March 13, 2020 / Nirav Shah
Hello Cloudies, We are back with the latest news of AWS….
On 11th March, 2020, Amazon Web Services launched a very innovative service and named it BottleRocket. This blog post is designed to take you on spin of AWS Bottlerocket service and make a well informed decision to use it.
Bottlerocket, is a Linux-based open source operating system and it is specially designed and developed to run various containers on virtual machines. Bottlerocket supports both types of container images: Docker and Open Container Initiative (OCI) format. That proves it is compatible with all Linux-based containers.
From a security perspective, Bottlerocket prevents the system access via SSH and performs file integrity checks during boot time. Bottlerocket uses essential software to run containers, which improves resource utilization.
AWS gives an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) for Bottlerocket that you can use to run on supported EC2 instance types from the AWS console, CLI, and also SDK. AWS will also proivde Bottlerocket builds that are pre-configured for EKS.
Note
Bottlerocket needs at least 1vCPU and 512MB of RAM. Bottlerocket does not support PV(Paravirtual) instance types.
And if you want to deploy and operate Bottlerocket using Kubernetes please go through the link below,
https://github.com/bottlerocket-os/bottlerocket-update-operator
Pricing
For pricing we would like to quote AWS.
So Bottlerocket is provided at no additional charge, however for specialized assistance you might have to subscribe to AWS support plans.
More information at https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/plans/
Some companies are launching the project in cooperation with a number of technology partners like: Alcide, Armory, CrowdStrike, Datadog, New Relic, Sysdig, Tigera etc.
This service is very useful for improving DevOps productivity. For more information on DevOps toolkit visit our DevOps article link.
Summary
Bottlerocket is a linux OS developed for rapid deployment of applications and services built with the agile concept of software development. It is built for the purpose of running containers and allows you to manage a large number of container hosts identically with automation. Bottlerocket instances are intended to be an infrequent operation for advanced debugging and troubleshooting. It is one step closer operational and variable cost optimization.
Remember, there’s a lot of documentation out there from AWS. So if you’re stuck, just try googling a few key words and you should be able to find some advice.
In the end below are some links which may help you with Bottlerocket.
https://aws.amazon.com/bottlerocket/
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/bottlerocket-open-source-os-for-container-hosting/
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As a Director of Eternal Web Private Ltd an AWS consulting partner company, Nirav is responsible for its operations. AWS, cloud-computing and digital transformation are some of his favorite topics to talk about. His key focus is to help enterprises adopt technology, to solve their business problem with the right cloud solutions.
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