So in this Chapter, we will discuss the topics related to AWS ***
AWS CloudFormation provides a common language for you to model and provision AWS and third party application resources in your cloud environment. However, you cannot use familiar programming languages, only YAML or JSON.
Developer Services - Summary
• CodeCommit: Store code in private git repository (version controlled)
• CodeBuild: Build & test code in AWS
• CodeDeploy: Deploy code onto servers
• CodePipeline: Orchestration of pipeline (from code to build to deploy)
• CodeArtifact: Store software packages / dependencies on AWS
• CodeStar: Unified view for allowing developers to do CICD and code
• Cloud9: Cloud IDE (Integrated Development Environment) with collab
• AWS CDK: Define your cloud infrastructure using a programming language
Quiz:
- CodeStar is used to quickly develop, build, and deploy applications on AWS. Elastic Beanstalk can be used to monitor and to check the health of an environment.
- Q: Which AWS managed service allows to automate software deployments to a hybrid mix of EC2 Instances and On-Premises servers?
A: AWS CodeDeploy is a service that automates code deployments to any instance, including Amazon EC2 instances and instances running on-premises. - You are a software developer working on a project with your team. You need a secure and reliable version control system to store, share, and collaborate your code with the team. Which AWS service can help the developers? – AWS CodeCommit
- Q: You need a unified user interface that gives you visibility, control, and patching capabilities for your EC2 Instances on AWS, as well as for servers running in your on-premises data centers. Which service should you use?
A: AWS Systems Manager gives you visibility and control of your infrastructure on AWS. It is used for patching systems at scale. - A developer would like to deploy infrastructure on AWS but only knows Python. Which AWS service can assist him? – CDK, Cloud Development Kit
- Which of the following allows you to deploy any AWS Infrastructure as a Code? – CloudFormation
- A new startup would like an online integrated development environment (IDE) to write, run, and debug code. Which AWS service can help with this task? – Cloud9
- Which service is referred to as a Platform as a Service (PaaS)? – Elastic BeanStalk
- What is called the declaration of the AWS resources that make up a stack? – CloudFormation Templates
- Which of the following services can a developer use to store code dependencies? – CodeArtifact