No Binaries in the Codebase
Binary data shouldn't be a part of the codebase. This is pretty well-known practice. But how to proceed when we do need binaries in our codebase, for instance as test data?
Product Releasing Pipeline in AWS
Continuous delivery (CD) brings a lot of ideas essential for a modern software product deployment. In this article we discuss how to follow CD principles by building CD pipelines with an example in AWS.
How to Manage AWS CloudFormation Stack Dependencies
Automated infrastructure (Infrastructure as Code) is essential to succeed (not only) in the cloud. AWS provides its own service for managing resource stacks: AWS CloudFormation. What are the options to manage dependencies between stacks, how to use them and which pros & cons they have?
Challenges for Serverless Blue-Green Deployment
I already blogged about the serverless blue-green development some time ago. I used it in practice a lot with very promising results. But there are challenges as well.
Lesson Learned: Principles of Serverless Development
After some time of developing serverless systems (especially on AWS) I take a look back and try to summarize what I have learned so far.
Serverless Blue-Green Deployment
Blue-Green Deployment is a very good technique which has been successfully used for managing releases of cloud applications. Now it's time to rethink it a bit for serverless systems.
Rollback and Microservices
Thinking about a deployment strategy for a microservices-based system it's natural to consider a rollback. Before looking for a technical solution, let's discuss this idea conceptually. Is it even possible to roll microservices back?
Secure Communication between Services in Multitenant Systems
Implementing a SaaS as a multitenant system brings a lot of benefits. As usual, there are some tradeoffs, too. For example security becomes more complex. Let's take a look at possible approaches when implementing security in a multitenant architectrure.
Multiple LDAP Servers Integration
When an administative solution (like Global Catalog) is not possible or wanted and we have to integrate more LDAP servers under one hood there is a simple way how to do it with MyVirtualDirectory.
Meaning of Queues and Topics in AWS
Queues and topics are standard communication channels in messaging systems.
How to use then in AWS, for example to implement the Competing Consumers pattern?