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Category: Technical How-to

Accelerating log analytics at scale with AWS Glue and Apache Iceberg materialized views

Accelerating log analytics at scale with AWS Glue and Apache Iceberg materialized views

In this post, you learn how to build an application log pipeline for production use with Amazon CloudWatch Logs, AWS Lambda, Amazon Data Firehose, AWS Glue, and Apache Iceberg materialized tables. You then use materialized views to accelerate query performance. This solution helps you achieve faster query response times on large-scale log data without requiring you to manage continuous data lake refresh.

Serverless analytics pipelines using the Apache Spark engine in Amazon Athena

Serverless analytics pipelines using the Apache Spark engine in Amazon Athena

This post shows how developers, data engineers, and analysts can connect to a secure Spark Connect endpoint in Athena with Apache Spark. You can use your preferred tools, such as Jupyter notebooks, VS Code, or dbt with Apache Airflow, without managing cluster lifecycle or scaling.

Introducing Private Networking for Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ

In this post, we explain how Private Networking for Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ works and walk through the setup process. Whether you’re securing a private identity provider, federating messages between brokers, or connecting to self-hosted RabbitMQ, your broker can now reach private destinations without exposing them publicly.

Access Amazon S3 data files directly using AWS Lake Formation permissions

In this post, we demonstrate reading from and writing to Lake Formation-managed S3 locations using Apache Spark jobs from EMR. Lake Formation credential vending for S3 location access is available in EMR release label 7.13 and later, Boto3 1.42.29 and later, AWS Java SDK 2.41.32 and later, and AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) version 2.33.1 and later.

Building AI shopping agent using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime and Amazon OpenSearch Service

In this post, we explore how to build an online shopping AI agent. We focus on its architecture and implementation with Amazon OpenSearch Service, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, and Strands Agents. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore is an agentic platform for deploying and operating those agents and tools securely at scale without managing infrastructure.

Choosing the right workflow orchestration service for your use case: Amazon MWAA and AWS Step Functions

This post explores how to select the right workflow orchestration service based on your specific use case requirements. We’ll examine key workflow characteristics, present real-world scenarios, and provide practical guidance to help you make an informed decision for your particular needs.

Real-time CDC from Aurora PostgreSQL to Amazon S3 Tables using Debezium and Firehose

In this post, we show you how to build a CDC pipeline that delivers query-ready Iceberg tables directly. The pipeline captures inserts, updates, and deletes from Aurora PostgreSQL and applies them as row-level operations in Amazon S3 Tables, a capability of Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3).

Upgrade PySpark from Spark 3.5 to Spark 4.0 with AWS Spark Upgrade Agent

In this post, we walk through a hands-on PySpark migration from Spark 3.5 to Spark 4.0 on Amazon EMR Serverless, using the AWS Spark Upgrade Agent. You’ll see how the agent iteratively validates your application on a live Amazon EMR Serverless application, automatically diagnosing and resolving failures from Amazon CloudWatch logs until the job succeeds.