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AWS Developer Tools

Release with a Pipeline: Continuous Delivery to AWS with GitHub Actions

-- ## Architecture Overview The workflow is triggered when a developer pushes code to the `main` branch of a GitHub repository. 1. A `git push` to the `main` branch triggers the GitHub...

June 23, 2025
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Lifecycle Event Hooks in CodeDeploy

## What are Lifecycle Event Hooks? In AWS CodeDeploy, **Lifecycle Event Hooks** are a mechanism that allows you to run custom code (scripts or Lambda functions) at specific points, or "hooks," during...

June 23, 2025
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Instrumenting Your Application with AWS X-Ray

-- ## Architecture and Goal The goal is to trace a web request as it travels through our application stack. The setup will be: * An Amazon EC2 instance running a simple Node.js (Expre...

June 23, 2025
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Building a Deployment Pipeline for a React Application with AWS CodePipeline

-- ## Architecture Overview The CI/CD pipeline will work as follows: 1. A developer pushes code changes to a GitHub repository. 2. The push triggers AWS CodePipeline to start a new ...

June 23, 2025
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AWS CodeCommit Repository

## What is AWS CodeCommit? **AWS CodeCommit** is a fully managed source control service that hosts secure and private **Git** repositories. It provides a secure, scalable, and highly available altern...

June 23, 2025
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AWS X-Ray

## Core Concepts of AWS X-Ray To understand X-Ray, you need to be familiar with how it collects and represents data. ### 1. Segments A segment represents the data recorded for a single com...

June 23, 2025
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AWS CodeStar

## What is AWS CodeStar? Think of AWS CodeStar as a project starter and management hub. Instead of manually setting up and integrating individual services like CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, ...

June 23, 2025
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AWS CodePipeline

## Core Concepts of AWS CodePipeline To understand CodePipeline, you must be familiar with its foundational concepts, which define the structure and flow of your automated release process. #...

June 23, 2025
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AWS CodeDeploy

## Core Components of AWS CodeDeploy Understanding the main components of CodeDeploy is key to using it effectively. 1. **Application:** An "Application" in CodeDeploy is a name or containe...

June 23, 2025
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AWS CodeCommit

## Core Concepts AWS CodeCommit uses standard Git, so you can use all your favorite Git commands and tools. The core components will be familiar to anyone who has used Git. * **Repository:**...

June 23, 2025
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AWS CodeBuild

## What is AWS CodeBuild? **AWS CodeBuild** is a fully managed continuous integration (CI) service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages that are ready to deploy. As a...

June 23, 2025
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AWS AppConfig

## Core Concepts of AWS AppConfig To effectively use AWS AppConfig, you need to understand its fundamental components. These components work together to provide a controlled and reliable configur...

June 23, 2025
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