layers, as outlined in this article, I recommend checking the AWS layers. Navigate to your Lambda function and choose Add Layer at the bottom of the page. Afterward, you can...
