AWS UG Dubai Meetup #7 (virtual): Part 1 - Containerizing your Application

Join us in a virtual meetup with Walid Shaari, Platform Engineer and AWS Container Hero

📝 Abstract

This is part of series of talks and hands-on workshops around the concept of "AWS cloud-native modern applications". Talks Introduce AWS cloud platform in that light. starting with the core building blocks of modernizing traditional applications, and how to capitalize on AWS services and capabilities to build a better resilient, reliable application with cloud-native design in mind.

It's 2021. There is a need to find ways to speed up the process of deploying, scaling, and automating our applications, also enable teams Developers and Operations "DevOps" to collaborate effectively, work efficiently, save resources, and solve the matrix from Hell problems. The magic word here is Containers. This is a pragmatic hands-on workshop to introduce you to AWS container workloads focusing on the fundamentals and where to start, AWS Containers 101 workshop.

🎙 Speaker

Walid Shaari is Analytics Platform Engineer at Saudi Aramco. He is a passionate advocate of HPC, Linux, containers, Kubernetes, the cloud-native ecosystem, and has a keen interest in day-2 operations and security. He is the community lead for Dammam Cloud-native AWS User Group, working closely with some CNCF ambassadors, K8saraby, and AWS MENA community leaders to enable knowledge sharing, collaboration, and networking. He jokingly describes himself as the "Cloud Native Janitor (CNJ)."

Walid helped organize the first AWS Community Day - MENA 2020. He presented the idea of using a holistic Kubernetes platform, utilizing Red Hat OKD, the parallel-stream Openshift OSS project, as a cost-effective hybrid cloud solution. Walid also maintains popular curated GitHub content for Certified Kubernetes Administrators (CKA) and Certified Kubernetes Security Specialists (CKS). He holds several active professional certifications: AWS Certified Associate Solutions Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator, Certified Kubernetes Application Developer, Red Hat Certified Architect level IV, and more.

His current interests include Gitops, AIOps, Firecracker, Bottlerocket, cloud-native security, and exploring EKS-Distro/Anywhere in hybrid cloud solutions.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/walidshaari/
https://twitter.com/walidshaari

🌍 Venue

Zoom meeting. The Zoom meeting details will be sent via email on the morning of the meetup to all the members that RSVP yes.

📝 Requirements
No requirements, come as you are.

⏳ Agenda
21:00 - 21:15 🍿 Virtual Lounge Open
21:15 - 21:30 🎮 Introductions / Vacancies
21:30 - 22:30 ☁️ Presentation
22:30 - 23:00 👨🏻‍💻 Q&A / Networking

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