July 2020 Summaries

Aiven customers can now connect their VPCs to AWS Transit Gateway, simplifying the management of complex private network architectures. This feature allows users to reduce private network complexity by connecting VPCs through a centralized hub and spoke architecture instead of a disordered mesh network. It also enables peering VPCs across different cloud providers or on-premise environments. To set up this connection, users can follow a simple 6-step tutorial using the Aiven CLI. By utilizing AWS Transit Gateway with their Aiven project VPCs, customers can streamline and control their private network architecture more effectively.

Aiven users can now send their service logs to Amazon AWS CloudWatch and Google Cloud Logging, allowing for easier storage, viewing, and archiving of logs. The integration setup process is simple and only takes a few minutes. Users can enable the integration by navigating to their project's Service Integrations section in the Aiven Console or using the Aiven Client. Once set up, users will have a more consolidated overview of their logs and be able to manage them more efficiently.

Karapace is an open-source tool developed by Aiven as a replacement for Apache Kafka REST and the Schema Registry. It provides 1:1 compatibility with existing Confluent Schema Registry and Apache Kafka REST proxy, working on both client and server sides. With moderate memory consumption and built with an asynchronous architecture, Karapace is lightweight and stable. Its functionality includes a central repository for storing schemas, serialization and deserialization of messages, version history of Kafka schemas, and a RESTful interface for your Kafka cluster. Aiven encourages contributions to the project and provides resources on how to get started with Karapace.