What types of applications can be deployed with AWS CodeDeploy?

What types of applications can be deployed with AWS CodeDeploy?

AWS CodeDeploy can be used for deploying any type of application. To use AWS CodeDeploy, you specify the files to copy and the scripts to run on each instance during the deployment. AWS CodeDeploy is programming language and architecture agnostic, so you can use scripts for any custom deployment logic.

What is the difference between AWS CodeDeploy and Elastic Beanstalk?

AWS CodeDeploy is a service that automates code deployments to currently running EC2 instances. Elastic Beanstalk, on the other hand, is a web application deployment service that can launch additional AWS resources (like load balancers and EC2 instances) and deploy code changes.

Which AWS services are compatible with CodeDeploy?

AWS CodeDeploy can perform blue/green deployments to Amazon EC2 instances, an Amazon ECS service (both EC2 and AWS Fargate launch type), or an AWS Lambda function.

What is the difference between CodeBuild and CodeDeploy?

AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed build service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages that are ready to deploy. AWS CodeDeploy is a service that automates code deployments to Amazon EC2 instances.

What does AWS CodeDeploy do?

AWS CodeDeploy is a fully managed deployment service that automates software deployments to a variety of compute services such as Amazon EC2, AWS Fargate, AWS Lambda, and your on-premises servers. You can use AWS CodeDeploy to automate software deployments, eliminating the need for error-prone manual operations.

What does CodeDeploy agent do?

The CodeDeploy agent is a software package that, when installed and configured on an instance, makes it possible for that instance to be used in CodeDeploy deployments. This configuration file specifies directory paths and other settings for AWS CodeDeploy to use as it interacts with the instance.

What is CodeDeploy AWS?

What is AWS Elastic Beanstalk vs CloudFormation?

Both CloudFormation and Elastic Beanstalk are a way of deploying your application on AWS. Beanstalk is PaaS (platform as a service) while CloudFormation is IaC (infrastructure as code). Beanstalk is similar to tools like Heroku and Engine Yard – a way of making provisioning easy. CloudFormation is the opposite!

Is CodeDeploy free in AWS?

For CodeDeploy on EC2, Lambda, ECS: There is no additional charge for code deployments to Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda or Amazon ECS through AWS CodeDeploy. For CodeDeploy On-Premises: You pay $0.02 per on-premises instance update using AWS CodeDeploy. There are no minimum fees and no upfront commitments.

What is the difference between AWS CodeDeploy and CodePipeline?

AWS CodeDeploy is primarily for deploying code that is ready to be deployed to various AWS components and [EC-2] servers. AWS CodePipeline is a tool for automating the deployment (and integration) of code from two or more developers to a variety of different servers (including on-premise hardware).

How do I use AWS CodeDeploy?

Topics

1. Step 1: Launch a Windows Server Amazon EC2 instance.
2. Step 2: Configure your source content to deploy to the Windows Server Amazon EC2 instance.
3. Step 3: Upload your “hello, world!”
4. Step 4: Deploy your Hello World application.
5. Step 5: Update and redeploy your “hello, world!”
6. Step 6: Clean up your “hello, world!”

What is the name of the appspec file for AWS Lambda deployment?

The name of the AppSpec file for an Amazon ECS or AWS Lambda deployment must be appspec.yaml or appspec.json. If your application uses the Amazon ECS compute platform, the AppSpec file is named appspec.yaml.

What is appspec in codedeploy?

The application specification file (AppSpec file) is a YAML-formatted or JSON-formatted file used by CodeDeploy to manage a deployment. Note. The name of the AppSpec file for an EC2/On-Premises deployment must be appspec.yml. The name of the AppSpec file for an Amazon ECS or AWS Lambda deployment must be appspec.yaml.

How do I track my AWS codedeploy deployment?

AWS CodeDeploy allows you to easily launch and track the status of your application deployments through the AWS Management Console or the AWS CLI. CodeDeploy gives you a detailed report allowing you to view when and to where each application revision was deployed.

How do I validate the contents of an AWS appspec file?

You can use the AWS-provided AppSpec Assistant script to validate the contents of an AppSpec file. You can find the script along with AppSpec file templates on GitHub . You can also use a browser-based tool such as YAML lint or Online YAML parser to help you check your YAML syntax.