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Fine-Tuning 14B SLMs for 3GPP Root Cause Analysis on Amazon SageMaker

sigitp — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:45:24 +0000

Can fine-tuned small language models (SLMs) match frontier foundation models on automated root cause analysis of 5G core network logs? I built a benchmark to find out, using Amazon SageMaker Training Jobs as the primary compute.

The project: sagemaker-finetuning-telco-slm

The Problem

When something goes wrong in a 5G SA core network, NOC engineers sift through 3GPP protocol logs (NAS, NGAP, RRC) to identify the root cause. These logs are noisy — a single UPF degradation can trigger cascading heartbeat timeouts, keepalive failures, and secondary alarms. Separating the actual root cause from sympathetic noise is time-consuming and error-prone.

The question: can we automate this with language models?

The Approach

I benchmarked three fine-tuned 14B-class SLMs against two frontier models (Claude and Amazon Nova Pro) across 1,000 synthetic 3GPP failure scenarios covering 8 failure types: core network failure, authentication failure, handover failure, congestion, QoS violation, transport jitter, radio failure, and normal (no fault).

Fine-Tuned SLMs

Mistral-Nemo-Base-2407 (12B) — QLoRA 4-bit on 1× A10G (ml.g5.2xlarge)
Qwen3-14B — QLoRA 4-bit on 4× A10G (ml.g5.12xlarge)
Gemma 3 12B — QLoRA 4-bit on 1× A10G (ml.g5.2xlarge)

Frontier Models (via Amazon Bedrock)

Claude 4.6 Opus — zero-shot, 5-shot, and 5-shot + Chain-of-Thought
Amazon Nova Pro — same three prompting strategies

Training on SageMaker

All fine-tuning used Amazon SageMaker Training Jobs — no instance provisioning, no SSH, no manual teardown. You provide a training script and an S3 dataset path, specify the instance type, and SageMaker handles the rest.

The training data: 1,300 synthetic 3GPP signaling logs generated via Amazon Bedrock, each labeled with ground-truth root cause error codes across the 8 failure types.

Why QLoRA 4-bit for all three models?

All three 12B–14B models exceed the 24GB A10G VRAM limit when loaded in BF16 with training overhead. For example, Mistral-Nemo at BF16 is ~24GB for weights alone — zero headroom for activations, gradients, or optimizer states. QLoRA compresses weights to 4-bit (~6GB), leaving ~18GB for training.

Qwen3-14B additionally needs 4× GPUs because its larger architecture generates heavier activations and optimizer states during training, pushing peak memory to 60–80GB.

Training Results

Model	Instance	Time	Final Loss	Avg Loss
Mistral-Nemo	ml.g5.2xlarge (1× A10G)	~41 min	1.035	1.359
Qwen3-14B	ml.g5.12xlarge (4× A10G)	~93 min	0.605	0.582
Gemma 3 12B	ml.g5.2xlarge (1× A10G)	~87 min	5.144	4.920

All three completed 325 steps (2 epochs over 1,300 examples). Training cost ranged from ~$1.31 (Mistral-Nemo) to ~$11.78 (Qwen3-14B on the larger instance).

Note: loss scales are not directly comparable across models due to different tokenizers and vocabulary sizes. The real comparison comes from the evaluation metrics (F1, precision, recall).

Key Takeaways

SageMaker Training Jobs simplify GPU fine-tuning — no instance management, automatic artifact upload to S3, and you only pay for the training time.
QLoRA 4-bit is essential for 12B–14B models on A10G GPUs — even models that "technically fit" in BF16 will OOM during training due to activation and optimizer overhead.
Synthetic data works for bootstrapping — Bedrock-generated 3GPP logs provide a viable starting point. Real operator data would be the next step for production validation.
A deterministic post-processing filter is critical — stripping sympathetic noise (heartbeat timeouts, keepalives) from model outputs before scoring ensures fair comparison across all models.

Architecture

The full pipeline runs on AWS managed services:

Amazon Bedrock — synthetic data generation + frontier model evaluation
Amazon SageMaker Training Jobs — QLoRA fine-tuning of all three SLMs
Amazon S3 — dataset storage, adapter weights, evaluation results
Amazon EC2 (alternative) — for interactive development and debugging

For production deployment, the fine-tuned SLMs can run on SageMaker Real-Time Endpoints, self-hosted EC2, or even AWS Outposts for on-premise telco edge deployments where data residency is required.

Try It

The full step-by-step guide, training scripts, and evaluation code are on GitHub:

👉 github.com/sigitp-git/sagemaker-finetuning-telco-slm

Disclaimer
https://sigit.cloud/disclaimer/

Build Scalable Agent with Strands and Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

sigitp — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:42:27 +0000

Building intelligent conversational agents that can maintain context, integrate with external tools, and scale to production workloads requires careful architectural decisions. This blog explores how we built a production-ready AWS DevOps agent using Strands framework and Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, demonstrating key patterns for scalable agent development.

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore is a complete set of capabilities to deploy and operate agents securely, at scale using any agentic framework and any LLM model. With it, developers can accelerate AI agents into production quickly, accelerating the business value timelines.

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore provides tools and capabilities to make agents more effective and capable, purpose-built infrastructure to securely scale agents, and controls to operate trustworthy agents.

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore capabilities are composable and work with popular open-source frameworks and any model, so you don’t have to choose between open-source flexibility and enterprise-grade security and reliability.

Strands Agents SDK

The Strands Agents SDK is an open source framework for building AI agents that emphasizes a model-driven approach. Instead of hardcoding complex task flows, Strands uses the reasoning abilities of modern large language models (LLMs) to handle planning and tool usage autonomously. Developers can create an agent with a prompt (defining the agent’s role or behavior) and a list of tools, and the LLM-powered agent will figure out how to chain its reasoning and invoke tools as needed. This dramatically simplifies agent development compared to traditional workflow-based frameworks.

Technical Architecture Deep Dive

The architecture implements several key patterns:

Event-Driven Memory: Every interaction generates events stored in AgentCore Memory with semantic embeddings for contextual retrieval.

Stateless Agent Core: The agent itself maintains no state, relying entirely on external memory and configuration services.

Gateway Abstraction: MCP protocol abstracts tool complexity, allowing the agent to focus on conversation flow while tools handle specialized operations.

Configuration as Code: All configuration stored in SSM Parameter Store with automatic resource discovery and creation.

Memory-First Architecture

Traditional chatbots lose context between sessions. We implemented persistent memory as a first-class citizen:

# Memory hooks automatically capture interactions
class DevOpsAgentMemoryHooks(MemoryHooks):
    def on_before_query(self, query: str, context: dict) -> dict:
        # Retrieve relevant context before processing
        return self.memory_client.retrieve_context(query)

    def on_after_response(self, query: str, response: str, context: dict):
        # Persist interaction for future sessions
        self.memory_client.create_event(query, response, context)

This approach enables the agent to remember user preferences, past conversations, and build contextual understanding over time.

MCP Gateway Integration Pattern

Instead of direct Lambda integration, we adopted MCP through Bedrock AgentCore Gateway:

# Clean separation: Agent focuses on conversation, tools handle operations
agent = BedrockAgentCoreApp(
    model_id="us.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-20250514-v1:0",
    memory_hooks=DevOpsAgentMemoryHooks(),
    gateway_config=gateway_config  # MCP tools via gateway
)

Benefits:

Decoupled Architecture: Lambda functions operate independently
Secure Authentication: JWT tokens and OAuth2 Client Credentials flow
Scalable Tool Access: New tools added without agent code changes
Production Ready: Built-in monitoring and error handling

Microservices Lambda Architecture

We demonstrate Lambda best practices with specialized functions:

lambda/
├── websearch/           # DuckDuckGo search integration
├── prometheus/          # Monitoring functions (4 specialized)
│   ├── lambda_query.py         # Instant queries 
│   ├── lambda_range_query.py   # Time series 
│   ├── lambda_list_metrics.py  # Discovery 
│   └── lambda_server_info.py   # Config 
└── eks/                # Kubernetes management functions

Each function follows single responsibility principle with right-sized resources and independent scaling, which can be further optimized based on your use cases.

Implementation Highlights

Multi Access Deployment

The agent supports four deployment modes:

Local CLI (agent.py): Interactive development with full feature access
Local Runtime (agent_runtime.py): HTTP API for testing production behavior
Streamlit Web UI (streamlit/streamlit_app.py): Modern web interface for end users
AgentCore Runtime: Containerized production deployment with auto-scaling

Authentication & Security

OAuth2 Client Credentials flow with Amazon Cognito provides secure service access:

# Secure token exchange for MCP gateway access
cognito_client = utils.get_cognito_client()
token_response = cognito_client.initiate_auth(
    AuthFlow='CLIENT_CREDENTIALS',
    AuthParameters={'SCOPE': 'gateway/invoke'}
)

Configuration Management

SSM Parameter Store centralizes configuration with automatic discovery:

# Self-configuring memory resources
memory_id = utils.get_ssm_parameter('/app/devopsagent/agentcore/memory_id')
if not memory_id:
    memory_resource = memory_client.create_memory_resource()
    utils.put_ssm_parameter('/app/devopsagent/agentcore/memory_id', memory_resource.id)

Streamlit Web Interface

A modern web UI provides user-friendly access to the agent through Streamlit:

class StreamlitAgentInterface:
    def invoke_agent(self, prompt, session_id=None):
        # Direct integration with AgentCore Runtime
        response = self.client.invoke_agent_runtime(
            agentRuntimeArn=agent_runtime_arn,
            runtimeSessionId=session_id,
            payload=json.dumps(payload).encode('utf-8')
        )
        return json.loads(response['response'].read())

Key Features:

Real-time Chat Interface: Interactive conversation with persistent sessions
AWS-Themed Styling: Professional UI with custom CSS and responsive design
Example Prompts: Pre-built queries for common DevOps scenarios
Session Management: New session creation and chat history clearing
Mobile-Friendly: Responsive design for various screen sizes
Direct Runtime Integration: No additional API layer required

Production Deployment

Containerized Runtime

ARM64-optimized Docker container deployed to AgentCore Runtime:

FROM public.ecr.aws/lambda/python:3.11-arm64
COPY requirements.txt agent_runtime.py utils.py ./
RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
CMD ["agent_runtime.lambda_handler"]

Performance Characteristics

Basic Queries: 4-5 seconds response time
Web Search: 30-60 seconds (external API dependent)
Memory Retrieval: <1 second with semantic search
Cold Start: Optimized with shared utilities pattern

Monitoring & Observability

Comprehensive logging and monitoring through CloudWatch:

# Structured logging for production debugging
logger.info("Processing query", extra={
    "session_id": session_id,
    "model": model_id,
    "tools_used": tools_used,
    "response_time": response_time
})

Lessons Learned

1. Memory as Infrastructure

Treating memory as infrastructure rather than an afterthought enables sophisticated conversational experiences. The agent learns user preferences and maintains context across sessions.

2. Gateway Pattern for Tools

MCP through AgentCore Gateway provides cleaner integration than direct Lambda invocation. This pattern scales better and provides better security isolation.

3. Right-Sized Functions

Breaking monolithic Lambda functions into specialized microservices (query vs. range query vs. metrics) improves performance and cost efficiency.

4. Configuration Automation

Self-configuring resources through SSM Parameter Store reduces deployment complexity and enables environment-specific configurations.

Results

The production deployment demonstrates:

✅ Cross-session memory with 100% persistence success rate
✅ Secure authentication with JWT tokens and OAuth2 flow
✅ Scalable tool integration through MCP gateway
✅ Production performance with 4-5s response times
✅ Microservices architecture with specialized Lambda functions
✅ Modern web interface with Streamlit providing user-friendly access
✅ Multi-modal deployment supporting CLI, web UI, and production runtime

Getting Started

The complete implementation is available on GitHub with comprehensive documentation, deployment scripts, and testing utilities. The project demonstrates production-ready patterns for building scalable conversational agents with persistent memory and secure tool integration.

Repository: aws-devops-strands-agentcore

This architecture provides a solid foundation for building sophisticated conversational agents that can maintain context, integrate with external services, and scale to production workloads while following AWS best practices for security and performance.

Building an AWS DevOps AI Agent with Strands SDK - using Kiro vibe sessions

sigitp — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 02:07:57 +0000

Introduction

Building intelligent AI agents for specialized domains requires careful architecture, robust error handling, and seamless integration of multiple data sources. This technical blog explores the complete build process of an AWS DevOps AI agent built with the Strands Agents framework, powered by Claude Sonnet 4 on AWS Bedrock, and enhanced with real-time web search and comprehensive AWS documentation access.

Architecture Overview

The agent follows a modular, production-ready architecture with clear separation of concerns:

┌─────────────────┐    ┌──────────────────┐    ┌─────────────────┐
│   CLI Interface │    │  Agent Core      │    │  Tool Ecosystem │
│                 │    │                  │    │                 │
│ • User Input    │◄──►│ • Claude Sonnet 4│◄──►│ • Web Search    │
│ • Tool Display  │    │ • Strands Agent  │    │ • AWS Docs MCP  │
│ • Error Handling│    │ • Context Mgmt   │    │ • AWS Knowledge │
└─────────────────┘    └──────────────────┘    │ • AWS EKS MCP   │
                                               └─────────────────┘
           ▲                       ▲                       ▲
           │                       │                       │
    ┌─────────────┐         ┌─────────────┐         ┌─────────────┐
    │Configuration│         │   Logging   │         │MCP Manager  │
    │& Validation │         │& Monitoring │         │& Lifecycle  │
    └─────────────┘         └─────────────┘         └─────────────┘

Core Technology Stack

Foundation Layer

Strands Agents Framework: Primary agent orchestration with enhanced architecture
AWS Bedrock: Claude Sonnet 4 model hosting (us.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-20250514-v1:0)
Python 3.10+: Runtime with full type hints and modern features

Integration Layer

Model Context Protocol (MCP): Real-time AWS service integration
DuckDuckGo SDK: Web search with timeout protection
uvx/uv: Python package manager for MCP server execution

AWS Services

AWS Bedrock: Model hosting in us-east-1 region
AWS IAM: Authentication and authorization
AWS EKS: Direct cluster management capabilities

Build Process Deep Dive

Phase 1: Core Agent Setup

The foundation starts with creating a robust agent configuration:

# agent.py - Main orchestration
def create_agent() -> tuple[Agent, int, list, list]:
    """Create and configure the agent with all available tools."""
    # Create Bedrock model with optimized temperature
    model = BedrockModel(model_id=MODEL_ID, temperature=0.3)

    # Initialize with web search baseline
    tools = [websearch]

    # Load MCP tools dynamically
    mcp_manager = MCPManager()
    mcp_tools, mcp_tool_info, mcp_clients = mcp_manager.load_mcp_tools()
    tools.extend(mcp_tools)

    # Create agent with efficiency-optimized prompt
    agent = Agent(model=model, system_prompt=SYSTEM_PROMPT, tools=tools)

    return agent, len(tools), mcp_tool_info, mcp_clients

Phase 2: MCP Integration Architecture

The Model Context Protocol integration provides real-time AWS access:

# mcp_manager.py - Centralized MCP lifecycle management
class MCPManager:
    """Manages MCP clients and tool loading with proper lifecycle management."""

    def load_mcp_tools(self) -> Tuple[List, List[Dict[str, Any]], List]:
        """Load tools from all configured MCP servers."""
        return self._load_servers(MCP_SERVERS)

    def _load_servers(self, server_configs: List[Dict]):
        """Load tools from specified server configurations."""
        for server_config in server_configs:
            try:
                client = create_mcp_client(
                    server_config["command"], 
                    server_config["args"],
                    server_config.get("env")
                )

                # Context-managed tool loading
                with client:
                    mcp_tools = client.list_tools_sync()
                    # Store tool metadata for discovery
                    self._extract_tool_info(mcp_tools, server_config['name'])

                self.clients.append(client)

            except Exception as e:
                self._handle_server_error(server_config['name'], e)

Phase 3: Multi-Source Tool Integration

The agent integrates three distinct MCP servers for comprehensive AWS coverage:

# mcp_utils.py - Server configurations
MCP_SERVERS = [
    {
        "name": "AWS Documentation",
        "command": "uvx",
        "args": ["awslabs.aws-documentation-mcp-server@latest"]
    },
    {
        "name": "AWS Knowledge", 
        "command": "uvx",
        "args": [
            "mcp-proxy",
            "--transport", "streamablehttp",
            "https://knowledge-mcp.global.api.aws"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name": "AWS EKS",
        "command": "uvx",
        "args": [
            "awslabs.eks-mcp-server@latest",
            "--allow-write",
            "--allow-sensitive-data-access"
        ],
        "env": {
            "AWS_DEFAULT_REGION": "us-east-1",
            "AWS_REGION": "us-east-1"
        }
    }
]

This provides:

21 total tools when all servers are available
Graceful degradation to web search if MCP servers fail
Real-time AWS documentation access
Direct EKS cluster management capabilities

Phase 4: Enhanced Web Search Implementation

The web search tool includes sophisticated timeout protection and performance optimization:

# websearch_tool.py - Optimized web search
@tool
def websearch(keywords: str, region: str = "us-en", max_results: int | None = 3) -> str:
    """Search the web with timeout protection and smart result limiting."""
    def timeout_handler(signum, frame):
        raise TimeoutError(f"Search timeout after {SEARCH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS} seconds")

    try:
        # 10-second timeout protection
        signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, timeout_handler)
        signal.alarm(SEARCH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)

        # Smart result limiting for performance
        if max_results is None or max_results > MAX_SEARCH_RESULTS_LIMIT:
            max_results = DEFAULT_MAX_SEARCH_RESULTS

        print(f"🔍 Searching for: {keywords}")
        results = DDGS().text(keywords, region=region, max_results=max_results)

        if results:
            print(f"✅ Found {len(results)} results")
            return results
        else:
            return "No results found."

    except TimeoutError:
        return "Search timeout - please try a more specific query."
    except RatelimitException:
        return "Rate limit reached - please try again in a moment."
    finally:
        signal.alarm(0)  # Always cancel timeout

Key features:

10-second timeout protection prevents hanging searches
Smart result limiting (default 3, max 5) for faster responses
Visual feedback with progress indicators
Comprehensive error handling for rate limits and timeouts

Phase 5: Configuration Management and Validation

Robust configuration with early validation prevents runtime errors:

# config.py - Configuration with validation
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class ModelConfig:
    """Model configuration with validation."""
    MODEL_ID: ClassVar[str] = 'us.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-20250514-v1:0'
    MODEL_TEMPERATURE: ClassVar[float] = 0.3

    @classmethod
    def validate(cls) -> None:
        """Validate model configuration."""
        if not (0.0 <= cls.MODEL_TEMPERATURE <= 1.0):
            raise ConfigurationError(
                f"MODEL_TEMPERATURE must be between 0.0 and 1.0, got {cls.MODEL_TEMPERATURE}"
            )
figuration() -> None:
    """Validate all configuration values at startup."""
    ModelConfig.validate()

def validatonfig.validate()

Configuration features:catches errors at startup

Type safety with dataclasses and ClassVar
Environment setup for AWS regions
Immutable configuration prevents accidental changes

Phase 6: Error Handling and Resilience

Custom exception hierarchy provides better debugging and user experience:

# exceptions.py - Custom exception hierarchy
class AgentError(Exception):
    """Base exception for agent-related errors."""
    pass

class MCPConnectionError(AgentError):
    """Raised when MCP server connection fails."""
    def __init__(self, server_name: str, original_error: Exception):
        super().__init__(f"Failed to connect to {server_name}: {original_error}")

class AgentTimeoutError(AgentError):
    """Raised when agent response times     self.server_nameror = original_error
     = server_name"""
    def __init__(self, time
        self.origds: int):
        self.timeout_seconds = timeout_seconds
        super().__init__(f"Agent response timed out after {timeout_seconds} seconds")

Error handling benefits:

Specific error types for different failure modes
Context preservation with original error information
Graceful degradation continues with reduced functionality
User-friendly messages explain what went wrong

Phase 7: Interactive CLI with Tool Discovery

The CLI interface provides comprehensive tool discovery and categorization:

# cli_interface.py - Enhanced CLI with tool discovery
def display_tools_info(tools_count: int, mcp_tool_info: List[Dict[str, Any]]):
    """Display available tools information with categorization."""
    print(f"\n🛠️  Available Tools ({tools_count} total):")
    print("=" * 60)

    # Web search tools
    print("\n🔍 Web Search Tools:")
    print("  1. websearch - Search the web to get updated information quickly")

    # Categorize MCP tools by server
    for category, tools in categorized_tools.items():
        if tools:
            print(f"\n{category} ({len(tools)} tools):")
            for tool in tools:
                print(f"  • {tool['name']} - {tool['description']}")

CLI features:

Tool categorization by functionality (🔍 Web Search, 📚 AWS Docs, ☸️ EKS)
Interactive commands (tools, exit, natural language)
Timeout protection for agent responses (45 seconds)
Graceful error handling with fallback responses

Performance Optimizations

Knowledge-First Strategy

The agent uses an efficiency-optimized approach:

SYSTEM_PROMPT = """You are AWS DevOps bot. Help with AWS infrastructure and operations.

CRITICAL EFFICIENCY GUIDELINES:
- ALWAYS provide a helpful response from your knowledge base first
- Use tools ONLY when you need very specific, current information
- NEVER use more than 1 tool call per response to prevent delays
- If a tool fails or is slow, continue with your built-in knowledge
- Keep responses concise and actionable"""

Resource Management

Proper lifecycle management ensures reliability:

# agent.py - Resource management with ExitStack
def main():
    """Main application with proper resource management."""
    try:
        agent, tools_count, mcp_tool_info, mcp_clients = create_agent()

        if mcp_clients:
            # Context-managed MCP clients
            with ExitStack() as stack:
                mcp_manager = MCPManager()
                mcp_manager.clients = mcp_clients

                if mcp_manager.enter_contexts(stack):
                    run_interactive_loop(agent, tools_count, mcp_tool_info)
                else:
                    run_fallback_loop(agent, tools_count)
        else:
            run_fallback_loop(agent, tools_count)

    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        print("\n👋 Goodbye!")
    except Exception as e:
        app_logger.error(f"Unexpected error: {e}", exc_info=True)
        sys.exit(1)

Testing and Quality Assurance

Comprehensive Test Suite

The project includes multiple testing approaches:

# tests/test_mcp_usage.py - MCP connectivity testing
def test_mcp_server_connectivity():
    """Test individual MCP server connections."""
    for server_config in MCP_SERVERS:
        result = test_mcp_server(
            server_config['name'],
            server_config['command'],
            server_config['args']
        )

        if result['success']:
            print(f"✅ {result['server_name']}: Found {result['tool_count']} tools")
        else:
            print(f"❌ {result['server_name']}: {result['error']}")

Code Quality Metrics

The codebase includes comprehensive quality improvements:

Type hints throughout for better IDE support
Docstrings with Args/Returns documentation
Separation of concerns with modular architecture
Error handling with custom exception hierarchy
Logging with structured, configurable output

Deployment and Production Readiness

Dependencies and Installation

# Core dependencies
pip install strands-agents strands-agents-tools ddgs mcp

# MCP server support
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

# AWS credentials
aws configure

Production Features

Signal handlers for graceful shutdown
Structured logging with configurable levels
Configuration validation at startup
Resource cleanup with context managers
Timeout protection for all external calls

Key Architectural Decisions

1. Modular Design

Each component has a single responsibility:

agent.py: Application orchestration
mcp_manager.py: MCP lifecycle management
cli_interface.py: User interaction
websearch_tool.py: Web search functionality

2. Graceful Degradation

The agent works with any combination of available tools:

Full functionality: Web search + 3 MCP servers (21 tools)
Partial functionality: Web search + some MCP servers
Minimal functionality: Web search only (still fully functional)

3. Performance-First Approach

Temperature 0.3: Optimized for technical accuracy
1 tool call maximum: Prevents response delays
Smart timeouts: 10s for search, 45s for agent responses
Result limiting: Default 3 search results for speed

Lessons Learned and Best Practices

1. Error Handling is Critical

Custom exceptions with context make debugging significantly easier and provide better user experience.

2. Resource Management Matters

Proper context management and cleanup prevent resource leaks and ensure reliability.

3. Configuration Validation Saves Time

Early validation catches configuration errors before they cause runtime failures.

4. Modular Architecture Enables Testing

Separation of concerns makes individual components testable and maintainable.

5. Performance Optimization is Essential

Knowledge-first approach and tool call limits ensure responsive user experience.

Future Enhancements

Planned Improvements

Async Support: Convert to async/await for better concurrency
Caching Layer: Cache MCP responses for frequently used queries
Metrics Collection: Add performance monitoring and analytics
Plugin System: Dynamic loading of custom tools and extensions
Configuration Files: Support YAML/JSON configuration files

Scalability Considerations

Lazy loading: Load MCP tools on-demand
Connection pooling: Reuse MCP connections
Response streaming: Stream long responses for better UX
Distributed deployment: Support for multiple agent instances

Conclusion

Building a production-ready AI agent requires careful attention to architecture, error handling, performance, and user experience. This AWS DevOps Strands Agent demonstrates how to:

Integrate multiple data sources seamlessly (web search + AWS documentation + EKS management)
Handle failures gracefully with comprehensive error handling
Optimize for performance with smart timeouts and result limiting
Maintain code quality with type hints, documentation, and testing
Ensure production readiness with proper resource management and logging

The result is a robust, efficient, and maintainable AI agent that provides comprehensive AWS DevOps assistance while maintaining excellent performance and reliability.

The complete source code and documentation are available, demonstrating modern Python development practices and production-ready AI agent architecture.

GitHub: https://github.com/sigitp-git/aws-devops-strands-agent
Built with ❤️ using Strands Agents Framework, AWS Bedrock, and Claude Sonnet 4

Develop a simple "AWS infra manager" MCP server using Kiro Vibe coding session

sigitp — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 18:22:00 +0000

Introduction

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is revolutionizing how AI assistants interact with external systems and data sources. In this technical blog, we'll walk through creating a comprehensive AWS infrastructure management MCP server using Kiro, an agentic AI-powered Integrated Development Environment (IDE). This server will provide seamless integration with key AWS services, enabling intelligent infrastructure management through natural language interactions.

What is Model Context Protocol (MCP)?

Model Context Protocol is an open standard that enables AI assistants to securely connect to external data sources and tools. MCP servers act as bridges between AI models and various systems, providing structured access to APIs, databases, and services while maintaining security and context awareness.

What is Kiro

Kiro is an agentic IDE that helps you go from prototype to production with spec-driven development. From simple to complex tasks, Kiro works alongside you to turn prompts into detailed specs, then into working code, docs, and tests—so what you build is exactly what you want and ready to share with your team. Kiro’s agents help you solve challenging problems and automate tasks like generating documentation and unit tests. With Kiro, you can build beyond prototypes while being in the driver’s seat every step of the way.

The word agentic is key here. It means that Kiro is not just responding to prompts it is capable of autonomous, goal-driven actions. Instead of asking the AI to generate one snippet at a time, you describe what you want to build, and Kiro actively investigates your codebase, opens relevant files, and modifies them accordingly to fulfill your request. Kiro is built with advanced AI models that are grounded in context and capable of multi-step reasoning. It connects to your local development environment, interprets your intentions, reads and modifies source code, and provides transparent feedback along the way.

Project Overview

Using Kiro, our "aws-infra-manager-mcp-server" example project will provide management capabilities for:

AWS Identity: Get caller identity and account information
Amazon EC2: List and filter EC2 instances
Amazon VPC: List VPCs in your account
Amazon S3: List S3 buckets
Amazon RDS: List RDS database instances
AWS Lambda: List Lambda functions
AWS Regions: Get available AWS regions

Setting Up the Development Environment

Prerequisites

Before starting the Kiro Vibe session, ensure you have:
• Python 3.10 or higher and pip installed
• uv, an extremely fast Python package and project manager(pip install uv)
• AWS CLI configured with appropriate permissions
• Basic understanding of AWS services and MCP concepts

Installing uv Package Manager

bash
# Install uv globally
pip install uv

# Verify installation
uv --version

FastMCP SDK

We will use FastMCP SDK to build the MCP server, which provides a streamlined approach to building MCP servers with:
• Automatic tool registration - Decorators for easy tool definition
• Type safety - Pydantic models for request/response validation
• Built-in error handling - Standardized error responses
• Async support - Non-blocking operations for better performance

The Kiro Vibe Prompt

Here's the initial prompt we'll use for our Kiro Vibe coding session:

Create a new MCP server project called "aws-infra-manager-mcp-server" using FastMCP SDK.

As a start, the MCP server should be able to manage:
- AWS Identity: Get caller identity and account information
- Amazon EC2: List and filter EC2 instances
- Amazon VPC: List VPCs in your account
- Amazon S3: List S3 buckets
- Amazon RDS: List RDS database instances
- AWS Lambda: List Lambda functions
- AWS Regions: Get available AWS regions

Use "uv" as the python package manager and the execution command for this mcp server project.

🚀 Kiro Generated Code Overview

After Kiro completed, it will generate the complete code, and you can fine tune by asking Kiro to make sure the code works as expected. My own result as an example is available here: https://github.com/sigitp-git/aws-infra-manager-mcp-server. The generated AWS Infrastructure Manager MCP Server is an example of Model Context Protocol server that bridges the gap between AI assistants and AWS infrastructure management. Built with Python and the FastMCP SDK, this project demonstrates how to create powerful, secure, and user-friendly infrastructure automation tools that can be integrated with Kiro (recursively 😁) or Amazon Q CLI.

Features

This MCP server provides essential AWS management capabilities:

🔍 Core AWS Tools

AWS Identity: Get caller identity and account information
Amazon EC2: List and filter EC2 instances
Amazon VPC: List VPCs in your account
Amazon S3: List S3 buckets
Amazon RDS: List RDS database instances
AWS Lambda: List Lambda functions
AWS Regions: Get available AWS regions

🛡️ Built-in Features

Error Handling: Comprehensive AWS API error handling
Session Management: Automatic AWS session and credential management
FastMCP Integration: Full compatibility with FastMCP framework
Type Safety: Proper type hints and validation

Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│            AWS Infrastructure Manager MCP Server            │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  Core Services   │  Compute         │  Storage & Functions  │
│  • Identity      │  • EC2           │  • S3                 │
│  • Regions       │  • VPC           │  • RDS                │
│  • Error Handling│                  │  • Lambda             │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Usage Examples

Using the MCP server with Kiro IDE or Amazon Q CLI

Add the following MCP server definition into your mcp.json file. For Amazon Q, the file is on .aws/amazonq/mcp.json path, while for Kiro the file is on .kiro/settings/mcp.json path. Modify /Users/sigitpriyanggoro/aws-infra-manager-mcp-server with your own directory structure to test it out.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aws-infra-manager": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--directory",
        "/Users/sigitpriyanggoro/aws-infra-manager-mcp-server",
        "python",
        "-m",
        "aws_infra_manager_mcp_server.server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AWS_REGION": "us-east-1"
      },
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": [
        "get_caller_identity",
        "list_ec2_instances",
        "list_vpcs",
        "list_s3_buckets",
        "list_rds_instances",
        "list_lambda_functions",
        "get_aws_regions"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Once configured, you can use the MCP tools directly in Kiro or Amazon Q CLI:

# List all EC2 instances
list all my ec2 instances

# Get AWS account information  
get my aws caller identity

# List VPCs
show me all my vpcs

# List S3 buckets
what s3 buckets do I have

Here's a screenshot of using the MCP server from Kiro:

Here's a screenshot of using the MCP server from Amazon Q:

Note that I didn’t put mutating changes capabilities in this example such as create and delete for safer testing purposes. You can modify the MCP server capabilities by asking Kiro, and adjust the IAM policies to enable mutating changes.

🚀 Getting Started

The project example is designed for immediate exploration and testing:

# Quick setup
git clone https://github.com/sigitp-git/aws-infra-manager-mcp-server
cd aws-infra-manager-mcp-server
uv sync --extra dev

Or you can start to develop your own MCP server with the example Kiro Vibe session prompt provided above.

Security and Compliance

IAM Permissions

The server requires specific IAM permissions for each AWS service, which you may need to modify to fit your use case. Remember to always follow IAM security best practices.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "sts:GetCallerIdentity",
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:DescribeRegions",
        "s3:ListAllMyBuckets",
        "rds:DescribeDBInstances",
        "lambda:ListFunctions"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

🎉 Conclusion

The "aws-infra-manager-mcp-server" represents an example Kiro built project in infrastructure management automation. By leveraging the Model Context Protocol and FastMCP SDK, we've created a powerful, extensible platform that bridges the gap between AI assistants and AWS infrastructure management.

The use of Kiro Vibe session for the initial development accelerates the creation process while ensuring best practices and comprehensive functionality. The resulting MCP server provides a foundation for intelligent infrastructure management that can evolve with your organization's needs.

Key Takeaways

Kiro Vibe session is great for: rapid exploration and testing, building when requirements are unclear, and implementing a task such as what we are trying to accomplish in this blog
FastMCP SDK accelerates development - Rapid prototyping and deployment of MCP servers
The example MCP server we built in this project provides easy AWS infrastructure management using natural language prompts, which can be integrated with Amazon Q, Kiro, or other AI assistants

Next Steps

Try it yourself! Run the Kiro Vibe session with the provided prompt, feel free to modify the prompt as needed
Review and customize the generated code for your specific needs
Set up testing environments for safe development and testing
Deploy to your test environment following security best practices
Test, monitor and iterate based on usage patterns and feedback
Once you have more clarity on your requirements, write a comprehensive specification and refine your project with Kiro Spec session(s) 🙂

Using Kiro, we can easily build custom MCP servers to increase our productivity. This example MCP server we built using Kiro opens up new possibilities for infrastructure automation and management, making complex AWS operations accessible through simple, natural language interactions. The combination of MCP's standardized protocol and AWS's comprehensive service creates a powerful platform for the future of infrastructure management.

GitHub Example, Kiro generated: aws-infra-manager-mcp-server

License: MIT

Python Version: 3.10+

Deep anomaly detection and analysis on Amazon EKS using Amazon Q and EKS MCP server

sigitp — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:48:21 +0000

In today's cloud-native environments, detecting anomalies across containerized applications is becoming increasingly complex. This post explores how to implement deep anomaly detection and analysis on workloads running on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) using Amazon Q and EKS Model Context Protocol (MCP) server capabilities.

The Power of Natural Language

The integration of Natural Language Processing (NLP) done by Amazon Q in combination with EKS MCP server represents a significant advancement in cloud-native observability. By analyzing log patterns, system metrics, and container behaviors, DevOps teams can now interpret complex EKS cluster events in a more intuitive, human-readable format. This approach transforms traditionally cryptic system signals into comprehensible narratives, enabling faster root cause analysis and proactive issue detection. The power of natural language in this context lies in its ability to bridge the gap between raw machine data and human understanding, allowing teams to quickly identify and respond to anomalies through semantic analysis rather than purely statistical methods.

For example, you might type: "Check my bmn-rack-outposts-cluster EKS cluster in us-east-1, inspect all pods in that cluster, report any anomalies detected over the past 3 days".

In this blog, we will use Amazon Q for command line in combination with EKS Model Context Protocol (MCP) server to achieve our goal.

Benefits

Proactive Issue Detection: Identify potential problems before they affect your applications
Reduced False Positives: Machine learning-based approach learns from your environment
Automated Response: Node debugger pods will be launched automatically in your cluster, which will provide automated way of detecting anomalies from the workloads in your cluster
Natural Language Intention: Use natural language to ask your EKS environment on what anomalies happened in the past X days

Getting Started

To begin using Amazon Q Developer for VPC diagramming:
(The below guide is for Ubuntu OS, for other OS, you can follow this guide)

Install Amazon Q for command line

# Download Amazon Q for command line for Ubuntu.
ubuntu@cloudhost-sigitp:~$ wget https://desktop-release.q.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/latest/amazon-q.deb

# Install the package:
ubuntu@cloudhost-sigitp:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
ubuntu@cloudhost-sigitp:~$ sudo dpkg -i amazon-q.deb

# Launch Amazon Q for command line:
ubuntu@cloudhost-sigitp:~$ q

# Authenticate with Builder ID, or with IAM Identity Center using the start URL given to you by your account administrator.

# Quit Amazon Q to configure and load MCP servers:
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More detailed guide are available here.

Load the required MCP servers for Amazon Q to use as tools from mcp.json file. Note that I have put EKS and AWS Diagram MCP servers here, but you can find more MCP servers from this link.

ubuntu@cloudhost-sigitp:~$ cat .aws/amazonq/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "awslabs.core-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "awslabs.core-mcp-server@latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL": "ERROR"
      }
    },
    "awslabs.aws-documentation-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "awslabs.aws-documentation-mcp-server@latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL": "ERROR"
      },
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": []
    },
    "awslabs.eks-mcp-server": {
      "autoApprove": [],
      "disabled": false,
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "awslabs.eks-mcp-server@latest",
        "--allow-write"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL": "ERROR"
      },
      "transportType": "stdio"
    },
    "awslabs.aws-diagram-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "awslabs.aws-diagram-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL": "ERROR"
      },
      "autoApprove": [],
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}
ubuntu@cloudhost-sigitp:~$

Load Amazon Q with the MCP servers

ubuntu@cloudhost-sigitp:~$ q
✓ awslabsaws_diagram_mcp_server loaded in 2.46 s
⚠ 1 of 4 mcp servers initialized. Servers still loading:
 - awslabseks_mcp_server
 - awslabscore_mcp_server
 - awslabsaws_documentation_mcp_server
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╭─────────────────────────────── Did you know? ────────────────────────────────╮
│                                                                              │
│     You can resume the last conversation from your current directory by      │
│                        launching with q chat --resume                        │
│                                                                              │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

/help all commands  •  ctrl + j new lines  •  ctrl + s fuzzy search
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>

Make sure that the tools are loaded in Amazon Q

> /tools

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- use_aws                                                             * trust read-only commands

awslabsaws_diagram_mcp_server (MCP):
- awslabsaws_diagram_mcp_server___generate_diagram                      trusted
- awslabsaws_diagram_mcp_server___get_diagram_examples                  trusted
- awslabsaws_diagram_mcp_server___list_icons                            trusted

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- awslabsaws_documentation_mcp_server___recommend                     * not trusted
- awslabsaws_documentation_mcp_server___search_documentation          * not trusted

awslabscore_mcp_server (MCP):
- awslabscore_mcp_server___prompt_understanding                       * not trusted

awslabseks_mcp_server (MCP):
- awslabseks_mcp_server___add_inline_policy                           * not trusted
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Trusted tools will run without confirmation.
* Default settings

💡 Use /tools help to edit permissions.

>

Ask Amazon Q to report anomalies in the past 3 days on a specific cluster

> Check my bmn-rack-outposts-cluster EKS cluster in us-east-1, inspect all pods in that cluster, report any anomalies detected over the past 3 days
=======================================================================================================================================




 ● Completed in 1.850s
Based on my inspection of your EKS cluster bmn-rack-outposts-cluster in the us-east-1 region, here's a comprehensive report of the current state and anomalies detected over the past 3 days:

## Cluster Overview
• Cluster Name: bmn-rack-outposts-cluster
• Kubernetes Version: 1.32
• Status: ACTIVE
• Created: May 7, 2025
• Node Count: 3 nodes (all in Ready state)
• Total Pods: 49 pods across multiple namespaces

## Detected Anomalies

1. Network Routing Issues on Node ip-10-0-58-137.ec2.internal:
   • Warning events showing missing IP routes for pod IPs
   • Most recent warnings (within the last 10 minutes):
     • MissingIPRoutes: Pod IP 10.0.62.161 is missing secondary routes
     • MissingIPRoutes: Pod IP 10.0.50.83 is missing secondary routes
   • This could potentially cause network connectivity issues for pods on this node

2. Node Debugger Pods:
   • Multiple node-debugger pods have been created and completed in the last 20 minutes:
     • node-debugger-ip-10-0-58-137.ec2.internal-lhrgx
     • node-debugger-ip-10-0-58-137.ec2.internal-pjpn2
     • node-debugger-ip-10-0-58-137.ec2.internal-rsnn5
     • node-debugger-ip-10-0-58-137.ec2.internal-twpht
   • These pods suggest someone was actively debugging the node with the network routing issues

3. High Resource Usage Pods:
   • Several pods with high CPU requests/limits:
     • mlnx-dpdk-1001-1002-node1-rx and mlnx-dpdk-1001-1002-node1-tx: 33 CPU cores each (17% of node capacity)
     • mlnx-dpdk-1001-1002-node1-tx2: 24 CPU cores (12% of node capacity)
     • mlnx-dpdk-1001-1002-node2-rx and mlnx-dpdk-1001-1002-node2-tx: 33 CPU cores each (17% of node capacity)
     • mlnx-dpdk-1001-1002-node3-rx and mlnx-dpdk-1001-1002-node3-tx: 33 CPU cores each (17% of node capacity)
   • These DPDK pods also request 32Gi memory each

4. Recent Pod Additions:
   • New DPDK pods added in the last few days:
     • mlnx-dpdk-1001-1002-node1-rx2 and mlnx-dpdk-1001-1002-node1-tx2: 3 days 4 hours ago
     • mlnx-dpdk-1001-1002-node2-rx and mlnx-dpdk-1001-1002-node2-tx: 5 days 16 hours ago
     • mlnx-dpdk-1001-1002-node3-rx and mlnx-dpdk-1001-1002-node3-tx: 5 days 3 hours ago

## Recommendations

1. Address Network Routing Issues:
   • Investigate the missing secondary routes on node ip-10-0-58-137.ec2.internal
   • Check the AWS CNI plugin configuration and logs
   • Consider restarting the aws-node pod on the affected node if issues persist

2. Monitor Resource Usage:
   • Enable the Metrics API to better monitor resource usage (currently unavailable)
   • Watch the high CPU/memory usage DPDK pods to ensure they're not causing resource contention

3. Review Node Debugger Activity:
   • Check who initiated the node debugger pods and what issues they were investigating
   • Ensure any debugging activities are properly documented

4. Consider Node Maintenance:
   • The network routing issues might indicate a need for node maintenance
   • Consider cordoning and draining the problematic node if issues persist

All pods are currently in Running or Completed state with no failed pods detected. The main concern is the network routing warnings on one of the nodes, which should be addressed to prevent potential connectivity issues.

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Conclusion

View the summarized view of the report, and dive deeper to conclude your next steps:

Remember to validate any implementation in a test environment before deploying to production.

Monitor your implementation and fine-tune the anomaly detection parameters based on your specific use case. Consider integrating with existing alerting systems and implementing automated remediation where appropriate.

Draw your existing VPC diagram using Amazon Q Developer in seconds (bonus: generate draw.io diagram as well)

sigitp — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:09:49 +0000

In the ever-evolving world of cloud architecture, visualizing your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) design has traditionally been a time-consuming task. However, Amazon Q Developer, in combination with Model Context Protocol (MCP) has revolutionized this process, allowing developers and architects to create VPC diagrams through simple natural language prompts.

The Power of Natural Language

Most of the time, developers and architects experiments and prototypes their infrastructure and workloads directly on their VPC to get rapid results. When they finally achieved the optimum solution, they realized that to explain their environments, they have to start tracing back what they did to draw their complete VPC diagram.

Gone are the days of manually dragging and dropping shapes in drawing tools. With Amazon Q Developer, you can simply describe your existing VPC architecture in plain English, and watch as it transforms your words into a professional-grade diagram within seconds. For example, you might type: "Draw my existing TESTBED VPC with all the EC2 instances and all the EKS clusters. Include the subnet IDs and security group IDs on the diagram".

In this blog, we will use Amazon Q for command line in combination with AWS Diagram MCP Server to achieve our goal.

Benefits

The combination of Amazon Q for command line with the AWS Diagram MCP Server is particularly valuable for:

Rapid prototyping of cloud architectures
Creating documentation for team collaboration
Client presentations and proposals
Training and educational purposes

Getting Started

To begin using Amazon Q Developer for VPC diagramming:
(The below guide is for Ubuntu OS, for other OS, you can follow this guide)

Install Amazon Q for command line

# Download Amazon Q for command line for Ubuntu.
ubuntu@cloudhost-sigitp:~$ wget https://desktop-release.q.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/latest/amazon-q.deb

# Install the package:
ubuntu@cloudhost-sigitp:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
ubuntu@cloudhost-sigitp:~$ sudo dpkg -i amazon-q.deb

# Launch Amazon Q for command line:
ubuntu@cloudhost-sigitp:~$ q

# Authenticate with Builder ID, or with IAM Identity Center using the start URL given to you by your account administrator.

# Quit Amazon Q to configure and load MCP servers:
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> /quit

More detailed guide are available here.

Load the required MCP servers for Amazon Q to use as tools from mcp.json file. Note that I have put EKS and AWS Diagram MCP servers here, but you can find more MCP servers from this link.

ubuntu@cloudhost-sigitp:~$ cat .aws/amazonq/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "awslabs.core-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "awslabs.core-mcp-server@latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL": "ERROR"
      }
    },
    "awslabs.aws-documentation-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "awslabs.aws-documentation-mcp-server@latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL": "ERROR"
      },
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": []
    },
    "awslabs.eks-mcp-server": {
      "autoApprove": [],
      "disabled": false,
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "awslabs.eks-mcp-server@latest",
        "--allow-write"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL": "ERROR"
      },
      "transportType": "stdio"
    },
    "awslabs.aws-diagram-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "awslabs.aws-diagram-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL": "ERROR"
      },
      "autoApprove": [],
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}
ubuntu@cloudhost-sigitp:~$

Load Amazon Q with the MCP servers

ubuntu@cloudhost-sigitp:~$ q
✓ awslabsaws_diagram_mcp_server loaded in 2.46 s
⚠ 1 of 4 mcp servers initialized. Servers still loading:
 - awslabseks_mcp_server
 - awslabscore_mcp_server
 - awslabsaws_documentation_mcp_server
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>

Make sure that the tools are loaded in Amazon Q

> /tools

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- execute_bash                                                        * trust read-only commands
- fs_read                                                             * trusted
- fs_write                                                            * not trusted
- report_issue                                                        * trusted
- use_aws                                                             * trust read-only commands

awslabsaws_diagram_mcp_server (MCP):
- awslabsaws_diagram_mcp_server___generate_diagram                      trusted
- awslabsaws_diagram_mcp_server___get_diagram_examples                  trusted
- awslabsaws_diagram_mcp_server___list_icons                            trusted

awslabsaws_documentation_mcp_server (MCP):
- awslabsaws_documentation_mcp_server___read_documentation            * not trusted
- awslabsaws_documentation_mcp_server___recommend                     * not trusted
- awslabsaws_documentation_mcp_server___search_documentation          * not trusted

awslabscore_mcp_server (MCP):
- awslabscore_mcp_server___prompt_understanding                       * not trusted

awslabseks_mcp_server (MCP):
- awslabseks_mcp_server___add_inline_policy                           * not trusted
- awslabseks_mcp_server___apply_yaml                                  * not trusted
- awslabseks_mcp_server___generate_app_manifest                       * not trusted
- awslabseks_mcp_server___get_cloudwatch_logs                         * not trusted
- awslabseks_mcp_server___get_cloudwatch_metrics                      * not trusted
- awslabseks_mcp_server___get_eks_metrics_guidance                    * not trusted
- awslabseks_mcp_server___get_k8s_events                              * not trusted
- awslabseks_mcp_server___get_pod_logs                                * not trusted
- awslabseks_mcp_server___get_policies_for_role                       * not trusted
- awslabseks_mcp_server___list_api_versions                           * not trusted
- awslabseks_mcp_server___list_k8s_resources                          * not trusted
- awslabseks_mcp_server___manage_eks_stacks                           * not trusted
- awslabseks_mcp_server___manage_k8s_resource                         * not trusted
- awslabseks_mcp_server___search_eks_troubleshoot_guide               * not trusted


Trusted tools will run without confirmation.
* Default settings

💡 Use /tools help to edit permissions.

>

Ask Amazon Q to draw the diagram, PS: also ask Q to generate the draw.io diagram in XML

> Draw my existing TESTBED VPC with all the EC2 instances and all the EKS clusters. Include the subnet IDs and security group IDs on the diagram

I'll create a diagram of your default VPC with EC2 instances and EKS clusters. Let me use the diagrams package to generate this visualization.

First, I'll check what diagram examples are available to understand the syntax better:


🛠️  Using tool: get_diagram_examples from mcp server awslabsaws_diagram_mcp_server
 ⋮
 ● Running get_diagram_examples with the param:
 ⋮  {
 ⋮    "arguments": {
 ⋮      "diagram_type": "aws"
 ⋮    },
 ⋮    "name": "get_diagram_examples"
 ⋮  }
Allow this action? Use 't' to trust (always allow) this tool for the session. [y/n/t]:

> t

 ⋮
 ● Completed in 0.3s
Now, let me list the available AWS icons to use in our diagram:


🛠️  Using tool: list_icons from mcp server awslabsaws_diagram_mcp_server
 ⋮
 ● Running list_icons with the param:
 ⋮  {
 ⋮    "arguments": {
 ⋮      "provider_filter": "aws"
 ⋮    },
 ⋮    "name": "list_icons"
 ⋮  }
Allow this action? Use 't' to trust (always allow) this tool for the session. [y/n/t]:

> t

 ⋮
 ● Completed in 0.24s
Now I'll create a diagram showing your default VPC with EC2 instances and EKS clusters. I'll make sure it's not too cramped and is properly spread out in a letter-sized format.


🛠️  Using tool: generate_diagram from mcp server awslabsaws_diagram_mcp_server
 ⋮
 ● Running generate_diagram with the param:
[truncated]
 ⋮      "filename": "default_vpc_architecture.png",
 ⋮      "workspace_dir": "/home/ubuntu"
 ⋮    },
 ⋮    "name": "generate_diagram"
 ⋮  }
 ⋮
  ● Completed in 1.522s
I've created a diagram of your default VPC showing all EC2 instances and EKS clusters. The diagram includes subnet IDs and security group IDs as requested.

The diagram shows:

1. Your default VPC (vpc-010d024876e309b20) with CIDR block 172.31.0.0/16
2. All subnets across 6 availability zones (us-east-1a through us-east-1f)
3. 10 EC2 instances with their instance types and IDs
4. 2 EKS clusters:
   • sigitp-eks-gamma (v1.30)
   • 5GC-Telco-Outposts-Cluster (v1.29)
5. Security groups associated with instances and clusters
6. Internet Gateway connecting the VPC to external users

The diagram is organized by availability zones, with each subnet showing its ID and CIDR range. Special-purpose subnets (like those for Outposts, Multus, and VPC RSE) are labeled
accordingly.

The diagram has been saved as a PNG file at: /home/ubuntu/generated-diagrams/default_vpc_diagram.png.png

Would you like me to make any adjustments to the diagram or explain any specific part of your VPC architecture in more detail?
>

Ask Amazon Q to also generate the draw.io diagram as well

!> yes, make draw.io file from the diagram
I'll create a draw.io (diagrams.net) format file from the diagram. For this, I need to generate a diagram in XML format that can be imported into draw.io.
⠧ Thinking...

Let me create a draw.io compatible file for your VPC diagram. I'll need to create an XML file that can be imported into draw.io.
⠴ Thinking...

🛠️  Using tool: fs_write (trusted)
 ⋮
 ● Path: /home/ubuntu/default_vpc_diagram.drawio

+      1: <mxfile host="app.diagrams.net" modified="2025-06-09T19:00:00.000Z" agent="Amazon Q" etag="default_vpc_diagram" version="21.3.7">
+      2:   <diagram id="default_vpc_diagram" name="Default VPC with EC2 Instances and EKS Clusters">
+      3:     <mxGraphModel dx="1422" dy="762" grid="1" gridSize="10" guides="1" tooltips="1" connect="1" arrows="1" fold="1" page="1" pageScale="1" pageWidth="1169" pageHeight="827" math="0" shadow="0">
+      4:       <root>
+      5:         <mxCell id="0" />
+      6:         <mxCell id="1" parent="0" />
+      7:
+      8:         <!-- Users -->
+      9:         <mxCell id="users" value="Users" style="outlineConnect=0;fontColor=#232F3E;gradientColor=none;fillColor=#232F3E;strokeColor=none;dashed=0;verticalLabelPosition=bottom;verticalAlign=top;align=center;html=1;fontSize=12;fontStyle=0;aspect=fixed;pointerEvents=1;shape=mxgraph.aws4.users;" vertex="1" parent="1">
+     10:           <mxGeometry x="50" y="380" width="60" height="60" as="geometry" />
+     11:         </mxCell>
+     12:
+     13:         <!-- Internet Gateway -->
+     14:         <mxCell id="igw" value="Internet Gateway" style="outlineConnect=0;fontColor=#232F3E;gradientColor=none;fillColor=#8C4FFF;strokeColor=none;dashed=0;verticalLabelPosition=bottom;verticalAlign=top;align=center;html=1;fontSize=12;fontStyle=0;aspect=fixed;pointerEvents=1;shape=mxgraph.aws4.internet_gateway;" vertex="1" parent="1">
+     15:           <mxGeometry x="180" y="380" width="60" height="60" as="geometry" />
+     16:         </mxCell>
+     17:
+     18:         <!-- VPC -->
+     19:         <mxCell id="vpc" value="VPC: vpc-010d024876e309b20&#xa;CIDR: 172.31.0.0/16" style="points=[[0,0],[0.25,0],[0.5,0],[0.75,0],[1,0],[1,0.25],[1,0.5],[1,0.75],[1,1],[0.75,1],[0.5,1],[0.25,1],[0,1],[0,0.75],[0,0.5],[0,0.25]];outlineConnect=0;gradientColor=none;html=1;whiteSpace=wrap;fontSize=12;fontStyle=0;container=1;pointerEvents=0;collapsible=0;recursiveResize=0;shape=mxgraph.aws4.group;grIcon=mxgraph.aws4.group_vpc;strokeColor=#248814;fillColor=none;verticalAlign=top;align=left;spacingLeft=30;fontColor=#AAB7B8;dashed=0;" vertex="1" parent="1">
+     20:           <mxGeometry x="280" y="40" width="840" height="760" as="geometry" />
+     21:         </mxCell>
+     22:
+     23:         <!-- Availability Zones Container -->
+     24:         <mxCell id="az_container" value="Availability Zones" style="fillColor=none;strokeColor=#147EBA;dashed=1;verticalAlign=top;fontStyle=0;fontColor=#147EBA;whiteSpace=wrap;html=1;" vertex="1" parent="vpc">
+     25:           <mxGeometry x="20" y="40" width="520" height="700" as="geometry" />
+     26:         </mxCell>
+     27:
+     28:         <!-- AZ us-east-1a -->
+     29:         <mxCell id="az_1a" value="us-east-1a" style="fillColor=none;strokeColor=#147EBA;dashed=1;verticalAlign=top;fontStyle=0;fontColor=#147EBA;whiteSpace=wrap;html=1;" vertex="1" parent="vpc">
+     30:           <mxGeometry x="40" y="80" width="200" height="200" as="geometry" />
+     31:         </mxCell>
+     32:
+     33:         <!-- Subnets in us-east-1a -->
+     34:         <mxCell id="subnet_1a_pub" value="subnet-0e7ea408f5498edca&#xa;172.31.32.0/20" style="points=[[0,0],[0.25,0],[0.5,0],[0.75,0],[1,0],[1,0.25],[1,0.5],[1,0.75],[1,1],[0.75,1],[0.5,1],[0.25,1],[0,1],[0,0.75],[0,0.5],[0,0.25]];outlineConnect=0;gradientColor=none;html=1;whiteSpace=wrap;fontSize=12;fontStyle=0;container=1;pointerEvents=0;collapsible=0;recursiveResize=0;shape=mxgraph.aws4.group;grIcon=mxgraph.aws4.group_security_group;grStroke=0;strokeColor=#248814;fillColor=#E9F3E6;verticalAlign=top;align=left;spacingLeft=30;fontColor=#248814;dashed=0;" vertex="1" parent="vpc">
+     35:           <mxGeometry x="50" y="110" width="180" height="30" as="geometry" />
+     36:         </mxCell>
+     37:
+     38:         <mxCell id="subnet_1a_outpost" value="subnet-0239e88bef10185a2&#xa;172.31.240.0/20 (Outpost)" style="points=[[0,0],[0.25,0],[0.5,0],[0.75,0],[1,0],[1,0.25],[1,0.5],[1,0.75],[1,1],[0.75,1],[0.5,1],[0.25,1],[0,1],[0,0.75],[0,0.5],[0,0.25]];outlineConnect=0;gradientColor=none;html=1;whiteSpace=wrap;fontSize=12;fontStyle=0;container=1;pointerEvents=0;collapsible=0;recursiveResize=0;shape=mxgraph.aws4.group;grIcon=mxgraph.aws4.group_security_group;grStroke=0;strokeColor=#147EBA;fillColor=#E6F2F8;verticalAlign=top;align=left;spacingLeft=30;fontColor=#147EBA;dashed=0;" vertex="1" parent="vpc">
+     39:           <mxGeometry x="50" y="150" width="180" height="30" as="geometry" />
+     40:         </mxCell>
+     41:
+     42:         <mxCell id="subnet_1a_multus1" value="subnet-002d22319db071b38&#xa;172.31.160.0/20 (Multus1)" style="points=[[0,0],[0.25,0],[0.5,0],[0.75,0],[1,0],[1,0.25],[1,0.5],[1,0.75],[1,1],[0.75,1],[0.5,1],[0.25,1],[0,1],[0,0.75],[0,0.5],[0,0.25]];outlineConnect=0;gradientColor=none;html=1;whiteSpace=wrap;fontSize=12;fontStyle=0;container=1;pointerEvents=0;collapsible=0;recursiveResize=0;shape=mxgraph.aws4.group;grIcon=mxgraph.aws4.group_security_group;grStroke=0;strokeColor=#147EBA;fillColor=#E6F2F8;verticalAlign=top;align=left;spacingLeft=30;fontColor=#147EBA;dashed=0;" vertex="1" parent="vpc">
+     43:           <mxGeometry x="50" y="190" width="180" height="30" as="geometry" />
+     44:         </mxCell>
+     45:
+     46:         <mxCell id="subnet_1a_multus2" value="subnet-0a727b48241b1207b&#xa;172.31.176.0/20 (Multus2)" style="points=[[0,0],[0.25,0],[0.5,0],[0.75,0],[1,0],[1,0.25],[1,0.5],[1,0.75],[1,1],[0.75,1],[0.5,1],[0.25,1],[0,1],[0,0.75],[0,0.5],[0,0.25]];outlineConnect=0;gradientColor=none;html=1;whiteSpace=wrap;fontSize=12;fontStyle=0;container=1;pointerEvents=0;collapsible=0;recursiveResize=0;shape=mxgraph.aws4.group;grIcon=mxgraph.aws4.group_security_group;grStroke=0;strokeColor=#147EBA;fillColor=#E6F2F8;verticalAlign=top;align=left;spacingLeft=30;fontColor=#147EBA;dashed=0;" vertex="1" parent="vpc">
+     47:           <mxGeometry x="50" y="230" width="180" height="30" as="geometry" />
+     48:         </mxCell>
+     49:
+     50:         <!-- AZ us-east-1b -->
+     51:         <mxCell id="az_1b" value="us-east-1b" style="fillColor=none;strokeColor=#147EBA;dashed=1;verticalAlign=top;fontStyle=0;fontColor=#147EBA;whiteSpace=wrap;html=1;" vertex="1" parent="vpc">
+     52:           <mxGeometry x="40" y="290" width="200" height="100" as="geometry" />
+     53:         </mxCell>
+     54:
+     55:         <!-- Subnets in us-east-1b -->
+     56:         <mxCell id="subnet_1b_pub" value="subnet-06bdb51568507bb84&#xa;172.31.0.0/20" style="points=[[0,0],[0.25,0],[0.5,0],[0.75,0],[1,0],[1,0.25],[1,0.5],[1,0.75],[1,1],[0.75,1],[0.5,1],[0.25,1],[0,1],[0,0.75],[0,0.5],[0,0.25]];outlineConnect=0;gradientColor=none;html=1;whiteSpace=wrap;fontSize=12;fontStyle=0;container=1;pointerEvents=0;collapsible=0;recursiveResize=0;shape=mxgraph.aws4.group;grIcon=mxgraph.aws4.group_security_group;grStroke=0;strokeColor=#248814;fillColor=#E9F3E6;verticalAlign=top;align=left;spacingLeft=30;fontColor=#248814;dashed=0;" vertex="1" parent="vpc">
+     57:           <mxGeometry x="50" y="320" width="180" height="30" as="geometry" />
+     58:         </mxCell>
+     59:
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+     62:         </mxCell>
+     63:
+     64:         <!-- More AZs and subnets would follow the same pattern -->
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+     66:         <!-- Security Groups -->
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+     73:         </mxCell>
+     74:
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+     80:           <mxGeometry x="740" y="80" width="60" height="60" as="geometry" />
+     81:         </mxCell>
+     82:
+     83:         <!-- EC2 Instances -->
+     84:         <mxCell id="ec2_container" value="EC2 Instances" style="fillColor=none;strokeColor=#ED7100;dashed=1;verticalAlign=top;fontStyle=0;fontColor=#ED7100;whiteSpace=wrap;html=1;" vertex="1" parent="vpc">
+     85:           <mxGeometry x="560" y="180" width="260" height="320" as="geometry" />
+     86:         </mxCell>
+     87:
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+     89:           <mxGeometry x="580" y="220" width="48" height="48" as="geometry" />
+     90:         </mxCell>
+     91:
+     92:         <mxCell id="ec2_2" value="i-07a19dccc094e3e1a&#xa;c6id.8xlarge&#xa;(Running)" style="outlineConnect=0;fontColor=#232F3E;gradientColor=none;fillColor=#D45B07;strokeColor=none;dashed=0;verticalLabelPosition=bottom;verticalAlign=top;align=center;html=1;fontSize=12;fontStyle=0;aspect=fixed;pointerEvents=1;shape=mxgraph.aws4.instance2;" vertex="1" parent="vpc">
+     93:           <mxGeometry x="660" y="220" width="48" height="48" as="geometry" />
+     94:         </mxCell>
+     95:
+     96:         <mxCell id="ec2_3" value="i-0a9bc960a19025b5d&#xa;c6id.8xlarge&#xa;(Running)" style="outlineConnect=0;fontColor=#232F3E;gradientColor=none;fillColor=#D45B07;strokeColor=none;dashed=0;verticalLabelPosition=bottom;verticalAlign=top;align=center;html=1;fontSize=12;fontStyle=0;aspect=fixed;pointerEvents=1;shape=mxgraph.aws4.instance2;" vertex="1" parent="vpc">
+     97:           <mxGeometry x="740" y="220" width="48" height="48" as="geometry" />
+     98:         </mxCell>
+     99:
+    100:         <mxCell id="ec2_4" value="i-0579696b5d2103ddf&#xa;c6id.8xlarge&#xa;(Running)" style="outlineConnect=0;fontColor=#232F3E;gradientColor=none;fillColor=#D45B07;strokeColor=none;dashed=0;verticalLabelPosition=bottom;verticalAlign=top;align=center;html=1;fontSize=12;fontStyle=0;aspect=fixed;pointerEvents=1;shape=mxgraph.aws4.instance2;" vertex="1" parent="vpc">
+    101:           <mxGeometry x="580" y="300" width="48" height="48" as="geometry" />
+    102:         </mxCell>
+    103:
+    104:         <mxCell id="ec2_5" value="i-0c47265174cdf49d7&#xa;m5.xlarge&#xa;(Running)" style="outlineConnect=0;fontColor=#232F3E;gradientColor=none;fillColor=#D45B07;strokeColor=none;dashed=0;verticalLabelPosition=bottom;verticalAlign=top;align=center;html=1;fontSize=12;fontStyle=0;aspect=fixed;pointerEvents=1;shape=mxgraph.aws4.instance2;" vertex="1" parent="vpc">
+    105:           <mxGeometry x="660" y="300" width="48" height="48" as="geometry" />
+    106:         </mxCell>
+    107:
+    108:         <!-- EKS Clusters -->
+    109:         <mxCell id="eks_container" value="EKS Clusters" style="fillColor=none;strokeColor=#3F8624;dashed=1;verticalAlign=top;fontStyle=0;fontColor=#3F8624;whiteSpace=wrap;html=1;" vertex="1" parent="vpc">
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+    111:         </mxCell>
+    112:
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+    115:         </mxCell>
+    116:
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+    119:         </mxCell>
+    120:
+    121:         <!-- Connections -->
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+    141:     </mxGraphModel>
+    142:   </diagram>
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I've created a draw.io file of your default VPC diagram. The file has been saved at:

/home/ubuntu/default_vpc_diagram.drawio


This file contains a complete representation of your AWS environment including:

1. The default VPC (vpc-010d024876e309b20) with CIDR block 172.31.0.0/16
2. All subnets across the 6 availability zones (us-east-1a through us-east-1f)
3. The 10 EC2 instances with their instance IDs and types
4. Both EKS clusters (sigitp-eks-gamma and 5GC-Telco-Outposts-Cluster)
5. Security groups with their IDs
6. All connections between components

You can open this file directly in draw.io (diagrams.net) by:
1. Going to https://app.diagrams.net/
2. Selecting "Open Existing Diagram"
3. Uploading the file from your system

The draw.io format allows you to further customize the diagram as needed - you can adjust layouts, colors, add more details, or make any other modifications you require.

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View the diagram, example of my simple VPC diagram is below

View the draw.io XML file, which you can modify if needed

Your VPC can be more complicated than mine, but you can ask Amazon Q to still generate the diagram, and you can even add "include subnets and security group IDs on the diagram" to put more details.

The Future of Cloud Architecture Design

Amazon Q Developer represents a significant shift in how we approach cloud infrastructure design. By removing the technical barriers to creating professional architecture diagrams, teams can focus more on innovation and less on documentation overhead.

Remember: While Amazon Q Developer makes diagram creation effortless, it's still essential to understand the underlying AWS concepts and best practices to implement your architecture effectively.

Introduction to Amazon Location Service

sigitp — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 01:15:12 +0000

Amazon Location Service makes it easy for developers to add location data to applications without sacrificing data security and user privacy. You can read more about Amazon Location Service here.

In this blog, I just want to share how to try Amazon Location Service with simple hands-on lab. This blog assumes you have basic AWS services understanding and an AWS account to try stuff.

Amazon Location Service is in Preview. During the Preview period, you will not incur Amazon Location Service charges for the use of the service. You may incur fees for the use of other AWS services such as Amazon EventBridge, AWS Lambda, and Amazon CloudWatch.

Exploring the 4 Amazon Location Service Capabilities: Maps, Place, Geofence, and Tracker

In this blog, we will focus on Maps. Let's jump directly by logging in to your AWS account, then select Amazon Location Service, you will see the console as follow:

Use the Try it! button to go to the Explore page.

Map

As simple as it's name, this capability helps you to display map inside your web page or iOS, and Android applications. Maps help you visualize location information and are the foundations of many location-based service capabilities. Amazon Location Service provides map tiles of different styles sourced from global location data providers Esri and HERE.

Access your map from the Menu on the Explore page:

Under the Manage Resources, you can see the Maps tab.

There is a default map named "explore.map" already created with Esri as the data source. You can see more details by clicking the map for more information.

Creating a new map

Now let's create a new map by clicking the "Create map button, this time, we will use "Here Berlin" as the data source. Here, I name this map as "here-test".

Now we have 2 maps available to try out:

Loading the maps into HTML page

Now let's try to load the maps above into a simple HTML page for testing. We are going to use Amazon Cognito for user access control. In this example, we will use Unauthenticated Identities from Cognito Identity Pools for simple lab purposes only, in real-life application, you want to use Authenticated Identities so that only authenticated users can use your map. Always follow Best practices for Amazon Location Service.

Use the following IAM policy for unauthenticated IAM role in your Cognito Identity Pool. Note that I am using us-east-1 region and the "111111111111" will need to be replaced with your own AWS account ID. I also put both maps into the IAM policy.

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "VisualEditor0",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "geo:GetMapGlyphs",
                "geo:GetMapSprites",
                "geo:GetMapStyleDescriptor",
                "geo:GetMapTile"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:geo:us-east-1:111111111111:map/explore.map",
                "arn:aws:geo:us-east-1:111111111111:map/here-test"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Now let's prepare our HTML page as follow. This file is available from aws-samples github, learn more here.

<!-- Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. -->
<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 -->
<html>
  <head>
    <link
      href="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v1.12.0/mapbox-gl.css"
      rel="stylesheet"
    />
    <style>
      body {
        margin: 0;
      }

      #map {
        height: 100vh;
      }
    </style>
  </head>

  <body>
    <div id="map" />
    <script src="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v1.12.0/mapbox-gl.js"></script>
    <script src="https://sdk.amazonaws.com/js/aws-sdk-2.784.0.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/@aws-amplify/core@3.7.0/dist/aws-amplify-core.min.js"></script>
    <script>
      // use Signer from @aws-amplify/core
      const { Signer } = window.aws_amplify_core;

      // configuration
      // Cognito Identity Pool ID
      const identityPoolId = "us-east-1:aaaa-aaaa-aaaaaaa-aaaa-aaa-aaa";
      // Amazon Location Service Map Name
      // const mapName = "explore.map";
      const mapName = "here-test";

      // extract the region from the Identity Pool ID
      AWS.config.region = identityPoolId.split(":")[0];

      // instantiate a credential provider
      const credentials = new AWS.CognitoIdentityCredentials({
        IdentityPoolId: identityPoolId,
      });

      /**
       * Sign requests made by Mapbox GL using AWS SigV4.
       */
      function transformRequest(url, resourceType) {
        if (resourceType === "Style" && !url.includes("://")) {
          // resolve to an AWS URL
          url = `https://maps.geo.${AWS.config.region}.amazonaws.com/maps/v0/maps/${url}/style-descriptor`;
        }

        if (url.includes("amazonaws.com")) {
          // only sign AWS requests (with the signature as part of the query string)
          return {
            url: Signer.signUrl(url, {
              access_key: credentials.accessKeyId,
              secret_key: credentials.secretAccessKey,
              session_token: credentials.sessionToken,
            }),
          };
        }

        // don't sign
        return { url };
      }

      /**
       * Initialize a map.
       */
      async function initializeMap() {
        // load credentials and set them up to refresh
        await credentials.getPromise();

        // actually initialize the map
        const map = new mapboxgl.Map({
          container: "map",
          center: [-123.1187, 49.2819], // initial map centerpoint
          zoom: 10, // initial map zoom
          style: mapName,
          transformRequest,
        });

        map.addControl(new mapboxgl.NavigationControl(), "top-left");
      }

      initializeMap();
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

Note that you have to change 2 things:

First, the

const identityPoolId = "us-east-1:aaaa-aaaa-aaaaaaa-aaaa-aaa-aaa";

change this to your own Cognito Identity Pool ID.

Second, change the map parameter you want. Here I have put both and just put the other commented. Save the file and test with your local web server.

// const mapName = "explore.map";
      const mapName = "here-test";

I am using Visual Studio Code as editor, and I use the built-in web server to test the page.

explore.map loaded:

here-test loaded:

Use ctrl+ mouse left click drag to show the 2.5D buildings map feature on this map:

Summary

Amazon Location Services makes it easy for developers to add location data to applications without sacrificing data security and user privacy. With this service, developers can access Location Based Services (LBS) with consistent AWS managed API.

References

GitHub samples for Amazon Location Service: https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-location-samples

Amazon Location Service Developer Guide: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/location/index.html

Best practices for Amazon Location Service: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/location/latest/developerguide/best-practices.html

Disclaimer

https://sigit.cloud/disclaimer/

Rolling AMI Update for EKS Worker Nodes Managed Node Groups (Update to k8s 1.19)

sigitp — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:54:30 +0000

It's much more simple nowadays spinning up Kubernetes cluster with services like EKS, back then when I have to do all things manually, control nodes configuration and deployment takes heavy toll on your "YAML eyes" skill :D

Now with "Managed node groups", spinning and operating worker nodes also become so much simple!

What is EKS "Managed node groups"?

Amazon EKS managed node groups automate the provisioning and lifecycle management of nodes (Amazon EC2 instances) for Amazon EKS Kubernetes clusters.

With Amazon EKS managed node groups, you don’t need to separately provision or register the Amazon EC2 instances that provide compute capacity to run your Kubernetes applications. You can create, update, or terminate nodes for your cluster with a single operation. Nodes run using the latest Amazon EKS optimized AMIs in your AWS account. Node updates and terminations gracefully drain nodes to ensure that your applications stay available.

All managed nodes are provisioned as part of an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group that's managed for you by Amazon EKS. All resources including the instances and Auto Scaling groups run within your AWS account. Each node group uses the Amazon EKS optimized Amazon Linux 2 AMI and can run across multiple Availability Zones that you define.

You can add a managed node group to new or existing clusters using the Amazon EKS console, eksctl, AWS CLI; AWS API, or infrastructure as code tools including AWS CloudFormation. Nodes launched as part of a managed node group are automatically tagged for auto-discovery by the Kubernetes cluster autoscaler. You can use the node group to apply Kubernetes labels to nodes and update them at any time.

Building the cluster with eksctl

eksctl is a tool jointly developed by AWS and Weaveworks that automates much of the experience of creating EKS clusters. Make sure you have AWS CLI and the right IAM users/roles/permissions to create EKS cluster available, follow this guide as prerequisites. eksctl will then create a cluster with ControlPlane and worker nodes as shown below. The number of worker nodes is specified on the cluster definition YAML file.

Cluster definition YAML file

Create this cluster definition YAML file (clusterdef.yaml) on your local workstation. You can choose your own AWS Region and Availability Zone based on your preference. Use your own AWS Key Management Service (KMS) keys to provide envelope encryption of Kubernetes secrets stored in Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS). Implementing envelope encryption is considered a security best practice for applications that store sensitive data and is part of a defense in depth security strategy.

---
apiVersion: eksctl.io/v1alpha5
kind: ClusterConfig

metadata:
  name: ekscluster-eksctl
  region: us-east-1 

availabilityZones: ["us-east-1a", "us-east-1b", "us-east-1c"]

managedNodeGroups:
- name: managednodegroup
  desiredCapacity: 3
  instanceType: t3.small
  ssh:
    allow: true

cloudWatch:
  clusterLogging:
   enableTypes: ["*"]

secretsEncryption:
  keyARN: arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:1234567890:key/adsfasdfasdf-adsfasdfasdfdsa-asdfasdfasdfasf

Execute the cluster definition YAML file

Save above file as clusterdef.yaml, then execute the following command:

eksctl create cluster -f clusterdef.yaml

eksctl will handle the heavylifting for you with AWS CloudFormation in the backend:

(base) yoyoyo@host-38f9d335e654:~/ekscluster$ eksctl create cluster -f ekscluster.yaml
[ℹ]  eksctl version 0.37.0
[ℹ]  using region us-east-1
[ℹ]  subnets for us-east-1a - public:192.168.0.0/19 private:192.168.96.0/19
[ℹ]  subnets for us-east-1b - public:192.168.32.0/19 private:192.168.128.0/19
[ℹ]  subnets for us-east-1c - public:192.168.64.0/19 private:192.168.160.0/19
[ℹ]  using SSH public key "/Users/yoyoyo/.ssh/id_rsa.pub" as "eksctl-ekscluster-eksctl-nodegroup-managednodegroup-9d:d4:ac:0b:ea:7f:07:oo:oo:oo" 
[ℹ]  using Kubernetes version 1.18
[ℹ]  creating EKS cluster "ekscluster-eksctl" in "us-east-1" region with managed nodes
[ℹ]  1 nodegroup (managednodegroup) was included (based on the include/exclude rules)
[ℹ]  will create a CloudFormation stack for cluster itself and 0 nodegroup stack(s)
[ℹ]  will create a CloudFormation stack for cluster itself and 1 managed nodegroup stack(s)
[ℹ]  if you encounter any issues, check CloudFormation console or try 'eksctl utils describe-stacks --region=us-east-1 --cluster=ekscluster-eksctl'
[ℹ]  Kubernetes API endpoint access will use default of {publicAccess=true, privateAccess=false} for cluster "ekscluster-eksctl" in "us-east-1"
[ℹ]  2 sequential tasks: { create cluster control plane "ekscluster-eksctl", 3 sequential sub-tasks: { 2 sequential sub-tasks: { wait for control plane to become ready, update CloudWatch logging configuration }, create addons, create managed nodegroup "managednodegroup" } }
[ℹ]  building cluster stack "eksctl-ekscluster-eksctl-cluster"
[ℹ]  deploying stack "eksctl-ekscluster-eksctl-cluster"
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack "eksctl-ekscluster-eksctl-cluster"
.....
[ℹ]  waiting for requested "LoggingUpdate" in cluster "ekscluster-eksctl" to succeed
[✔]  configured CloudWatch logging for cluster "ekscluster-eksctl" in "us-east-1" (enabled types: api, audit, authenticator, controllerManager, scheduler & no types disabled)
[ℹ]  building managed nodegroup stack "eksctl-ekscluster-eksctl-nodegroup-managednodegroup"
[ℹ]  deploying stack "eksctl-ekscluster-eksctl-nodegroup-managednodegroup"
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack "eksctl-ekscluster-eksctl-nodegroup-managednodegroup"
[ℹ]  waiting for the control plane availability...
[✔]  saved kubeconfig as "/Users/yoyoyo/.kube/config"
[ℹ]  no tasks
[✔]  all EKS cluster resources for "ekscluster-eksctl" have been created
[ℹ]  nodegroup "managednodegroup" has 3 node(s)
[ℹ]  node "ip-192-168-24-18.ec2.internal" is ready
[ℹ]  node "ip-192-168-54-189.ec2.internal" is ready
[ℹ]  node "ip-192-168-94-142.ec2.internal" is ready
[ℹ]  waiting for at least 3 node(s) to become ready in "managednodegroup"
[ℹ]  nodegroup "managednodegroup" has 3 node(s)
[ℹ]  node "ip-192-168-24-18.ec2.internal" is ready
[ℹ]  node "ip-192-168-54-189.ec2.internal" is ready
[ℹ]  node "ip-192-168-94-142.ec2.internal" is ready
[ℹ]  kubectl command should work with "/Users/yoyoyo/.kube/config", try 'kubectl get nodes'
[✔]  EKS cluster "ekscluster-eksctl" in "us-east-1" region is ready

Once the EKS cluster is ready, you can check the worker nodes with below command:

(base) yoyoyo@host-38f9d335e654:~/ekscluster$ kubectl get nodes
NAME                             STATUS   ROLES    AGE     VERSION
ip-192-168-24-18.ec2.internal    Ready    <none>   2m39s   v1.18.9-eks-d1db3c
ip-192-168-54-189.ec2.internal   Ready    <none>   2m50s   v1.18.9-eks-d1db3c
ip-192-168-94-142.ec2.internal   Ready    <none>   2m53s   v1.18.9-eks-d1db3c
(base) yoyoyo@host-38f9d335e654:~/ekscluster$

Worker node group update with EKS Console

Once your EKS cluster up and running, there are several scenarios where it's useful to update your Amazon EKS managed node group's version or configuration:

You have updated the Kubernetes version for your Amazon EKS cluster and want to update your nodes to use the same Kubernetes version.
A new AMI release version is available for your managed node group. For more information about AMI versions, see Amazon EKS optimized Amazon Linux AMI versions.
You want to adjust the minimum, maximum, or desired count of the instances in your managed node group.
You want to add or remove Kubernetes labels from the instances in your managed node group.
You want to add or remove AWS tags from your managed node group.
You need to deploy a new version of a launch template with configuration changes, such as an updated custom AMI.

If there's a newer AMI release version for your managed node group's Kubernetes version, you can update your node group's version to use the newer AMI version. Similarly, if your cluster is running a Kubernetes version that's newer than your node group, you can update the node group to use the latest AMI release version to match your cluster's Kubernetes version.

Note

You can't roll back a node group to an earlier Kubernetes version or AMI version.

When a node in a managed node group is terminated due to a scaling action or update, the pods in that node are drained first. For more information, see Managed node update behavior.

From the AWS Management Console, visit your EKS cluster Compute Configuration. In this example, there is a new update on the Amazon EKS optimized Amazon Linux AMI version:

To upgrade the node group, click Update now. Select the Rolling update option to respect pod disruption budgets for your cluster. The update fails if Amazon EKS is unable to gracefully drain the pods that are running on this Node Group due to a pod disruption budget issue. If you want to change your Launch template (changing AMI, or changing instance type, or modifying tags, for example), you can select the Launch template version here as well.

Once you click Update, the update process will start with a specific Update ID, you can follow the update progress in the AWS Management Console:

Amazon EKS triggers the following logic during the update:

Amazon EKS creates a new Amazon EC2 launch template version for the Auto Scaling group associated with your node group. The new template uses the target AMI for the update.
The Auto Scaling group is updated to use the latest launch template with the new AMI.
The Auto Scaling group maximum size and desired size are incremented by one up to twice the number of Availability Zones in the Region that the Auto Scaling group is deployed in. This is to ensure that at least one new instance comes up in every Availability Zone in the Region that your node group is deployed in.
Amazon EKS checks the nodes in the node group for the eks.amazonaws.com/nodegroup-image label, and applies a eks.amazonaws.com/nodegroup=unschedulable:NoSchedule taint on all of the nodes in the node group that aren't labeled with the latest AMI ID. This prevents nodes that have already been updated from a previous failed update from being tainted.
Amazon EKS randomly selects a node in the node group and evicts all pods from it.
After all of the pods are evicted, Amazon EKS cordons the node. This is done so that the service controller doesn't send any new request to this node and removes this node from its list of healthy, active nodes.
Amazon EKS sends a termination request to the Auto Scaling group for the cordoned node.
Steps 5-7 are repeated until there are no nodes in the node group that are deployed with the earlier version of the launch template.
The Auto Scaling group maximum size and desired size are decremented by 1 to return to your pre-update values.

I have 3 nodes with t3.small instances with lightweight workload, the update process took ~16 minutes. Learn more here on EKS Rolling Update.

[Real Life Scenario] Updating EKS cluster to 1.19 (Update 02-18-2021)

Now let's apply learnings from above to upgrade our EKS cluster to latest 1.19.

Kubernetes is rapidly evolving, with frequent feature releases and bug fixes. Highlights of the Kubernetes 1.19 release include Ingress API and Pod Topology Spread reaching stable status, EndpointSlices being enabled by default, and immutable Secrets and ConfigMaps. Learn more about Kubernetes version 1.19 in the Kubernetes project release notes.

First step: upgrade your EKS cluster. In this example, I updated from 1.18

Select 1.19 as target version:

You can check the progress on Update history tab:

Click the Update ID for more details:

In my cluster, the EKS update completed in ~25 minutes.

Now we have the EKS control plane on version 1.19, we will have to proceed to update the current managed node group from 1.18 to 1.19 as well:

Update the nodegroups into 1.19:

You can follow the progress by looking at the Update ID:

On my nodegroups, it takes ~16 minutes, the nodegroups consists of 3 nodes with t3.small instances with lightweight workload.

With these update steps, now you have EKS 1.19 on both the control plane (manged by EKS) and the worker nodegroups.

Summary

eksctl is a tool jointly developed by AWS and Weaveworks that automates much of the experience of creating EKS clusters. Once your EKS cluster up and running, there are several scenarios where it's useful to update your Amazon EKS managed node group's version or configuration. The Rolling update option to respect pod disruption budgets for your cluster. Remember to always test your cluster update in a sandbox or development environment first before doing it in production.

References

EKS user guide: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/getting-started.html

Maximum pods based on Instance type: https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-eks-ami/blob/master/files/eni-max-pods.txt

Available IP per ENI on Instance type: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-eni.html#AvailableIpPerENI

Disclaimer

https://sigit.cloud/disclaimer/

Build Serverless Blog with Gatsby and AWS Amplify & AppSync

sigitp — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 22:18:25 +0000

Build Serverless Blog with Gatsby and AWS Amplify

Gatsby is a very popular free and opensource framework based on React for developing fast websites and applications. AWS Amplify provides an easy way for developers to deploy Gatsby website and application with built-in automated CI/CD pipeline.

This Blog post will help developers to simplify Gatsby development with AWS Amplify, integrate deployment workflow with GitHub, and utilize AWS AppSync as GraphQL API backend.

Prerequisites

Install NodeJS and Node Package Manager (NPM)

You can install NodeJS and NPM on MacOS or Linux by using either Homebrew, or Node Version Manager (NVM.) Windows users can download and install the package published at: https://nodejs.org/

Setting up the Amplify tools

Instructions for installing and configuring the Amplify Command Line tools can be found here: https://docs.amplify.aws/cli/start/install

The instructions will walk you through the process of setting up an AWS Account along with installing and configuring the AWS Amplify command line tools. Once you are done with the installation, return to this post.

Install Gatsby

Before you start developing Gatsby websites and applications, setup your Gatsby development environment by following instructions provided in Gatsby documentation: https://www.gatsbyjs.org/tutorial/part-zero/.

Install Git

This project will require interacting with git source control. You should install a git client, and make sure you have access to Git credentials via HTTPS or SSH. This lab blog post assumes a basic level of familiarity with how to use git and GitHub.

We will use GitHub to store our code and integrate it with AWS Amplify for automated CI/CD pipeline. Follow GitHub documentation to setup your GitHub account: https://help.github.com/en/github/getting-started-with-github/quickstart

Setting up GitHub source control

In order to use the Amplify Console later in this process, we will need to have access to GitHub source control repository. This Github repository will serve as the repository for the Amplify CI/CD pipeline. Follow GitHub documentation on how to setup your code repository: https://help.github.com/en/github/getting-started-with-github/create-a-repo

Creating Gatsby Default Starter Application

Once the previous steps completed, you can initialize your project with gatsby new and gatsby develop command, you can see your Gatsby initial project on http://localhost:8000.

user@host:~/$ gatsby new project-name
user@host:~/$ cd project-name
user@host:~/project-name$ gatsby develop

You can stop Gatsby development server by pressing Ctrl+C on the terminal. The Gatsby default starter application is a great code framework to start developing new application. On this blog post, we will create a new serverless blog project to be deployed with AWS Amplify.

Creating Gatsby Blog Project

Once Gatsby starter application running, let’s create a new Gatsby blog project by customizing configuration files and adding code to render the blog list and blog post pages. Let’s clone the blog project so you can start faster with building this application.

user@host:~/$ git clone https://github.com/sigitp-git/gatsby-appsync-amplify-pub.git
user@host:~/$ cd gatsby-appsync-amplify-pub
user@host:~/gatsby-appsync-amplify-pub$ ls -la
drwxr-xr-x 22 sigitp Group   704 May 15 23:23 .
drwxr-xr-x@ 25 sigitp Group   800 May 18 10:14 ..
-rw-r--r--@ 1 sigitp Group  10244 May 15 23:12 .DS_Store
drwxr-xr-x 13 sigitp Group   416 May 26 22:17 .git
-rw-r--r--  1 sigitp Group   1336 May 14 19:27 .gitignore
-rw-r--r--  1 sigitp Group   315 May 14 19:25 .graphqlconfig.yml
-rw-r--r--  1 sigitp Group    45 May 14 19:25 .prettierignore
-rw-r--r--  1 sigitp Group    46 May 14 19:25 .prettierrc
-rw-r--r--  1 sigitp Group   1076 May 15 21:36 LICENSE
-rw-r--r--@ 1 sigitp Group   5624 May 11 13:09 README.md
-rw-r--r--@ 1 sigitp Group   4322 May 14 23:22 addingdummyposts.graphql
-rw-r--r--@ 1 sigitp Group    54 May 10 12:54 amplify-build-config.json
-rw-r--r--@ 1 sigitp Group   112 May 10 01:03 errafterplugininstallbug
-rw-r--r--  1 sigitp Group   164 May 15 21:36 gatsby-browser.js
-rw-r--r--@ 1 sigitp Group   1296 May 15 10:18 gatsby-config.js
-rw-r--r--@ 1 sigitp Group   820 May 15 22:18 gatsby-node.js
-rw-r--r--  1 sigitp Group   180 May 15 21:36 gatsby-ssr.js
-rw-r--r--  1 sigitp Group 1008314 May 15 22:10 package-lock.json
-rw-r--r--  1 sigitp Group   1807 May 15 22:17 package.json
drwxr-xr-x  7 sigitp Group   224 May 14 17:51 public
drwxr-xr-x 10 sigitp Group   320 May 15 22:19 src
-rw-r--r--  1 sigitp Group  665654 May 15 22:17 yarn.lock

Build all required packages as required by package.json file using yarn install command.

user@host:~/gatsby-appsync-amplify-pub$ yarn install

Setup Backend Resources with Amplify

Setup backend resources to support to your application by using Amplify CLI with the following commands:

user@host:~/gatsby-appsync-amplify-pub$ npx amplify-app@latest

Once the basic setup completes, edit the GraphQL schema located in amplify/backend/api/amplifyDatasource/schema.graphql with the following Blog Application schema:

echo "type Blog @model {
 id: ID!
 name: String!
 posts: [Post] @connection(name: "BlogPosts")
}

type Post @model {
 id: ID!
 title: String!
 content: String!
 blog: Blog @connection(name: "BlogPosts")
 comments: [Comment] @connection(name: "PostComments")
}

type Comment @model {
 id: ID!
 content: String
 post: Post @connection(name: "PostComments")
}" > amplify/backend/api/amplifyDatasource/schema.graphql

Visit https://docs.amplify.aws/cli/graphql-transformer/overview#create-a-graphql-api for more information about GraphQL schema overview.

Run modelgen to generate code for your GraphQL transactions:

user@host:~/gatsby-appsync-amplify-pub$ npm run amplify-modelgen

Push your API and Model configuration to Amplify backend. This will push your backend configuration: create Amplify Console App, AppSync API, and DynamoDB tables using CloudFormation.

user@host:~/gatsby-appsync-amplify-pub$ npm run amplify-push

Adding Initial Blog Post using GraphQL Query

Now that we have our Gatsby blog ready, let’s add our initial blog posts using GraphQL query. The blog posts will be stored inside DynamoDB table that was created when you push the backend configuration into your AWS account. Use the following command to initiate your browser into AppSync API console, select GraphQL as your API service.

user@host:~/gatsby-appsync-amplify-pub$ amplify console api

Your browser will open the AppSync GraphQL backend once you logged-in to your AWS account. Open the file addingdummyposts.graphql from the project directory, copy the content and paste it to GraphQL query page, one query at a time, you can just create 1 Blog, 1 Post, and 1 Comment for now.

Create blog query, submit the query by clicking on the orange run query button:

Create post query:

Create comment query:

Integration Between Gatsby and AppSync

Gatsby uses gatsby-config.js to integrate with AppSync GraphQL API. Open the file gatsby-config.js, edit the values for url and x-api-key with your own data that can be obtained from src/aws-exports.js.

aws-exports.js contains secret parameters, make sure you add src/aws-exports.js and gatsby-config.js into .gitignore.

Below are the configuration used by Gatsby to integrate with AppSync.

 plugins: [
  `gatsby-plugin-react-helmet`,
  {
   resolve: `gatsby-source-graphql`,
   options: { 
        typeName: `gatsbyappsync`,
        fieldName: `gatsbyappsync`,
        url: `https://randomvalue.appsync-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/graphql`,
        headers: {
            'x-api-key': 'randomkey'
        }
   },
  },

Start the Gatsby development server to check our blog project:

user@host:~/gatsby-appsync-amplify-pub$ gatsby develop
You can now view gatsby-starter-default in the browser.
 http://localhost:8000/
View GraphiQL, an in-browser IDE, to explore your site's data and schema
 http://localhost:8000/___graphql
Note that the development build is not optimized.
To create a production build, use gatsby build
⠀
success Building development bundle - 6.080s

Open both the starter page (http://localhost:8000) and GraphiQL IDE (http://localhost:8000/___graphql)

Using GraphiQL, we can simulate the query to get all of our Blogs, Posts, and Comments, follow the query as follow, click the Run Query button to get the results:

query MyQuery {
 gatsbyappsync {
  listBlogs(limit: 10) {
   items {
    id
    name
   }
  }
  listPosts(limit: 1000) {
   items {
    id
    title
    date
    content
    _lastChangedAt
   }
  }
  listComments(limit: 50) {
   items {
    id
    content
   }
  }
 }
}

We can now start to use Gatsby GraphQL query to interact with AppSync API. You can check the gatsby-node.js, index.js, and templates/blog-post.js to see how the GraphQL query utilized inside Gatsby components. You can always test your development by using gatsby develop command, next we will deploy our blog using Amplify Console.

Deploying Application with Amplify Console

Now that we have Gatsby default starter application running, we want to publish the application and set up the Amplify Console to host the application.

From the command line, use GIT to publish all of the changes to the GitHub repository.

user@host:~/project-name$ git init
user@host:~/project-name$ git add .
user@host:~/project-name$ git commit -m “gatsby starter app”
user@host:~/project-name$ git remote add origin https://github.com/%3Cyour-user-name%3E/%3Cyour-project-name%3E.git
user@host:~/project-name$ git push -u origin master

Once your code push is completed, login to the AWS Console.

From the AWS Console, select AWS Amplify
Click on Connect App to create your new Amplify application and connect it to your source control.
From the source code selection option, choose GitHub as the location for your source control. Then click Continue. Follow the step by step guide to complete setting up Amplify Console.

Figures below shows the step by step guide provided by Amplify Console:

Add repository branch:

Select branch master or any other branch that you will deploy in this process:

Configure your build settings, use amplify backend that we configured earlier with Amplify CLI:

Once completed, Amplify Console will provision, build, deploy, and verify your application and provides application URL such as: https://master.d1dp3i9zp6cblx.amplifyapp.com/. If you commit a new code to the repository, Amplify will automatically repeat the process for your new application version.

You can then open the deployed application in your browser:

Summary

In this post, we walked you through the creation of a serverless Gatsby blog project using AWS Amplify to integrate our front-end with back-end resources hosted in AWS cloud. We also provided code to integrate Gatsby with AppSync GraphQL API to generate blog posts in our blog project.

AWS AppSync provides toolkit, libraries, and console to help developers build applications, integrate with GitHub code repositories, and automatically deploy their applications code, directly from the application repositories.

S3 Image/Video Upload React Component with AWS Amplify

sigitp — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 20:41:47 +0000

Running App Example

S3 Image/Video upload into Amazon S3 requires Amazon Cognito for user authentication. Once user Signed-Up and Signed-In, the user can start to see file upload form:

On this blog, we will utilize AWS Amplify to setup Amazon S3 and Amazon Cognito backend, and integrate it with our React component front-end.

Prerequisites

Create React App

Create React App using NPX/NPM CLI, follow this guide for start: https://create-react-app.dev/docs/getting-started/

Add Amplify, S3, and Cognito

Add Amazon Cognito support to your App by using Amplify CLI from your App directory as follow:

prompt$ cd app-directory

prompt:~app-directory$ amplify init 
(follow the guide to initialize amplify backend configuration)

prompt:~app-directory$ amplify add storage 
(follow the guide, this will also add Cognito support during the guide)

prompt:~app-directory$ amplify push 
(pushing your Cognito configuration to AWS back-end using CloudFormation. Cognito User Pools and configuration will be created)

Code

HTML/JSX Form

We will use simple HTML/JSX input form with type=file. Below are the code snippet for the form section. The full App.js file can be found here: https://github.com/sigitp-git/s3fileupload-react-amplify

//---- code snippet ----//
      <div className='video-uploader'>
        <form onSubmit={(e) => onSubmit(e)}>
          <p>
            <label className='select-label'>Select video: </label>
          </p>
          <p>
            <input
              className='video-input'
              type='file'
              id='file-input'
              accept='image/*, video/*'
              onChange={(e) => onChange(e)}
            />
          </p>
          <button type='submit' className='btn'>
            Submit <MdSend className='btn-icon' />
          </button>
        </form>
      </div>
//---- code snippet ----//

Importing Amplify, Storage (S3), and Cognito Authentication

Once pre-requisites above done, we can start importing Amplify, Storage (S3), and Cognito objects into our code. Notice that for Cognito, we are importing the AmplifyAuthenticator, AmplifySignOut, AmplifySignIn, andAmplifySignUp UI components.

//---- code snippet ----//
import React, { useState } from 'react'
import './App.css'
import Amplify, { Storage } from 'aws-amplify'
import {
  AmplifyAuthenticator,
  AmplifySignOut,
  AmplifySignIn,
  AmplifySignUp,
} from '@aws-amplify/ui-react'
import { MdSend /* MdList */ } from 'react-icons/md'
import awsConfig from './aws-exports'
Amplify.configure(awsConfig)
//---- code snippet ----//

React Functional Component for Storage (S3) Upload

We will use 3 states to help us creating the functions, the states are: name (to record the file name), file (to record the file object that will be uploaded), and response (to record status of the upload process).

We will use 2 event handler: onChange() and onSubmit() from the HTML page.onChange() will change the state of file and name during user interaction of choosing the file, then once button submitted, onSubmit() will take both name and file state as argument to pass into Storage.put() method provided by Amplify, response state will also be updated along with the upload status result.

//---- code snippet ----//
const App = () => {
  const [name, setName] = useState('')
  const [file, setFile] = useState('')
  const [response, setResponse] = useState('')

  const onChange = (e) => {
    e.preventDefault()
    if (e.target.files[0] !== null) {
      setFile(e.target.files[0])
      setName(e.target.files[0].name)
    }
  }

  const onSubmit = (e) => {
    e.preventDefault()
    if (file) {
      Storage.put(name, file, {
        /* level: 'protected', */
        contentType: file.type,
      })
        .then((result) => {
          console.log(result)
          setResponse(`Success uploading file: ${name}!`)
        })
        .then(() => {
          document.getElementById('file-input').value = null
          setFile(null)
        })
        .catch((err) => {
          console.log(err)
          setResponse(`Can't upload file: ${err}`)
        })
    } else {
      setResponse(`Files needed!`)
    }
  }
  //---- code snippet ----//

Summary

As you can see, adding Storage (S3) Support, Authentication, Sign Up, Sign In, and Sign Out is very easy with AWS Amplify support. AWS handles the backend heavy-lifting to store your Image/Video, user information, SMS/E-Mail based verification, Passwords policy and much more, Happy Coding!

Reference

https://github.com/sigitp-git/s3fileupload-react-amplify

https://docs.amplify.aws/lib/storage/getting-started/q/platform/js

GatsbyJS Pagination without Plugins

sigitp — Tue, 19 May 2020 20:06:21 +0000

Running App Example

Example of running GatsbyJS blog with pagination https://master.d2c2u44of9gyth.amplifyapp.com/. This App front-end is based on GatsbyJS/React components. The pagination done by customizing gatsby-node.js , blog-list.js, and the blog-post.js.

To me, this approach is easier to implement and at the same time, provides good coding practice.

There are two parts of the pagination:

Blog Post pagination (let's call it BPP)

Blog Post pagination displays next and previous post relatives to the post that currently being viewed. See below example:

Blog Listing pagination (let's call it BLP)

Blog Listing pagination displays how many pages in total. Provides page listing as well as next and previous page links. See below example:

Code

gatsby-node.js

As usual, Gatsby will generate static pages during build, we can control the pages by using createPages() method inside gatsby-node.js. Below snippet taken from https://github.com/sigitp-git/sigit.cloud-gatsby/blob/master/gatsby-node.js .

//...lines removed...
// Dynamically reate pages based on graphql query on slugs from each node, put component of that page from blog-post.js template
// Create pagination using src/templates/blog-list.js
exports.createPages = ({ graphql, actions }) => {
    const { createPage } = actions
    const blogPostTemplate = path.resolve('./src/templates/blog-post.js')
    const blogListTemplate = path.resolve('./src/templates/blog-list.js')

    // this graphql is function string to pass graphql query, this is a node version of graphql
    // this query returns a promise of slugs. use then instead of async await
    return graphql(`
    query loadSlugQuery ($limit: Int!){
        allMarkdownRemark(
            sort: { fields: [frontmatter___date], order: DESC }
            limit: $limit
        ) {
            edges {
                node {
                    fields {
                        slug
                    }
                    frontmatter {
                        title
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
    `, { limit: 1000}).then(result => {
        const posts = result.data.allMarkdownRemark.edges
        posts.forEach((post, index) => {
            // create prev and next on each posts render (for Blog Post Pagination, BPP)
            const previous = index === posts.length - 1 ? null : posts[index + 1].node
            const next = index === 0 ? null : posts[index - 1].node

            // previous and next are objects props sent as pageContect object to blogPostTemplate
            createPage({
                path: post.node.fields.slug,
                component: blogPostTemplate,
                context: {
                    slug: post.node.fields.slug,
                    previous,
                    next,
                },
            })
        })
        // Create blog list pages (for Blog List Pagination, BLP)
        // Assign path /2, /3, p/4, etc
        const postsPerPage = 6
        const numPages = Math.ceil(posts.length / postsPerPage)

        Array.from({ length: numPages }).forEach((_, i) => {
            createPage({
                path: i === 0 ? `/` : `${i + 1}`,
                component: blogListTemplate,
                context: {
                    limit: postsPerPage,
                    skip: i * postsPerPage,
                    numPages,
                    currentPage: i + 1
                },
            });
        });
    })
}

Note that previous and next are node objects (blog post objects) passed as pageContext to blog-post.js during render. We will utilize these two objects on our blog-post.js to create links to previous and next post.

Also note that numPages , limit, skip, and currentPage are objects (blog list objects) passed as pageContext to blog-list.js during render. We will utilize these objects on our blog-list.js to create links to blog listing pages.

blog-post.js

We will use the Blog Post Pagination inside blog post page, below snippet taken from https://github.com/sigitp-git/sigit.cloud-gatsby/blob/master/src/templates/blog-post.js .

On this file, pageContext contains previous and next object passed by gatsby-node.js. We will use these objects to create links to previous and next post.

const BlogPost = ({ data, pageContext }) => {
    //console.log(pageContext)
    const { previous, next } = pageContext

      //...lines removed...

    return (

      //...lines removed...

                    <ul
                style={{
                    display: `flex`,
                    flexWrap: `wrap`,
                    justifyContent: `space-between`,
                    listStyle: `none`,
                    padding: 0,
                }}
            >
                <li>
                    {previous && (
                        <Link to={previous.fields.slug} rel="prev">
                            {"<<"+previous.frontmatter.title}
                        </Link>
                    )}
                </li>
                <li>
                    {next && (
                        <Link to={next.fields.slug} rel="next">
                            {next.frontmatter.title+">>"}
                        </Link>
                    )}
                </li>
            </ul>

blog-list.js

We will use the Blog List Pagination inside blog listing page, below snippet taken from https://github.com/sigitp-git/sigit.cloud-gatsby/blob/master/src/templates/blog-list.js .

On this file, pageContext contains numPages , limit, skip, and currentPage passed by gatsby-node.js. We will use these objects to create links to blog listing pages.

const BlogList = ({ data, pageContext}) => {
      //console.log(pageContext)
        const { numPages, limit, skip, currentPage } = pageContext

      //...lines removed...

    return (

      //...lines removed...

      <div>
      <ul
        style={{
          display: 'flex',
          flexWrap: 'wrap',
          justifyContent: 'center',
          alignItems: 'center',
          listStyle: 'none',
          padding: 0,
        }}
      >
        {!isFirst && (
          <Link to={prevPage} rel="prev" style={{marginTop: '0.1rem', marginBottom: '0.1rem', padding: '0.5rem', color: 'var(--themeColor)'}}>
            {"<< Prev"}
          </Link>
        )}
        {Array.from({ length: numPages }, (_, i) => (
          <li
            key={`pagination-number${i + 1}`}
            style={{
              margin: 0,
            }}
          >
            <Link
              to={`/${i === 0 ? '' : i + 1}`}
              style={{
                marginTop: '0.1rem',
                marginBottom: '0.1rem',
                padding: '0.5rem',
                textDecoration: 'none',
                color: i + 1 === currentPage ? '#ffffff' : 'var(--themeColor)',
                background: i + 1 === currentPage ? 'var(--themeColor)' : '',
              }}
            >
              {i + 1}
            </Link>
          </li>
        ))}
        {!isLast && (
          <Link to={nextPage} rel="next" style={{ marginTop: '0.1rem', marginBottom: '0.1rem', padding: '0.5rem', color: 'var(--themeColor)' }}>
            {"Next >>"}
          </Link>
        )}
      </ul>
      </div>

Summary

GatsbyJS pagination can be done with plugins, but also can be done with simple code on gatsby-node.js , blog-list.js, and the blog-post.js.

References:

https://www.gatsbyjs.org/docs/adding-pagination/

https://nickymeuleman.netlify.app/blog/gatsby-pagination

https://github.com/NickyMeuleman/gatsby-paginated-blog

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Customize Amazon Cognito UI

sigitp — Tue, 19 May 2020 16:00:59 +0000

Running App Example

Example of running App with customized Amazon Cognito: https://master.d1dp3i9zp6cblx.amplifyapp.com/postblog. This App front-end is based on GatsbyJS/React components.

You can try to Sign Up and Sign In, it will need valid Phone Number and E-Mail Address.

Code

Add Cognito

Add Amazon Cognito support to your App by using Amplify CLI from your App directory as follow:

prompt$ cd app-directory

prompt$ amplify add auth 
(just try default options for now)

prompt$ amplify push 
(pushing your Cognito configuration to AWS back-end using CloudFormation. Cognito User Pools and configuration will be created)

CSS

https://github.com/sigitp-git/gatsby-appsync-amplify-pub/blob/master/src/components/layout.css

:root {
  --themeColor: darkslateblue;
  --hoverColor: rgb(105, 95, 171); 
  --amplify-primary-color: darkslateblue;
  --amplify-primary-tint: rgb(39, 39, 151); 
  --amplify-primary-shade: rgb(105, 95, 171);
}

The three CSS custom variables above (--amplify-primary-color, --amplify-primary-tint, and --amplify-primary-shade) overrides default (orange) colors from Amplify/Cognito libraries. Check this page for complete list of customizable CSS variables: https://docs.amplify.aws/ui/customization/theming/q/framework/react.

JavaScript/React

https://github.com/sigitp-git/gatsby-appsync-amplify-pub/blob/master/src/pages/postblog.js

import "../components/layout.css"
import { AmplifyAuthenticator, AmplifySignOut, AmplifySignIn, AmplifySignUp } from '@aws-amplify/ui-react'

return (
  <Layout>
  <AmplifyAuthenticator>
  {/* <AmplifySignIn headerText="Customize Sign-In Text Here" slot="sign-in" />
  <AmplifySignUp headerText="Customize Sign-Up Text Here" slot="sign-up" /> */}

  <div>
  <form id="postblogform" onSubmit={handleSubmit(onSubmit)}>
  <input type="text" placeholder="Post Title" name="posttitle" ref={register({required: "POST TITLE REQUIRED", minLength: {value: 5, message: "TOO SHORT"}})}/><br/>{errors.posttitle && <p>{errors.posttitle.message}</p>}

    <textarea placeholder="Post Content" name="postcontent" rows="10" cols="100" ref={register({required: "POST CONTENT REQUIRED", minLength: {value: 10, message: "TOO SHORT"}})}/> <br/>{errors.postcontent && <p>{errors.postcontent.message}</p>}

    <button style={{"float": "left"}} type="submit" className="btn">Submit <MdSend className="btn-icon"/></button><br/>
  </form>
    </div>
    <div>
    <AmplifySignOut/>
  </div>
  </AmplifyAuthenticator>
  </Layout>
)

Import the CSS file where we define the customization colors earlier with import "../components/layout.css". Also import Amazon Cognito UI components from @aws-amplify/ui-react: import { AmplifyAuthenticator, AmplifySignOut, AmplifySignIn, AmplifySignUp } from '@aws-amplify/ui-react'.

We can then call the Amplify UI Components from the return statement of the application: <AmplifyAuthenticator>, <AmplifySignIn>, <AmplifySignUp>, and <AmplifySignOut>.

We can also customize the headerText for both <AmplifySignIn>, and <AmplifySignUp> components.

Summary

As you can see, adding Authentication, Sign Up, Sign In, and Sign Out is very easy with Amazon Cognito. AWS handles the backend heavy-lifting to store your user information, SMS/E-Mail based verification, Passwords policy and much more, Happy Coding!