---
title: "Issue 94: The latest Web operations, scaling, and performance news"
publication: "StatusCode Weekly"
issue: 94
published_at: "2016-12-07"
canonical_url: "https://weekly.statuscode.com/issues/94"
---

WebOps Weekly 94   . 

The latest Web operations, HTTP, and Web performance news -[Read this on the Web](http://webopsweekly.com/issues/94) 

[![WebOps Weekly\](http://webopsweekly.com/images/webops-header.png)](http://webopsweekly.com) Issue 94 — December 7, 2016     

[The Orphaned Internet – Taking Over 120K Domains via a DNS Vulnerability](https://thehackerblog.com/the-orphaned-internet-taking-over-120k-domains-via-a-dns-vulnerability-in-aws-google-cloud-rackspace-and-digital-ocean/index.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) story A look at how some popular managed DNS services have been vulnerable to a particular security flaw, and what remedies have occurred. Matthew Bryant [Amazon LightSail: Simple Virtual Private Servers on AWS](https://amazonlightsail.com/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news Amazon takes a step into the mass-market VPS world with a new service that offers up servers with persistent storage and bandwidth at a low price. Amazon Web Services [Using AWS Lambda to Call and Text You When Your Servers Are Down](https://thisdata.com/blog/using-aws-lambda-to-call-and-text-you-when-your-servers-are-down/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Couple together AWS, a Twilio account, and 15 minutes of your time and build a simple downtime notification system of your own. Nick Malcolm [Having SSD storage and a strong network is imperative for your next cloud host](https://welcome.linode.com/webopsweekly/?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=email&utm_term=webops-weekly&utm_campaign=webops-weekly-primary) See the power of Linode and run any distribution you want on our superb hardware. With a free $20 offer, you'll have plenty of time to see what you can do with the power of Linode. linodesponsored[![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/d59ee86b.png)](https://welcome.linode.com/webopsweekly/?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=email&utm_term=webops-weekly&utm_campaign=webops-weekly-primary) [The Daily DDoS: Ten Days of Massive Attacks](https://blog.cloudflare.com/the-daily-ddos-ten-days-of-massive-attacks/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news Both earlier this year and [last Xmas](https://blog.linode.com/2016/01/29/christmas-ddos-retrospective/) key services suffered major DDoS attacks. Cloudflare looks at what they’re seeing going on with DDoS attacks right now. Cloudflare [Is Service Up? Monitor The Status of Cloud Services on 1 Page](http://isserviceup.com/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email#/) tools By default it shows about 50 popular services but you can log in to customize them. isserviceup.​com [Ansistrano: An Ansible Port of Capistrano](https://github.com/ansistrano/deploy?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Ansible roles to deploy PHP, Python, Ruby, etc, apps in a Capistrano style. Ansistrano [Mikado: Manage AWS Infrastructure for WordPress Sites](https://github.com/dominis/mikado?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Provides an out-of-box, highly available, easy-to-deploy setup. Nandor Sivok [Netdata: Distributed Real-Time Perf Monitoring of Servers](http://netdata.rocks/demosites.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Real-time insights of everything happening on your Linux systems with nteractive web dashboards and performance and health alarms. Open source. [Live demo here](http://london.my-netdata.io/default.html). Costa Tsaousis [TLD Glue Sticks Around Too Long](https://blog.cloudflare.com/tld-glue-sticks-around-too-long/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial A look at what DNS ‘glue’ is, how it works, and why it’s necessary, before examining problems glue records can cause with DDoS mitigation techniques. Marek Majkowski Jobs [DevOps Engineer (AWS) at X-Team (Remote)](http://x-team.com/devops-engineer?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=webops-weekly-december-16) We're looking for a DevOps engineer with an extensive knowledge of Amazon Web Services and container technologies. We are 100% remote and provide the funding needed to help you achieve your goals and grow. X-Team [Job Offers Without the Hassle - Try Hired](http://hired.com/?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=petercooperpress&utm_campaign=q4-16-webopsweekly) Sick of pushy recruiters, and dead end interviews? Try Hired to hear from over 4,000 innovative companies looking for their next great team member. Hired In brief [GoDaddy Acquires Host Europe Group](https://aboutus.godaddy.net/newsroom/news-releases/news-releases-details/2016/GoDaddy-Acquires-Host-Europe-Group-Becomes-Market-Leader-In-Europe-For-Small-Business-Cloud-Services/default.aspx?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news This makes GoDaddy the market leader for small business cloud services in Europe. The popular UK domain registrar 123Reg was also part of the sale. GoDaddy [EC2 Gets IPv6 Support in Virtual Private Clouds](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-ipv6-support-for-ec2-instances-in-virtual-private-clouds/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news One region only for now. Amazon [Lambda@Edge Preview: A New AWS Service for Running JS at AWS Edge Locations](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/coming-soon-lambda-at-the-edge/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news Amazon Web Services [Amazon SES (Simple Email Service) Now Supports Dedicated IP Addresses](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/dedicated-ips.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news Amazon [Docker Acquires Infinit: A New Data Layer for Distributed Apps](https://blog.docker.com/2016/12/docker-acquires-infinit/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news Docker [How to Tame 'Monitorture' and Build a Developer-Friendly Monitoring Environment](https://www.incapsula.com/blog/tame-monitorture-build-developer-friendly-monitoring-environment.html) tutorial How do you build a process to monitor data that gives you status updates and stays ahead of issues? Here’s what we did at Incapsula. Incapsulasponsored [How to Set Up A HA Privately Networked Kubernetes Cluster on AWS with Kops](https://www.nivenly.com/k8s-aws-private-networking/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Kris Nova [How to Run Docker on a Synology NAS](http://www.hanselman.com/blog/DockerOnASynologyNASAlsoRunningASPNETAndNETCore.aspx?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Scott Hanselman [Zero-Downtime Deployment with Docker](https://blog.perimeterx.com/zero-downtime-deployment-with-docker/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) story Eden Maslawi [Planet-Scale NoSQL with Azure DocumentDB](https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Azure-Friday/Planet-Scale-NoSQL-with-DocumentDB?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) video Channel 9 [HTTP Load Balancing with Docker and NGINX (in 5 Minutes)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS6bzlwdhqU&utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) video Adam Bien [PayPal Cuts Costs 10x With Open Source CI](https://www.linux.com/blog/paypal-reduces-costs-10x-open-source-ci?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) video Linux.​com [12 Tips for Managing Your Multi-Cloud Environment](https://devops.com/12-tips-managing-multi-cloud-environment/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Brian Wheeler [Find and Fix Node.js Errors Faster (and have fun doing it)](https://rollbar.com/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email-nl&utm_term=webopsweekly_12_7&utm_campaign=nl_sponsorship) tools Quickly pinpoint what’s broken and why. Get the context and insights to defeat all Node errors. ROLLBARsponsored [AWS CodeBuild: A Fully Managed Build Service](https://aws.amazon.com/codebuild/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Amazon Web Services [Amazon Lex: Build Conversational Bots, Powered by Alexa](https://aws.amazon.com/lex/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Amazon Web Services [ngx_pagespeed Module for Ubuntu's Stock NGINX](https://launchpad.net/~du9l/+archive/ubuntu/ngx-pagespeed?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools launchpad.​net [staticland: Static Sites with Free, Automatic SSL for Custom Domains](https://static.land/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Both a simple service, and [an open source project](https://github.com/staticland) to run your own. Seth Vincent [Prest: Serve a RESTful API from any PostgreSQL Database](https://github.com/nuveo/prest?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) code Nuveo [Ansible Config for Deploying NGINX, HAProxy and Elasticsearch](https://github.com/gp187/ansible-nginx-haproxy-elasticsearch?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) code github.​com    [Read this issue on the Web](http://webopsweekly.com/issues/94) [See our archives](http://webopsweekly.com/issues) [Change your email address](*|UPDATE_PROFILE|*)  [Stop getting this newsletter](*|UNSUB|*)  

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