Leveraging Customer-Managed Fleets with AWS Deadline Cloud
Media Blog
The article provides a comprehensive overview of leveraging Customer-Managed Fleets (CMF) with AWS Deadline Cloud, a scalable and fully managed render scheduler for creating visual content.
Specifically, the article covers:
- How Queues and Fleets work in AWS Deadline Cloud
- Best practices for CMF architecture, such as using private subnets, AWS PrivateLink endpoints, and multiple Availability Zones
- Setting up AWS Deadline Cloud endpoints (scheduling, management, and license endpoint)
- Auto-scaling CMFs using AWS services like EventBridge, Lambda, and Auto Scaling groups
- Maintaining CMF health with custom health checks and CloudWatch metrics/alarms
- Extending Queue permission boundaries to CMFs using users and groups
- Conclusion highlighting additional resources for learning more about Deadline Cloud concepts and CMF setup/security
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