Blog posts authored by Kushagra Bansal at TO THE NEW Blog https://www.tothenew.com/blog Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:19:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 GitLab monorepo CI done right: from a monolithic pipeline to tag-routed Runners https://www.tothenew.com/blog/gitlab-monorepo-ci-done-right-from-a-monolithic-pipeline-to-tag-routed-runners/ https://www.tothenew.com/blog/gitlab-monorepo-ci-done-right-from-a-monolithic-pipeline-to-tag-routed-runners/#respond Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:07:36 +0000 https://www.tothenew.com/blog/?p=81068 Introduction We had a monorepo. Frontend, three backend services, a couple of shared libraries, all living in one repo. Great for developers who want to change an API and its caller in a single commit. Rough on CI. The problem showed up slowly and then all at once. Every push, no matter how tiny, kicked […]

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]]> https://www.tothenew.com/blog/gitlab-monorepo-ci-done-right-from-a-monolithic-pipeline-to-tag-routed-runners/feed/ 0 HA (high availability) Active/Passive Palo Alto on AWS https://www.tothenew.com/blog/ha-high-availability-active-passive-palo-alto-on-aws/ https://www.tothenew.com/blog/ha-high-availability-active-passive-palo-alto-on-aws/#respond Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:22:41 +0000 https://www.tothenew.com/blog/?p=78704 Introduction In the first part, we explored Palo Alto firewalls, their use cases, and different ways to achieve high availability in AWS. To learn more click here. In this second part, we’ll walk through a complete end-to-end setup of an Active/Passive Palo Alto HA deployment within the same Availability Zone. Architecture In this setup, traffic […]

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]]> https://www.tothenew.com/blog/ha-high-availability-active-passive-palo-alto-on-aws/feed/ 0 An Introduction to Palo Alto VM-Series Next-Generation Firewall in the AWS Cloud https://www.tothenew.com/blog/an-introduction-to-palo-alto-vm-series-next-generation-firewall-in-the-aws-cloud/ https://www.tothenew.com/blog/an-introduction-to-palo-alto-vm-series-next-generation-firewall-in-the-aws-cloud/#respond Thu, 15 Jan 2026 04:20:24 +0000 https://www.tothenew.com/blog/?p=77339 Introduction As more organizations move their workloads to the cloud, traditional security models are no longer enough. Modern cloud environments need security that can keep up with changing infrastructure and workloads. The Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) stands out by bringing enterprise-level security controls to virtualized and cloud-native environments. What Is Palo Alto […]

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]]> https://www.tothenew.com/blog/an-introduction-to-palo-alto-vm-series-next-generation-firewall-in-the-aws-cloud/feed/ 0 EC2 Image Builder in Action: From AMI Creation to Cross-Account Sharing https://www.tothenew.com/blog/ec2-image-builder-in-action-from-ami-creation-to-cross-account-sharing/ https://www.tothenew.com/blog/ec2-image-builder-in-action-from-ami-creation-to-cross-account-sharing/#respond Fri, 05 Sep 2025 13:09:02 +0000 https://www.tothenew.com/blog/?p=75544 Introduction EC2 Image Builder is an AWS service that automates creating, updating, and deploying your Amazon Machine Images (AMIs). EC2 Image Builder creates a pipeline for Linux or Windows Server images for use with Amazon EC2. The pipeline manages all stages, including image creation, maintenance, validation, sharing, and deployment. Image Builder is free to use, […]

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]]> https://www.tothenew.com/blog/ec2-image-builder-in-action-from-ami-creation-to-cross-account-sharing/feed/ 0 Packer Alternative: Migrating to AWS EC2 Image Builder for Automated AMI Pipelines https://www.tothenew.com/blog/packer-alternative-ec2-image-builder/ https://www.tothenew.com/blog/packer-alternative-ec2-image-builder/#respond Tue, 02 Sep 2025 11:42:33 +0000 https://www.tothenew.com/blog/?p=74652 Introduction HashiCorp Packer is one of the most popular open-source machine image builders. It helps engineers define infrastructure as code, installing software and layering security updates into AWS Machine Images, or AMIs. Packer is focused on image building. It has no capabilities around testing, scheduling, AWS notifications, or distribution. On the other hand, AWS EC2 […]

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