{"id":2792,"date":"2018-09-12T00:53:51","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T06:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/?p=2792"},"modified":"2026-03-19T06:28:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:28:37","slug":"aws-codedeploy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/aws-codedeploy\/","title":{"rendered":"AWS CodeDeploy: Benefits, Deployment Types, and How It Works"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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AWS CodeDeploy is a deployment service that automates application deployments to Amazon EC2 instances and on-premises instances. It helps us to deploy application content such as code, serverless AWS Lambda functions, web and configuration files, packages, scripts, multimedia files, and more.<\/span> After deploying the application content on a server it is stored in Amazon S3 buckets, GitHub repositories, or Bitbucket repositories.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It works with various systems for configuration management, source control, continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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        <\/a>With AWS CodeDeploy, the following processes become easier.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Rapidly release new features.<\/span><\/li>\n

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  2. Avoid downtime during application deployment.<\/span><\/li>\n

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  3. Update AWS<\/a> Lambda function versions.<\/span><\/li>\n

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  4. Handle the complexity of updating your applications, without many of the risks associated with error-prone manual deployments.<\/span><\/li>\n

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    BENEFITS OF AWS CODEDEPLOY<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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    AWS CodeDeploy offers different types of benefits which are mentioned below.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1.Server and serverless applications<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    It deploys applications on servers. Additionally<\/strong>, it can deploy serverless application versions using AWS Lambda functions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    2. Minimize downtime<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    It maximizes your application availability. It performs a rolling update across Amazon EC2 instances during an in-place deployment. You can specify the number of instances to be taken offline at a time for updates.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    3. Automated deployments<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    It automates application deployment across the development, test, and production environments.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    4. Centralized control<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    You can launch and track the status of your deployments through the AWS CodeDeploy console or the AWS CLI.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    5. Easy to adopt<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Easily reuse your setup code. AWS CodeDeploy can also integrate with the software release process or continuous delivery toolchain.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    6. Stop and rollback<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    If there are any errors, you can automatically or manually stop and roll back deployments.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    AWS CODEDEPLOY COMPUTE PLATFORMS<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

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    It’s possible to deploy applications to two compute platforms in AWS CodeDeploy:<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1) EC2\/On-Premises<\/b>: It describes Amazon EC2 cloud instances and on-premises servers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    2) AWS Lambda<\/b>:  Used to deploy applications of updated versions of Lambda functions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    AWS CodeDeploy Component<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

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    EC2\/On-Premises<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

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    AWS Lambda<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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    Deployment group<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n
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    Deploys a set of instances to which a new revision is deployed.<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n
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    Deploys a Lambda function version on a high-availability compute infrastructure.<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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    Deployment configuration<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n
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    Settings that determine the deployment speed and the minimum number of instances that must be healthy at any point during deployment.<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n
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    Settings that determine how traffic is shifted to the updated Lambda function versions.<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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    Deploys a new revision that consists of an application and AppSpec file. The AppSpec specifies how to deploy the application to the instances in a deployment group.<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n
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    Deploys a new revision that consists of an AppSpec file. The AppSpec specifies which Lambda function version to deploy.<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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    A collection of deployment groups and revisions. An EC2\/On-Premises application uses the EC2\/On-Premises compute platform.<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n
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    A collection of revisions. A Lambda application uses the AWS Lambda compute platform.<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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    A combination of an AppSpec file and application files, such as executables, configuration files, and so on.<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n
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    An AppSpec file that specifies which Lambda functions to deploy and update.<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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    AWS CODEDEPLOY DEPLOYMENT TYPES<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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    AWS CodeDeploy provides two deployment type options:<\/p>\n

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