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Modern applications require modern app security solutions. With the ever‑increasing pace of framework‑based app development, the growth of microservices topologies, and the ever‑changing security landscape, app security is becoming increasingly challenging for developer teams. This is where modern web application firewall (WAF) solutions step in.
F5 Essential App Protect, launched earlier this year, and NGINX App Protect both provide WAF capabilities for NGINX and NGINX Plus by focusing on signature‑based app protection and are built with DevOps and CI/CD in mind. However, they are architected, configured, and deployed in different ways, and serve different purposes depending on your organization’s needs:
In a nutshell, NGINX App Protect runs on NGINX Plus in your app infrastructure, while Essential App Protect is a cloud service that you provision to sit between the users and your app infrastructure. Your particular application requirements dictate which is more appropriate, but a general rule of thumb is that API‑ and Kubernetes‑intensive applications that require high performance benefit from the close proximity of NGINX App Protect running on premises. Long‑tail applications and those without strict performance requirements benefit from the ease and simplicity of F5 Essential App Protect.
The focus of this post is on setting up F5 Essential App Protect as a quick and easy “bolt‑on” app security solution for teams using NGINX and NGINX Plus. Here are some of the unique benefits that make F5 Essential App Protect so powerful:
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This serverless plugin is a wrapper for amplify-appsync-simulator made for testing AppSync APIs built with serverless-appsync-plugin.
Install
npm install serverless-appsync-simulator
# or
yarn add serverless-appsync-simulator
Usage
This plugin relies on your serverless yml file and on the serverless-offline
plugin.
plugins:
- serverless-dynamodb-local # only if you need dynamodb resolvers and you don't have an external dynamodb
- serverless-appsync-simulator
- serverless-offline
Note: Order is important serverless-appsync-simulator
must go before serverless-offline
To start the simulator, run the following command:
sls offline start
You should see in the logs something like:
...
Serverless: AppSync endpoint: http://localhost:20002/graphql
Serverless: GraphiQl: http://localhost:20002
...
Configuration
Put options under custom.appsync-simulator
in your serverless.yml
file
| option | default | description | | ------------------------ | -------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | | apiKey | 0123456789
| When using API_KEY
as authentication type, the key to authenticate to the endpoint. | | port | 20002 | AppSync operations port; if using multiple APIs, the value of this option will be used as a starting point, and each other API will have a port of lastPort + 10 (e.g. 20002, 20012, 20022, etc.) | | wsPort | 20003 | AppSync subscriptions port; if using multiple APIs, the value of this option will be used as a starting point, and each other API will have a port of lastPort + 10 (e.g. 20003, 20013, 20023, etc.) | | location | . (base directory) | Location of the lambda functions handlers. | | refMap | {} | A mapping of resource resolutions for the Ref
function | | getAttMap | {} | A mapping of resource resolutions for the GetAtt
function | | importValueMap | {} | A mapping of resource resolutions for the ImportValue
function | | functions | {} | A mapping of external functions for providing invoke url for external fucntions | | dynamoDb.endpoint | http://localhost:8000 | Dynamodb endpoint. Specify it if you're not using serverless-dynamodb-local. Otherwise, port is taken from dynamodb-local conf | | dynamoDb.region | localhost | Dynamodb region. Specify it if you're connecting to a remote Dynamodb intance. | | dynamoDb.accessKeyId | DEFAULT_ACCESS_KEY | AWS Access Key ID to access DynamoDB | | dynamoDb.secretAccessKey | DEFAULT_SECRET | AWS Secret Key to access DynamoDB | | dynamoDb.sessionToken | DEFAULT_ACCESS_TOKEEN | AWS Session Token to access DynamoDB, only if you have temporary security credentials configured on AWS | | dynamoDb.* | | You can add every configuration accepted by DynamoDB SDK | | rds.dbName | | Name of the database | | rds.dbHost | | Database host | | rds.dbDialect | | Database dialect. Possible values (mysql | postgres) | | rds.dbUsername | | Database username | | rds.dbPassword | | Database password | | rds.dbPort | | Database port | | watch | - *.graphql
- *.vtl | Array of glob patterns to watch for hot-reloading. |
Example:
custom:
appsync-simulator:
location: '.webpack/service' # use webpack build directory
dynamoDb:
endpoint: 'http://my-custom-dynamo:8000'
Hot-reloading
By default, the simulator will hot-relad when changes to *.graphql
or *.vtl
files are detected. Changes to *.yml
files are not supported (yet? - this is a Serverless Framework limitation). You will need to restart the simulator each time you change yml files.
Hot-reloading relies on watchman. Make sure it is installed on your system.
You can change the files being watched with the watch
option, which is then passed to watchman as the match expression.
e.g.
custom:
appsync-simulator:
watch:
- ["match", "handlers/**/*.vtl", "wholename"] # => array is interpreted as the literal match expression
- "*.graphql" # => string like this is equivalent to `["match", "*.graphql"]`
Or you can opt-out by leaving an empty array or set the option to false
Note: Functions should not require hot-reloading, unless you are using a transpiler or a bundler (such as webpack, babel or typescript), un which case you should delegate hot-reloading to that instead.
Resource CloudFormation functions resolution
This plugin supports some resources resolution from the Ref
, Fn::GetAtt
and Fn::ImportValue
functions in your yaml file. It also supports some other Cfn functions such as Fn::Join
, Fb::Sub
, etc.
Note: Under the hood, this features relies on the cfn-resolver-lib package. For more info on supported cfn functions, refer to the documentation
You can reference resources in your functions' environment variables (that will be accessible from your lambda functions) or datasource definitions. The plugin will automatically resolve them for you.
provider:
environment:
BUCKET_NAME:
Ref: MyBucket # resolves to `my-bucket-name`
resources:
Resources:
MyDbTable:
Type: AWS::DynamoDB::Table
Properties:
TableName: myTable
...
MyBucket:
Type: AWS::S3::Bucket
Properties:
BucketName: my-bucket-name
...
# in your appsync config
dataSources:
- type: AMAZON_DYNAMODB
name: dynamosource
config:
tableName:
Ref: MyDbTable # resolves to `myTable`
Sometimes, some references cannot be resolved, as they come from an Output from Cloudformation; or you might want to use mocked values in your local environment.
In those cases, you can define (or override) those values using the refMap
, getAttMap
and importValueMap
options.
refMap
takes a mapping of resource name to value pairsgetAttMap
takes a mapping of resource name to attribute/values pairsimportValueMap
takes a mapping of import name to values pairsExample:
custom:
appsync-simulator:
refMap:
# Override `MyDbTable` resolution from the previous example.
MyDbTable: 'mock-myTable'
getAttMap:
# define ElasticSearchInstance DomainName
ElasticSearchInstance:
DomainEndpoint: 'localhost:9200'
importValueMap:
other-service-api-url: 'https://other.api.url.com/graphql'
# in your appsync config
dataSources:
- type: AMAZON_ELASTICSEARCH
name: elasticsource
config:
# endpoint resolves as 'http://localhost:9200'
endpoint:
Fn::Join:
- ''
- - https://
- Fn::GetAtt:
- ElasticSearchInstance
- DomainEndpoint
In some special cases you will need to use key-value mock nottation. Good example can be case when you need to include serverless stage value (${self:provider.stage}
) in the import name.
This notation can be used with all mocks - refMap
, getAttMap
and importValueMap
provider:
environment:
FINISH_ACTIVITY_FUNCTION_ARN:
Fn::ImportValue: other-service-api-${self:provider.stage}-url
custom:
serverless-appsync-simulator:
importValueMap:
- key: other-service-api-${self:provider.stage}-url
value: 'https://other.api.url.com/graphql'
This plugin only tries to resolve the following parts of the yml tree:
provider.environment
functions[*].environment
custom.appSync
If you have the need of resolving others, feel free to open an issue and explain your use case.
For now, the supported resources to be automatically resovled by Ref:
are:
Feel free to open a PR or an issue to extend them as well.
External functions
When a function is not defined withing the current serverless file you can still call it by providing an invoke url which should point to a REST method. Make sure you specify "get" or "post" for the method. Default is "get", but you probably want "post".
custom:
appsync-simulator:
functions:
addUser:
url: http://localhost:3016/2015-03-31/functions/addUser/invocations
method: post
addPost:
url: https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts
method: post
Supported Resolver types
This plugin supports resolvers implemented by amplify-appsync-simulator
, as well as custom resolvers.
From Aws Amplify:
Implemented by this plugin
#set( $cols = [] )
#set( $vals = [] )
#foreach( $entry in $ctx.args.input.keySet() )
#set( $regex = "([a-z])([A-Z]+)")
#set( $replacement = "$1_$2")
#set( $toSnake = $entry.replaceAll($regex, $replacement).toLowerCase() )
#set( $discard = $cols.add("$toSnake") )
#if( $util.isBoolean($ctx.args.input[$entry]) )
#if( $ctx.args.input[$entry] )
#set( $discard = $vals.add("1") )
#else
#set( $discard = $vals.add("0") )
#end
#else
#set( $discard = $vals.add("'$ctx.args.input[$entry]'") )
#end
#end
#set( $valStr = $vals.toString().replace("[","(").replace("]",")") )
#set( $colStr = $cols.toString().replace("[","(").replace("]",")") )
#if ( $valStr.substring(0, 1) != '(' )
#set( $valStr = "($valStr)" )
#end
#if ( $colStr.substring(0, 1) != '(' )
#set( $colStr = "($colStr)" )
#end
{
"version": "2018-05-29",
"statements": ["INSERT INTO <name-of-table> $colStr VALUES $valStr", "SELECT * FROM <name-of-table> ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1"]
}
#set( $update = "" )
#set( $equals = "=" )
#foreach( $entry in $ctx.args.input.keySet() )
#set( $cur = $ctx.args.input[$entry] )
#set( $regex = "([a-z])([A-Z]+)")
#set( $replacement = "$1_$2")
#set( $toSnake = $entry.replaceAll($regex, $replacement).toLowerCase() )
#if( $util.isBoolean($cur) )
#if( $cur )
#set ( $cur = "1" )
#else
#set ( $cur = "0" )
#end
#end
#if ( $util.isNullOrEmpty($update) )
#set($update = "$toSnake$equals'$cur'" )
#else
#set($update = "$update,$toSnake$equals'$cur'" )
#end
#end
{
"version": "2018-05-29",
"statements": ["UPDATE <name-of-table> SET $update WHERE id=$ctx.args.input.id", "SELECT * FROM <name-of-table> WHERE id=$ctx.args.input.id"]
}
{
"version": "2018-05-29",
"statements": ["UPDATE <name-of-table> set deleted_at=NOW() WHERE id=$ctx.args.id", "SELECT * FROM <name-of-table> WHERE id=$ctx.args.id"]
}
#set ( $index = -1)
#set ( $result = $util.parseJson($ctx.result) )
#set ( $meta = $result.sqlStatementResults[1].columnMetadata)
#foreach ($column in $meta)
#set ($index = $index + 1)
#if ( $column["typeName"] == "timestamptz" )
#set ($time = $result["sqlStatementResults"][1]["records"][0][$index]["stringValue"] )
#set ( $nowEpochMillis = $util.time.parseFormattedToEpochMilliSeconds("$time.substring(0,19)+0000", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ssZ") )
#set ( $isoDateTime = $util.time.epochMilliSecondsToISO8601($nowEpochMillis) )
$util.qr( $result["sqlStatementResults"][1]["records"][0][$index].put("stringValue", "$isoDateTime") )
#end
#end
#set ( $res = $util.parseJson($util.rds.toJsonString($util.toJson($result)))[1][0] )
#set ( $response = {} )
#foreach($mapKey in $res.keySet())
#set ( $s = $mapKey.split("_") )
#set ( $camelCase="" )
#set ( $isFirst=true )
#foreach($entry in $s)
#if ( $isFirst )
#set ( $first = $entry.substring(0,1) )
#else
#set ( $first = $entry.substring(0,1).toUpperCase() )
#end
#set ( $isFirst=false )
#set ( $stringLength = $entry.length() )
#set ( $remaining = $entry.substring(1, $stringLength) )
#set ( $camelCase = "$camelCase$first$remaining" )
#end
$util.qr( $response.put("$camelCase", $res[$mapKey]) )
#end
$utils.toJson($response)
Variable map support is limited and does not differentiate numbers and strings data types, please inject them directly if needed.
Will be escaped properly: null
, true
, and false
values.
{
"version": "2018-05-29",
"statements": [
"UPDATE <name-of-table> set deleted_at=NOW() WHERE id=:ID",
"SELECT * FROM <name-of-table> WHERE id=:ID and unix_timestamp > $ctx.args.newerThan"
],
variableMap: {
":ID": $ctx.args.id,
## ":TIMESTAMP": $ctx.args.newerThan -- This will be handled as a string!!!
}
}
Requires
Author: Serverless-appsync
Source Code: https://github.com/serverless-appsync/serverless-appsync-simulator
License: MIT License
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Having a multi-services app would help you to excel in your on-demand services business. An on-demand app solution empowers entrepreneurs to offer multiple on-demand services in a single app. In short, this is an efficient app to run a business successfully. If you are an entrepreneur who plans to start a business with the multi-services app, go forward with the multi-service app development.
What are the multiple services offered in the on-demand multi-services app?
Services are categorized as follows.
Ride services – Taxi ride, Moto ride, Car rental, and Moto rental.
Delivery services – Food delivery, Courier delivery, Logistics delivery, Grocery delivery, Medicine delivery, Flower delivery, Fuel delivery, and Plant delivery.
Other services – Plumber, Electrician, Car wash, Fitness, Handyman, Car repair, and beauty services.
Apart from these, you can consider integrating several other services while developing your app.
3 Significant reasons to invest in the on-demand multi-services app
The first and foremost reason why customers use this app is the on-demand multi-service on one platform. Usually, people do not like to install so many apps for availing various services. Instead, they can have a single app for that. This is the reason why the demand for such apps is high.
Next, the incurred cost is less in this app when compared to the single service app. With the seamless navigation feature, customers can easily avail of any services with just a few taps.
Thirdly, they feel more convenient in availing themselves various services in one platform.
Future scope of the multi-service industry
There are 7.6 million users for the multi-service apps in 2019. Recently, the demand for such apps is high considerably due to the covid-19 pandemic. It is expected to flourish more in the future. By 2023, this industry will hit 161.74 billion. This is so inspiring and so many entrepreneurs plan to propel into this industry in 2021.
Consider the following aspects for multi-service app development
Integrate the Multilingual and Multiple currencies features
Never let language be a barrier to your business. Therefore, incorporate the multilingual feature so that customers can use the app in their languages.
The global launch will help you to have a more extensive user base for your app. Just like language, do not let the currency restrict you from launching your app across many countries.
User-friendly design
The UI/UX of the app has to be simple and appealing. This plays a vital role in gaining more customers. If the design is not user-friendly and unimpressive, they won’t prefer your app for the next time. Instead, they prefer using your competitors’ app for availing multiple services. To gain new customers and to retain the existing customers, focus on the app design.
App platform
To cover all the audiences, consider launching the app on both the Android and iOS platforms. Decide on which platform you will launch the app based on your target audience.
White-label solution
It is a known fact that making an app from scratch needs more time and requires a considerable amount of money. On the counter side, creating the app using the white-label solution is budget-friendly and time-conserving. Because, it is a readily available solution. Upon making modifications, you can launch the app instantly. Being the customizable solution, any new features can be incorporated based on the requirements.
The decision of starting a business with the on-demand multi-services app is good as the market will flourish further in the upcoming days. Take away the points from this blog to withstand in the highly competitive market. Reach out to Uberlikeapp for multi-services app development. We provide a customizable app solution that is scalable based on your needs.
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The electric scooter revolution has caught on super-fast taking many cities across the globe by storm. eScooters, a renovated version of old-school scooters now turned into electric vehicles are an environmentally friendly solution to current on-demand commute problems. They work on engines, like cars, enabling short traveling distances without hassle. The result is that these groundbreaking electric machines can now provide faster transport for less — cheaper than Uber and faster than Metro.
Since they are durable, fast, easy to operate and maintain, and are more convenient to park compared to four-wheelers, the eScooters trend has and continues to spike interest as a promising growth area. Several companies and universities are increasingly setting up shop to provide eScooter services realizing a would-be profitable business model and a ready customer base that is university students or residents in need of faster and cheap travel going about their business in school, town, and other surrounding areas.
In many countries including the U.S., Canada, Mexico, U.K., Germany, France, China, Japan, India, Brazil and Mexico and more, a growing number of eScooter users both locals and tourists can now be seen effortlessly passing lines of drivers stuck in the endless and unmoving traffic.
A recent report by McKinsey revealed that the E-Scooter industry will be worth― $200 billion to $300 billion in the United States, $100 billion to $150 billion in Europe, and $30 billion to $50 billion in China in 2030. The e-Scooter revenue model will also spike and is projected to rise by more than 20% amounting to approximately $5 billion.
And, with a necessity to move people away from high carbon prints, traffic and congestion issues brought about by car-centric transport systems in cities, more and more city planners are developing more bike/scooter lanes and adopting zero-emission plans. This is the force behind the booming electric scooter market and the numbers will only go higher and higher.
Companies that have taken advantage of the growing eScooter trend develop an appthat allows them to provide efficient eScooter services. Such an app enables them to be able to locate bike pick-up and drop points through fully integrated google maps.
It’s clear that e scooters will increasingly become more common and the e-scooter business model will continue to grab the attention of manufacturers, investors, entrepreneurs. All this should go ahead with a quest to know what are some of the best electric bikes in the market especially for anyone who would want to get started in the electric bikes/scooters rental business.
We have done a comprehensive list of the best electric bikes! Each bike has been reviewed in depth and includes a full list of specs and a photo.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enkicycles/billy-were-redefining-joyrides
To start us off is the Billy eBike, a powerful go-anywhere urban electric bike that’s specially designed to offer an exciting ride like no other whether you want to ride to the grocery store, cafe, work or school. The Billy eBike comes in 4 color options – Billy Blue, Polished aluminium, Artic white, and Stealth black.
Price: $2490
Available countries
Available in the USA, Europe, Asia, South Africa and Australia.This item ships from the USA. Buyers are therefore responsible for any taxes and/or customs duties incurred once it arrives in your country.
Features
Specifications
Why Should You Buy This?
**Who Should Ride Billy? **
Both new and experienced riders
**Where to Buy? **Local distributors or ships from the USA.
Featuring a sleek and lightweight aluminum frame design, the 200-Series ebike takes your riding experience to greater heights. Available in both black and white this ebike comes with a connected app, which allows you to plan activities, map distances and routes while also allowing connections with fellow riders.
Price: $2099.00
Available countries
The Genze 200 series e-Bike is available at GenZe retail locations across the U.S or online via GenZe.com website. Customers from outside the US can ship the product while incurring the relevant charges.
Features
Specifications
https://ebikestore.com/shop/norco-vlt-s2/
The Norco VLT S2 is a front suspension e-Bike with solid components alongside the reliable Bosch Performance Line Power systems that offer precise pedal assistance during any riding situation.
Price: $2,699.00
Available countries
This item is available via the various Norco bikes international distributors.
Features
Specifications
http://www.bodoevs.com/bodoev/products_show.asp?product_id=13
Manufactured by Bodo Vehicle Group Limited, the Bodo EV is specially designed for strong power and extraordinary long service to facilitate super amazing rides. The Bodo Vehicle Company is a striking top in electric vehicles brand field in China and across the globe. Their Bodo EV will no doubt provide your riders with high-level riding satisfaction owing to its high-quality design, strength, breaking stability and speed.
Price: $799
Available countries
This item ships from China with buyers bearing the shipping costs and other variables prior to delivery.
Features
Specifications
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Are you leading an organization that has a large campus, e.g., a large university? You are probably thinking of introducing an electric scooter/bicycle fleet on the campus, and why wouldn’t you?
Introducing micro-mobility in your campus with the help of such a fleet would help the people on the campus significantly. People would save money since they don’t need to use a car for a short distance. Your campus will see a drastic reduction in congestion, moreover, its carbon footprint will reduce.
Micro-mobility is relatively new though and you would need help. You would need to select an appropriate fleet of vehicles. The people on your campus would need to find electric scooters or electric bikes for commuting, and you need to provide a solution for this.
To be more specific, you need a short-term electric bike rental app. With such an app, you will be able to easily offer micro-mobility to the people on the campus. We at Devathon have built Autorent exactly for this.
What does Autorent do and how can it help you? How does it enable you to introduce micro-mobility on your campus? We explain these in this article, however, we will touch upon a few basics first.
You are probably thinking about micro-mobility relatively recently, aren’t you? A few relevant insights about it could help you to better appreciate its importance.
Micro-mobility is a new trend in transportation, and it uses vehicles that are considerably smaller than cars. Electric scooters (e-scooters) and electric bikes (e-bikes) are the most popular forms of micro-mobility, however, there are also e-unicycles and e-skateboards.
You might have already seen e-scooters, which are kick scooters that come with a motor. Thanks to its motor, an e-scooter can achieve a speed of up to 20 km/h. On the other hand, e-bikes are popular in China and Japan, and they come with a motor, and you can reach a speed of 40 km/h.
You obviously can’t use these vehicles for very long commutes, however, what if you need to travel a short distance? Even if you have a reasonable public transport facility in the city, it might not cover the route you need to take. Take the example of a large university campus. Such a campus is often at a considerable distance from the central business district of the city where it’s located. While public transport facilities may serve the central business district, they wouldn’t serve this large campus. Currently, many people drive their cars even for short distances.
As you know, that brings its own set of challenges. Vehicular traffic adds significantly to pollution, moreover, finding a parking spot can be hard in crowded urban districts.
Well, you can reduce your carbon footprint if you use an electric car. However, electric cars are still new, and many countries are still building the necessary infrastructure for them. Your large campus might not have the necessary infrastructure for them either. Presently, electric cars don’t represent a viable option in most geographies.
As a result, you need to buy and maintain a car even if your commute is short. In addition to dealing with parking problems, you need to spend significantly on your car.
All of these factors have combined to make people sit up and think seriously about cars. Many people are now seriously considering whether a car is really the best option even if they have to commute only a short distance.
This is where micro-mobility enters the picture. When you commute a short distance regularly, e-scooters or e-bikes are viable options. You limit your carbon footprints and you cut costs!
Businesses have seen this shift in thinking, and e-scooter companies like Lime and Bird have entered this field in a big way. They let you rent e-scooters by the minute. On the other hand, start-ups like Jump and Lyft have entered the e-bike market.
Think of your campus now! The people there might need to travel short distances within the campus, and e-scooters can really help them.
What advantages can you get from micro-mobility? Let’s take a deeper look into this question.
Micro-mobility can offer several advantages to the people on your campus, e.g.:
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