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AWS Proton, a Shared Services Library for Cloud Native Resources

Amazon Web Services has launched a new shared service platform, called Proton, designed to integrate containers, AWS Lambda serverless jobs and other cloud resources into one catalog, making it easier for developers to assemble a standardized stack of components to run their applications. Proton was one of a number of new cloud native services and enhancements the company debuted in its user conference, AWS re:Event, being held virtually through this month.

AWS Proton was designed to simplify the process of provisioning, deploying, and monitoring applications built from ephemeral computing elements, such as components built-in containers or run as serverless jobs.

But when the developer chooses a stack, Proton will push it through the build process and deploy it to a previously-defined set of cloud resources.

And AWS itself also offers a number of pre-built stacks that represent the cloud giant’s best practices around security, architecture, and tools.