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AWS CDK in Practice

You're reading from   AWS CDK in Practice Unleash the power of ordinary coding and streamline complex cloud applications on AWS

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801812399
Length 196 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: An Introduction to AWS CDK
2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with IaC and AWS CDK FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: A Starter Project and Core Concepts 4. Part 2: Practical Cloud Development with AWS CDK
5. Chapter 3: Building a Full Stack Application with CDK 6. Chapter 4: Complete Web Application Deployment with AWS CDK 7. Chapter 5: Continuous Delivery with CDK-Powered Apps 8. Chapter 6: Testing and Troubleshooting AWS CDK Applications 9. Part 3: Serverless Development with AWS CDK
10. Chapter 7: Serverless Application Development with AWS CDK 11. Chapter 8: Streamlined Serverless Development 12. Part 4: Advanced Architectural Concepts
13. Chapter 9: Indestructible Serverless Application Architecture (ISAA) 14. Chapter 10: The Current CDK Landscape and Outlook 15. Index 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Challenges with ISAA

Given the serverless nature of ISAA, whatever challenges serverless currently has and will be found to have in the future are automatically inherited by ISAA.

Runaway costs

One of the challenges with building indestructible serverless applications is the potential for runaway costs. Because serverless architectures rely on paying for usage, it can be easy to accidentally spin up a large number of resources or have a function that runs too frequently, leading to unexpected and potentially large bills.

However, there are several ways to mitigate this risk and keep costs under control. One approach is to use monitoring and analytics tools to track usage and identify areas where costs can be reduced. For example, you can use services such as AWS CloudWatch or AWS Cost Explorer to track the number of invocations and the duration of your functions and use this information to optimize their performance. Additionally, you can set up alerts to notify you when your...

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