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Amazon Web Services releases and Terraform AWS provider.
- AWS What's New infraawsengineerautomotive ·
Amazon EVS Doubles Host Limit to 32 per Environment
Amazon Elastic VMware Service (EVS) now supports up to 32 ESXi hosts per environment, a doubling of the previous limit. This change allows for larger, more consolidated VMware Cloud Foundation domains, reducing operational overhead for managing multiple environments. The update is available across all EVS regions and benefits users needing to scale their VMware deployments on AWS.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineer ·
AWS SAM CLI Adds CloudFormation Language Extensions Support
AWS SAM CLI now supports CloudFormation Language Extensions, allowing developers to define reusable resource templates locally. This eliminates the need to choose between reducing IaC duplication and using SAM CLI's local development workflow, accelerating iteration and reducing debugging time by processing extensions in memory. Developers working with serverless applications on AWS and utilizing SAM CLI for local development will benefit from this update.
feature - AWS What's New dataawsgaengineerhealthcare ·
Amazon Redshift adds ALTER TABLE and writes for Iceberg tables
Amazon Redshift now supports writing directly to Apache Iceberg tables via AWS Glue Data Catalog and can modify Iceberg table schemas using ALTER TABLE DDL statements. This streamlines data pipelines by enabling in-place schema modifications, reducing complexity and latency previously associated with updating Iceberg table structures. The new capabilities benefit engineers and architects working with federated data lakes, particularly those using Iceberg tables with AWS Lake Formation.
feature - AWS What's New awsmedia ·
Amazon ECS integrates with EBS volumes in AWS GovCloud Regions
Amazon ECS now supports Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes in AWS GovCloud Regions, simplifying deployment for storage-intensive applications. This feature allows direct configuration of EBS volume attributes and snapshot usage within ECS task definitions, enabling enhanced data management and performance for workloads like ETL and media transcoding.
feature - AWS What's New mlawsengineer ·
SageMaker Studio supports GPU capacity reservation via Flexible Training Plans
Amazon SageMaker Studio now supports GPU capacity reservations for its IDEs using Flexible Training Plans (FTP). This feature provides predictable access to high-performance compute resources and can reduce costs by up to 65% compared to on-demand instances. Affected users are developers and ML engineers working within SageMaker Studio who require consistent access to GPUs for their workloads.
feature - AWS What's New securityinfraawsengineer ·
AWS Secrets Manager Agent Adds Pre-fetching and IAM Role Assumption
AWS Secrets Manager Agent now supports pre-fetching secrets at startup and assuming IAM roles for retrieval. Pre-fetching reduces application startup latency and optimizes costs by using the BatchGetSecretValue API, while IAM role assumption enables secure cross-account secret access. These features enhance security and reduce operational overhead for developers managing secrets.
feature - AWS What's New observabilityawsengineer ·
CloudWatch Logs increases query result limit to 100,000
Amazon CloudWatch Logs now allows retrieving up to 100,000 results per query using the Logs Insights query language, up from the previous limit of 10,000. This change enables users to analyze larger datasets directly and utilize features like pattern matching and visualization on the full result set without splitting queries. The GetQueryResults API has also been updated to support pagination, affecting engineers and architects working with log data.
feature - Azure Updates awsazuregaengineer ·
Azure Blob Storage SDK for Rust reaches General Availability
The Azure Blob Storage SDK for Rust is now generally available, enabling developers to interact with Azure Blob Storage from Rust applications. This SDK supports core operations like uploading, downloading, and listing blobs, providing Rust developers with direct access to this foundational Azure storage service.
feature patch - Azure Updates securityawsazuregaengineer ·
Azure Files SMB now supports Managed Identity authentication (GA)
Azure Files SMB now supports Managed Identities, allowing applications to authenticate using Entra-issued tokens instead of static credentials. This enhances security by aligning with Zero Trust principles and eliminates the need to manage account keys.
feature patch - Google Cloud release notes securityinfraawsgcpgapreviewsecurity-advisoryengineerenergy ·
GCP May 2026 Updates: Backup, KMS, Load Balancing, GKE, Spanner
Google Cloud has released several updates across its services, including backup and DR enhancements, general availability for Cloud KMS metrics, new variables for Application Load Balancers, and support for concurrent node pool upgrades in GKE. These changes aim to improve performance, security, and flexibility for various workloads, impacting engineers and architects managing cloud infrastructure.
feature patch security announcement - Terraform AWS Provider Releases terraforminfraawsengineer ·
Terraform AWS Provider v6.45.0: New Observability and SecurityHub resources
This release of the Terraform AWS Provider introduces several new resources for AWS Observability and Security Hub, along with enhancements for Lambda functions and Secrets Manager. These updates allow engineers to manage new AWS capabilities, improve Lambda runtime support, and streamline secret version management, impacting users of these specific AWS services managed via Terraform.
feature patch - HashiCorp Blog bloginfraawsdeprecationengineer ·
Terraform 1.15: Dynamic sources, variable deprecation, Windows ARM64
Terraform 1.15 introduces several updates including dynamic module sources and Windows ARM64 builds. It also deprecates certain variable usage and adds S3 AWS login capabilities. These changes aim to improve flexibility and maintainability for users managing infrastructure as code.
deprecation feature patch - Google Cloud release notes aisecurityawsgcpgapreviewsecurity-advisoryengineer ·
Google Cloud updates: BigQuery, Cloud Workstations, COS, Gemini
Google Cloud's latest updates include a billing label change for BigQuery Data Transfer Service, enhanced workstation authorization URLs in Cloud Workstations, and an LTS refresh for Container Optimized OS with numerous security fixes. Gemini Enterprise sees GA for its Box data store integration and an Early Access program for the Gemini Distillation Service is launching. These changes affect BigQuery users, Cloud Workstations administrators, COS users, and those leveraging Gemini Enterprise.
patch security feature announcement - Terraform AWS Provider Releases terraforminfraawsengineer ·
Terraform AWS Provider v6.44.0: New resources, DynamoDB index no longer experimental
Terraform AWS Provider version 6.44.0 introduces several new resources, including data sources for AWS Glue Catalog and list resources for various services. The `aws_dynamodb_global_secondary_index` resource is now out of experimental status and subject to backwards compatibility guarantees. These updates provide Terraform users with expanded capabilities for managing AWS infrastructure.
feature patch - Azure Updates awsazuregaengineer ·
Azure Elastic SAN supports AVS Gen2 Private Cloud
Azure Elastic SAN now offers support for AVS Gen2 Private Cloud, simplifying connectivity and improving performance. This new integration eliminates the need for an ExpressRoute gateway and requires only a single Private Endpoint for configuration.
feature patch - Google Cloud release notes infraawsazuregcppreviewengineergovernment ·
Google Cloud Config Connector 1.149.1, VMware Engine, and SecOps updates
Google Cloud released Config Connector version 1.149.1 with new alpha resources for load balancing and parameter management, alongside updates for GKE Data Cache and controlled CR reconciliation. Additionally, the VMware Engine ve2 node type is now available in Europe, and Google SecOps has updated its list of supported default parsers. These updates affect users managing Google Cloud resources via Config Connector, those utilizing VMware Engine, and SecOps users integrating various security log sources.
feature patch announcement - Terraform AWS Provider Releases terraforminfraawsdeprecationengineer ·
Terraform AWS Provider v6.43.0: New resources and bug fixes
This release of the Terraform AWS Provider introduces several new data sources and resources, including those for AWS Security Hub and EC2 Network Insights. Enhancements focus on resource identity support across various services and an update for AWS Bedrock Agent Core. A notable bug fix addresses plan-time errors with CloudWatch metric alarms, and improvements were made to ECS Express Gateway Service error handling. This update impacts users managing AWS infrastructure via Terraform.
feature patch - HashiCorp Blog bloginfraawsengineer ·
HashiCorp Vault and Boundary for Scalable SSH Access
HashiCorp has updated its approach to building scalable, role-based SSH access using SSH certificates, Vault, and Boundary. This solution is designed for modern hybrid and multi-cloud environments, enhancing security and manageability for accessing infrastructure.
feature - Terraform Core Releases terraforminfraawsdeprecationengineer ·
Terraform 1.15.0 adds Windows ARM64 builds and variable support in module sources
Terraform v1.15.0 introduces builds for Windows ARM64 and allows variables and locals in module source and version attributes. It also adds a `deprecated` attribute for variables and outputs, enabling better lifecycle management for configurations. These changes benefit engineers managing diverse environments and complex module dependencies by providing more flexibility and clearer deprecation signals.
feature patch deprecation - OpenAI News aiawsengineer ·
OpenAI Models, Codex, and Managed Agents Available on AWS
OpenAI's GPT models, Codex, and Managed Agents are now accessible on AWS. This integration allows enterprises to develop and deploy AI applications securely within their existing AWS infrastructure.
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