Recently, there was again a major outage in AWS’s cloud services. Such incidents have become quite common in the internet world. It’s almost like a natural course of the technology sector. But when you get into it, especially if you’re someone who codes like me, these kinds of events take you to a different level. One night, the services I was working on in my project went down again on AWS. I had very little to do but to think about what I could do. Then, the first thing that came to my mind was backup plans and alternative solutions 🙂
Will such incidents happen always? I guess, no matter how robust cloud services are, they are not 100% guaranteed. It’s similar to internet infrastructure; sometimes cables get cut, sometimes traffic congestion happens. Anyway, these events taught me again that being prepared and knowing alternatives is essential. For example, I always keep my small servers and backup solutions ready. During such outages, my immediate response is to quickly redirect to a different DNS or another service. Additionally, I try to develop scripts to automatically restart and recover services. Because, ultimately, these incidents make us more resilient 🙂
I don’t know, but it seemed to me that similar things happen during coding as well. Once, I encountered errors while making an API call because I exceeded AWS’s API limits. My own fault 🙂 But the important thing is to identify the cause of that error and find a solution. Therefore, during such events, closely monitoring logs and API statuses is necessary. Tools like AWS CloudWatch are lifesavers in such cases. I think these incidents again show me that it’s always necessary to be prepared for all situations. To prevent such outages, I am adding extra layers and cache solutions. Of course, this increases costs but, ultimately, keeping things running smoothly is crucial 🙂
So, to give some practical tips after this incident; first, keep backup DNS and alternative IPs. Second, write scripts for automatic recovery and restart. Third, closely monitor logs and API limits. These are my experiences and I believe the most useful methods. But at the end of the day, there’s nothing you can do if such events occur; what matters is to adapt quickly and produce alternative solutions. Otherwise, sometimes nothing works 🙂
Especially during large cloud outages, being prepared and acting swiftly can save the day. I believe these events also show us the fragile side of technology. In conclusion, we must develop new solutions and strategies constantly. Well, that’s enough, these technical events tend to pass like this 🙂