2/18/2025, 12:00:00 AM ~ 2/19/2025, 12:00:00 AM (UTC)

Recent Announcements

Amazon EC2 R6a instances now available in Canada (Central)

Starting today, the memory-optimized Amazon EC2 R6a instances are now available in Canada (Central) region. R6a instances are powered by third-generation AMD EPYC processors, and deliver up to 35% better price performance than comparable R5a instances. These instances offer 10% lower cost than comparable x86-based EC2 instances.\n With this additional region, R6a instances are available in the following AWS Regions: US East (Northern Virginia, Ohio), US West (Oregon, N. California), Asia Pacific (Mumbai, Hyderabad, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo), Canada (Central), and Europe (Frankfurt, Ireland). These instances can be purchased as Savings Plans, Reserved, On-Demand, and Spot instances. To get started, visit the AWS Management Console, AWS Command Line Interface (CLI), and AWS SDKs. To learn more, visit the R6a instances pages.

AWS WAF enhances Data Protection and logging experience

AWS WAF expands its Data Protection capabilities with new controls for sensitive data in logs. In addition, we have updated the Logging configuration console experience, making it easier for customer to select the optimal logging option.\n Data Protection works together with existing Logging Redaction and Filtering features. You can select which protection method to use based on your use case and where you need to apply the controls. When configured, selected request log fields can be replaced with cryptographic hashes (e.g. ‘ade099751d2ea9f3393f0f’) or a predefined static string (‘REDACTED’) before logs are sent to WAF Sample Logs, Amazon Security Lake, CloudWatch, or other logging destinations. This centralized approach is designed to simplify the management of data and reduces the risk of accidental exposure. In addition, we simplified the WAF console experience for managing logging configurations. Customers can now view all available logging options and select their preferred settings in a simple unified experience. This feature is available in all AWS Regions and endpoints where AWS WAF is available. To learn more, see the AWS WAF developer guide. There is no additional cost for using this feature, however standard AWS WAF charges still apply. For details, visit the AWS WAF Pricing page. To use the new Data Protection feature, simply navigate to your Web ACL ‘Logging and metrics’ section in the AWS WAF console and choose the desired data protection option. Existing logging configurations will remain unchanged. For more information about the Data Protection, visit AWS documentation.

Amplify Hosting announces support for IAM roles for server-side rendered (SSR) applications

We’re excited to announce the launch of IAM compute roles for AWS Amplify Hosting, enabling secure connections to other AWS resources from server-side rendered applications. This allows developers to integrate their SSR applications with AWS services while maintaining robust security practices.\n Use Cases Unlocked:

Secure credential management for SSR applications

Direct integration with AWS services like Secrets Manager and Parameter Store

Support for database connections (RDS, DynamoDB)

Granular permission controls

Branch-specific role configurations

This feature is available in all 20 AWS Amplify Hosting regions: US East (Ohio), US East (N. Virginia), US West (N. California), US West (Oregon), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Osaka) Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Canada (Central), Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (Stockholm), Europe (Milan), Europe (Ireland), Europe (London), Europe (Paris), Middle East (Bahrain) and South America (São Paulo).

To learn more, read the documentation. To get started with a tutorial, check out our blog post.

AWS Storage Gateway is now available in AWS Mexico (Central) Region

AWS Storage Gateway expands availability to the AWS Mexico (Central) Region enabling customers to deploy and manage hybrid cloud storage for their on-premises workloads.\n AWS Storage Gateway is a hybrid cloud storage service that provides on-premises applications access to virtually unlimited storage in the cloud. You can use AWS Storage Gateway for backing up and archiving data to AWS, providing on-premises file shares backed by cloud storage, and providing on-premises applications low latency access to data in the cloud. Visit the AWS Storage Gateway product page to learn more. Access the AWS Storage Gateway console to get started. To see all the Regions where AWS Storage Gateway is available, please visit the AWS Region table.

Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB Adds Read Replica support

Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB now supports Read Replicas, enabling customers to scale their read operations across multiple instances and Availability Zones. Customers can activate a Read Replica via the AWS Marketplace from the Timestream AWS Management Console while creating a Timestream for InfluxDB instance.\n Adding Read Replicas allow customers to support higher read throughput by distributing read requests across multiple database instances while maintaining a single write endpoint. This helps customers meet the demands of read-intensive workloads, such as real-time analytics and monitoring applications, and improve application performance and availability. Customers can create a Multi-AZ Read Replica cluster with just a few clicks in the AWS Management Console. Support for Timestream for InfluxDB Read Replicas is available the following Timestream for InfluxDB Regions: US East (Ohio), US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Canada (Central), Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (Ireland), Europe (London), Europe (Milan), Europe (Paris), and Europe (Stockholm). To learn more about Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB, please refer to our user guide. You can create a Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB Read Replicas cluster from the Amazon Timestream console, AWS Command line Interface (CLI), or SDK, and AWS CloudFormation. To learn more about the Read Replica Cluster for Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB, visit the product page, documentation, and pricing page.

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