AWS Code Pipeline

- Today's topic is AWS Code Pipeline.

- Comparison between AWS Code Pipeline and Jenkins

- Jenkins is a continuous integration platform responsible for code checkout, build, and testing.

- Jenkins can invoke the continuous delivery process using various methods.

- AWS Code Pipeline takes care of continuous integration and continuous delivery

- AWS Code Pipeline is a simple concept and acts as an orchestrator.

- AWS is focused on providing managed services for computing and CI/CD

- Companies can manage their own Jenkins and CI infrastructure on EC2 instances.

- AWS managed CI CD services are a good option for learning and implementing AWS

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- AWS Code Pipeline is one of the four major services offered by AWS for continuous integration and continuous delivery.

- It will be covered in this video along with demonstrations of using all the AWS services in the CI process.

Comparison between AWS Code Pipeline and Jenkins

- Jenkins is an open source CI platform commonly used in organizations.

- AWS Code Pipeline is an AWS managed CI/CD service.

Jenkins is a continuous integration platform responsible for code checkout, build, and testing.

- Jenkins is triggered by a webhook when a code change is made in GitHub.

- The stages in Jenkins pipeline can vary based on the organization and application type.

Jenkins can invoke the continuous delivery process using various methods.

- Ansible and shell scripts are outdated ways of invoking the continuous delivery process.

- GitHub-based platforms like Argo CD or Flux CD are recommended for implementing continuous delivery.

AWS Code Pipeline takes care of continuous integration and continuous delivery

- AWS Code Build is commonly used to implement the stages in code pipeline

- Code Deploy handles the deployment part of the process to kubernetes cluster, ec2 instances, or ECS

AWS Code Pipeline is a simple concept and acts as an orchestrator.

- Code Pipeline is similar to Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Gitlab.

- Code Commit is rarely used in organizations compared to services like GitHub or Gitlab.

AWS is focused on providing managed services for computing and CI/CD

- AWS offers services like EC2, S3, CodeCommit, CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy to manage various aspects of computing and CI/CD

- Companies can benefit from AWS managed services to avoid the need for maintaining infrastructure and focus on output

Companies can manage their own Jenkins and CI infrastructure on EC2 instances.

- You can configure auto scaling groups and AWS services like CloudWatch and alarms for managing EC2 instances.

- Using Jenkins on EC2 instances allows you to avoid using AWS managed services and the potential cost rise.

AWS managed CI CD services are a good option for learning and implementing AWS

- If you want to fully embrace AWS, AWS managed CI CD services should not be a barrier for you.

- Learning about AWS managed CI CD services is beneficial for becoming an AWS Hero.