Lambda layers and runtime API are two new feature of AWS Lambda which open up fun possibilities for customizing the Lambda runtime and enable decreased duplication of code across Lambda functions. Layers lets you package up a set of files and include them in multiple functions. Runtime API provides an API for interacting with the Lambda service function lifecycle events which lets you be much more flexible about what you run in your Lambda.

AWS’s announcement of Lambda Layers means big things for those of us using serverless in production. The creation of set components that can be included with any number of Lambdas means you no longer have to zip up your application code and all its dependencies each time you deploy a serverless stack. This allows you to include dependencies that are much more bespoke to your particular serverless environment.

Raise your hand if you’re a believer in DevOps—thank you, I see that hand. As a former organizer of devopsdays Toronto (2014 – 2016), you could say that I drank the Kool-Aid early on. But thanks to the outstanding research of the DevOps Research Association (DORA) and numerous State of DevOps reports before it, DevOps culture is much less of a religious battle than it has been in the past.

Today at Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent we announced some new applications and integrations with popular AWS services, including the newly-released AWS Security Hub, AWS WAF and AWS Aurora for MySQL and PostgresSQL.

We have been doing a little tidying up around here, giving the website a small facelift. Our contributors have not rested with, with more pack updates including NetBox, PagerDuty, Atlassian Crowd and InfluxDB. Here’s the details.

In this tutorial, we will walk through using Rancher to deploy and scale Jenkins on top of Kubernetes. By following steps from this article, you will create a fully functional installation of Jenkins with a master-agent architecture that we use to test real build jobs.

At Taloflow, our customers know that we are a trusted source for optimizing cloud costs and performance. Today, AWS announced that they agree. Taloflow is excited to share that we are now an AWS Technology Partner in the Advanced Tier. In order to meet the qualifications, Taloflow proved its focus on customer success and clients’ business objectives, our deep expertise of AWS, and our unique position to successfully help any enterprise in their journey to the cloud.