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Issue #221 - Concurrent Terraform Init, IaC Ownership, Blue/Green Deployments with AWS CodeDeploy, Upgrade AWS EKS to 1.32, EKS Demo App, Serverless Certificates

April 16, 2025

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AWS News (unofficial) 🔥

I recommend this project by Luc van Donkersgoed (fellow AWS Hero) to help you keep track of AWS news and blogs in one place. See what's hot, read summaries, search, set bookmarks and ratings, and categorize articles with tags.

aws-news.com

Articles 📚

Speeding up Terraform caching with OverlayFS

Ricard Bejarano describes the workaround for the problem of the Terraform plugin cache not supporting concurrent inits. AB: This could be a good speed-up for large deployments.

www.bejarano.io/terraform-overlayfs

IaC Ownership - Tag-based approach

Dan Abramov explored IaC-generated identity ownership, explaining the challenges of scaling tagging approaches. Although he chose other solutions due to their complexity, tagging remains a useful strategy for DevOps teams to trace IaC-created identities and improve troubleshooting.

www.token.security/blog/iac-ownership---tag-based-approach

Blue/Green Deployment with AWS CodeDeploy & GitHub Actions

Priyankar Prasad walks through setting up blue-green deployments using AWS CodeDeploy and GitHub Actions to ensure zero-downtime updates. The guide highlights configuring deployment groups, using AppSpec files, and automating releases for safer, rollback-ready deployments.

medium.com/@priyankar9805/blue-green-deployment-with-aws-codedeploy-github-actions-6f47cc6cfdde

Migrating Amazon EKS from 1.29 to 1.32: A Step-by-Step Guide

Anthony Charrier shares a step-by-step guide on migrating Amazon EKS clusters from version 1.29 to 1.32, detailing preparation, upgrade execution, and validation steps. He emphasizes careful version planning, updating add-ons, and testing workloads to ensure a smooth and reliable upgrade process.

medium.com/doctrine/migrating-amazon-eks-from-1-29-to-1-32-a-step-by-step-guide-78e742d7dcdc

Open-Source projects

setheliot/eks_demo

Deploys complete EKS cluster including Persistent Storage, Load Balancer, and demo app.

github.com/setheliot/eks_demo/tree/main

serverless-ca/terraform-aws-ca

Terraform module for serverless certificate authority on AWS

github.com/serverless-ca/terraform-aws-ca

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