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AWS FAQ
Popular and frequently asked questions about DuploCloud and AWS
Yes. This is a major advantage of using DuploCloud. All controls are mapped to various compliance standards. DuploCloud is also very flexible in enabling you to add custom policies (resource quotas, ability to create public-facing endpoints, etc.)
Under each Host, you can click on Connection details under Action dropdown which will provide the key file and instructions to ssh.
Under Host, click on Connection details under the Actions dropdown, it will provide the password and instructions to rdp.
Under the services status tab, find the host where the container is running. Then ssh into the host (see instructions above) and then run
sudo docker ps and get the ID of the container. Then run sudo docker exec -it <containerid> bash“. You can tell which one is your container by using the image id. Don’t forget the sudo in Docker commandsMake sure the DNS name is resolved by running on your local machine:
ping. Then we need to check if the application is running by testing the same from within the container. Then ssh into the host and then connect to your docker container using the Docker exec command (see above). From inside the container curl the application URL using the IP 127.0.0.1 and the port where the application is running. Confirm that this works. Then curl the same URL uses the IP address of the container instead of 127.0.0.1. The IP address can be obtained by running the ifconfig command in the container.If the connection from within the container works, then exit from the container into the host. Now
curl the same endpoint from the host i.e., using container IP and port. If this works then under the ELB UI in DuploCloud note down the host port that DuploCloud created for the given container endpoint. This will be in the range 10xxx or the same as the container port. Now try connecting to the “HostIP” and DuploMappedHostPort just obtained. If this works as well but the service URL is still failing, contact your enterprise admin or [email protected].CI/CD is the topmost layer of the DevOps stack. DuploCloud should be viewed as a deployment and monitoring solution that is invoked by your CI/CD pipelines, written with tools such as CircleCI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc. You build images and push them to container registries without involving DuploCloud, but invoke DuploCloud to update the container image. An example of this is in the CI/CD section. DuploCloud offers its own CI/CD tool (KatKit), as well.
If your application is running in a DuploCloud Tenant you do not need a long-term credential, such as an AWS access key. After your application is running in the Tenant, test your connection using the AWS CLI to verify access.
Use the AWS constructor that takes only the region as the argument (
us-west-2). DuploCloud setup links your instance profile and the resources. The host in DuploCloud already has access to the resources within the same tenant\project. DuploCloud AWS resources are reachable only from DuploCloud Hosts on the same account.IMPORTANT: You cannot connect to any DuploCloud AWS resource from your local machine.
If you have multiple replicas in your service i.e., multiple containers, and when you need to update your service, for example, change an image or eNV variable then DuploCloud will make this change one container at a time i.e., it will bring down the first container and bring up the new one on that host with the updated config. If the new container fails to start or the health check URL does not return Http 200 status, then DuploCloud will pause the upgrade of the remaining containers. A user must intervene by fixing the issue typically by updating the service with a newer image that has a fix. If no health check URL is specified, then DuploCloud only checks for the new container to be running. To specify health check, go to the ELB menu and you will find the health check URL suffix.
Enable health check for your service and make sure that the API does not return Http 200 status till migration is done. Since DuploCloud waits for the health check to be complete before upgrading the next service it is guaranteed that only one instance runs migration.
If the status is Pending when the desired state is Running, then the image is being downloaded so wait a few minutes. If it’s been more than five minutes check the faults from the button below the table. Check if your image name is correct and does not have spaces. Image names are case sensitive so it should be all lower case i.e., the image name in DockerHub should also be lower case.
If the current state is Pending when the desired state is Delete then it means this container is the old version of the service. It is still running as the system is in rolling upgrade and the previous replica is not successfully upgraded yet. Check the faults in other containers of this service for which the Current State is Pending with Desired State as Running.
This means DuploCloud is wanting to remove these containers. The most common reason for this is that another replica of the same service was upgraded but is now not operational. Hence DuploCloud has blocked the upgrade. You might see the other replicas in even a Running state, but it is possible that the health check is failing and that’s why the rolling upgrade is blocked. To unblock, fix the service configuration (image, env, etc.) to an error-free state.
While creating a Host, click on show advanced and select the public subnet in the list of availability zone.
DuploCloud provisions a load balancer for your K8 service. If you want to look at detailed settings on the load balancer like Idle timeout, Access logs, and others, you can find and view them directly in AWS, by following the below steps:
You can find the load balancer name for your service by navigating to DevOps->Containers->EKS/Native, go to your service, and look at the Load Balancer tab. If you're using K8 Ingress then you will have to go to the K8 Ingress tab and find the Load Balancer configuration there.
Once you have the load balancer name, you can go to the AWS console via the DuploCloud UI (here). Once you are in the AWS Console, navigate to the EC2 service view and navigate to Load Balancers from the left navigation menu. Find your load balancer by name from that list and look at the detailed attributes in that view (scroll down to attributes)
Many customers prefer Terraform to Cloud Formation. Many elements in the Cloud DevOps cycle can be non-AWS (such as native Kubernetes, MongoDB, Data Dog, Okta, etc.), and all support Terraform providers.
AWS Copilot is used only for ECS cluster management, which is just a small subset of overall Cloud operations. In the chart below, you can see that DuploCloud includes container management in addition to multiple other functions. You can still use Copilot with DuploCloud for ECS management. Other clients have used tools like Harness or using Helm with DuploCloud for Kubernetes management.
DuploCloud features
No. DuploCloud achieves High Availability (HA) using cluster management. And because you own your AWS account, your data is always secure in AWS.
Our customers have never been blocked from performing urgent configuration updates because DuploCloud is unavailable. If DuploCloud is down, it is similar to your DevOps engineer being unavailable. In this case, someone else can take their place by directly configuring AWS.
Our customers consider this single-platform approach very beneficial for both centralizing operations and maximizing developer access. DuploCloud runs in a VM in your account. We manage this VM with your permission, and we can also give you simple steps to troubleshoot or install new updates. We are available 24x7 and work as your extended DevOps team.
Yes. This is a major advantage of using DuploCloud. All controls are mapped to various compliance standards. DuploCloud is also very flexible in enabling you to add custom policies (resource quotas, ability to create public-facing endpoints, etc.)
No. DuploCloud manages to scale in the same way. We expose these thresholds in a simple form that is much easier to configure, even for a user with no DevOps experience. Behind the scenes, DuploCloud maps to the same native AWS constructs.
Small instances are generally no problem. DuploCloud can manage dynamic database spinup/down with a single RDS database. Sharing AWS services in dynamic environments also helps reduce costs.
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No, Kubernetes is not required. DuploCloud supports both AWS ECS and Kubernetes, among other Cloud solutions.
The main advantage of Kubernetes is its broad-based, highly-customizable, third-party open-source community that champions and supports it as a delivery platform. For example, Astronomer (managed air flow), Time series database, IsTio Service Mesh, and Kong API Gateway all expect you to have a Kubernetes deployment. But if your business needs and use cases are met with an AWS solution, for example, you may not need Kubernetes.
Choose the container management software that best satisfies your use cases and the complexity level of your requirements. DuploCloud supports AWS, Kubernetes, Azure, and GCP. Many customers use software from multiple vendors to create robust business solutions backed by DuploCloud's assurance of compliance and automated low-code/no-code DevOps approach.
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Yes. Every element in the DuploCloud UI is populated by calling an API.
No. DuploCloud segregates resources into environments called Tenants that accelerate ramp-up time. For more information about implementation, contact the DuploCloud support team.
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