🚀 State of the ARC - January 2025

[yeshamavani]

Dear ARC Community,

Greetings! Hope you're doing well. Our team has been working on some significant updates for ARC, and this month's newsletter covers key developments across ARC IaC. Take a look to explore the latest improvements and features we've implemented.

Let's dive straight into the updates!

🌐 ARC IaC

1. Observability Terraform Module: This module provides a seamless way to deploy and manage the EFK stack on EKS cluster. It supports both Elasticsearch and AWS OpenSearch for log storage and analysis while allowing flexibility to choose between Fluentd or FluentBit for log forwarding. Additionally, it integrates Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring application metrics, ensuring comprehensive observability. Follow the link to explore the module. Thanks to Vijay Stephen for his contribution.

2. Load Balancer: Launching a load balancer module a, powerful tool for seamlessly deploying and managing AWS Load Balancers (ALB & NLB) with automated target group and listener rule configuration. Designed for scalability and resilience, it optimizes traffic distribution, enhances availability, and simplifies infrastructure management. We sincerely appreciate your contributions, Arun Sai.

⏳ Coming Soon

Get a sneak peek of our future updates:

1. Terraform EKS Module - Major Update: The Terraform AWS EKS Module is set to receive a major update, eliminating dependencies on external modules while introducing an Auto Mode for seamless cluster management.

2. Distributed tracing: The next update will introduce support for Jaeger and OpenTelemetry, enhancing distributed tracing and observability. This will provide deeper insights into application performance, streamline troubleshooting, and improve monitoring capabilities.

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Keep an eye out for more details and release announcements in the near future.

That’s a wrap for this month’s updates! 🙂

We can't wait to see the things you'll create using these new features and enhancements. Remember, your feedback means the world to us. Whether you have questions, ideas, or just want to chat, don't hesitate to post your thoughts in the arc-general channel.

Stay tuned for more exciting updates in the months ahead, and happy coding!

Best wishes,
The ARC Team 😎