You're reading from AWS Automation Cookbook Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment using AWS services

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788394925

Length 388 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

AWS

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Author (1):

Nikit Swaraj

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. Using AWS CodeCommit FREE CHAPTER

2. Building an Application using CodeBuild

3. Deploying Application using CodeDeploy & CodePipeline

4. Building Scalable and Fault-Tolerant CI/CD Pipeline

5. Understanding Microservices and ECS

6. Continuous Deployment to ECS Using Developer Tools and CloudFormation

7. IaC Using CloudFormation and Ansible

8. Automating AWS Resource Control Using AWS Lambda

9. Microservice Applications in Kubernetes Using Jenkins Pipeline 2.0

10. Best Practices and Troubleshooting Tips

Introducing AWS CodeBuild

When it comes to cloud-hosted and fully managed build services, which compiles our source code, runs unit tests, and produces artifacts that are ready to deploy, then AWS CodeBuild comes into the picture.

Instead of using Jenkins or Bamboo, we can use AWS CodeBuild, and then skip the following issues:

Setting up a Jenkins on a server and maintaining it
Maintaining the cluster security
Upgrading the Jenkins software over time
Monitoring and recovering from Jenkins downtime
Capacity planning so the cluster can handle all our build volume

If you setup the build server of your own, then you have to pay a big bill to the engineers to keep the cluster scaled up 24/7 and maintain the Jenkins cluster. If the build server will have any issues, then the team won't be able to ship the latest code, until the build server is fixed.

AWS CodeBuild is elastic...

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Authors (1)

Swaraj

Nikit Swaraj is an experienced solution architect. He is well versed in the melding of development and operations to deliver efficient code. Nikit has expertise in designing, developing, and delivering enterprise-wide solutions that meet business requirements and enhance operational efficiency. As an AWS solution architect, he has plenty of experience in designing end-to-end IT solutions and leading and managing complete projects within time and budgetary constraints. He contributes to open source toolsandhas experience working with startups as well enterprise including FSI, Public and Governement sector. He holds various professional certification from AWS, Red Hat, CNCF and Hashicorp. He loves to share his experience with latest technologies in AWS Meetups.

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