Tech Insights
31
Mar
Automating .NET Framework deployments with AWS CodePipeline to Elastic Beanstalk
When it comes to Windows CI/CD pipeline people immediately start thinking about tools like Jenkins, Octopus, or Azure DevOps, and don't...
03
Mar
Data Archiving utilising Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow
We assisted a Fintech client to minimize its storage cost by archiving its data from RDS (MySQL) to S3 using an automated batch process...
17
Feb
What is the Real Cost of a Data Breach in 2022?
Did Data Breaches increase in 2021?
One of the biggest changes that occurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic is the way in whic...
11
Feb
Data Dependency
The Importance of Data Dependency
Why not investing in data platforms is setting your company up for disaster.
Companies with leg...
13
Jan
Using DbT and Redshift to provide efficient Quicksight reports
TL;DR:
Using Redshift as a Data Warehouse to integrate data from AWS Pinpoint, AWS DynamoDB, Microsoft Dynamics 365 and other extern...
27
Aug
Launching Amazon FSx for Windows File Server and Joining a Self-managed Domain using Terraform
TL;DR:
The github repo with all scripts are here.
Because of specific requirements, reasons, or preferences, some customers need ...
09
Aug
AWS OpenTelemetry for centralised observability in a multi-account architecture
As a cloud consulting company, we at DNX work directly with many Fintechs and SaaS companies using AWS.
Many of these companies ...
26
Jul
How to deploy an ALB + ASG + EC2 using AWS CDK and TypeScript
Have you heard about Cloud Development Kit or CDK?
What is AWS CDK?
The AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK), lets you define your clou...
03
Jun
Using taints and tolerations in EKS to run machine learning pods on GPU nodes
One of our clients uses EKS and they had a problem: running machine learning pods on a special Kubernetes node group that has GPU nod...
15
Feb
How to use Apache Airflow CLI with Amazon MWAA
Photo by John Schnoon on Unsplash
Amazon MWAA (Managed Workflow for Apache Airflow) was released by AWS at the end of 2020. This b...
12
Feb
Migrating an on-premise Cpanel to AWS
The Challenge
If you don’t know Cpanel, think of it as an all-in-one open-source box. Cpanel is a powerful hosting server with bui...
14
Jan
Mirroring Docker Hub with AWS Public ECR
Mirroring Docker Hub with AWS Public ECR
On December 1, 2020, Amazon announced ECR Public and ECR Public Gallery.
We at DNX Sol...
02
Dec
ARM vs Intel – A real-world comparison using EC2
With the recent move from Apple to ARM-based CPUs, everyone seems to be in awe of the performance of the ARM-based Apple M1s.
As a c...
01
Sep
Let’s talk about NodeJS Promises, I promise it wont’ be long
Let’s talk about NodeJS Promises, I promise it won't be long
Serverless architectures are becoming very popular nowadays and NodeJ...
27
Aug
RDS secrets rotation and ECS update
As every solution comes from a challenge or problem. Engineers love to solve problems and problem-solving requires creativity and kno...
16
Aug
Understanding CPU credit balances on AWS services: EC2 and RDS
Since Amazon released the “t2” instance class for EC2, a problem I noticed that happens more frequently than it should is lack of an ...
13
Aug
DNX Tech Update: June-July
DNX Tech Update: June-July
As part of our routine, we invest heavily in improving our open source stack and making sure know...
14
Jul
An unexpected journey from SAP consultant to AWS cloud architect
An unexpected journey from SAP consultant to AWS cloud architect
It has been three months since I decided to completely resh...
30
Jun
AWS Amplify: Create Custom Resolvers Programmatically (to fetch data from AWS RDS databases)
AWS Amplify is an amazing open-source project from AWS that helps you build secure, scalable mobile and web applications.
In this po...
25
Jun
Upgrade Elasticsearch from 2.3 to 7.4
Photo by Marten Newhall on Unsplash
Sometimes it is common just to deploy a Elasticsearch domain at AWS and forget to keep i...