Getting Started with AWS CDK
Artem Arkhipov, Full Stack Developer & Architect
Managing Your AWS Infrastructure
- Manual - using UI in AWS Web Console
- Scripting - using AWS CLI, SDK, or Query API
- From Template - AWS CloudFormation
- Coding Infrastructure Components - AWS CDK
Infrastructure as Code
AWS CDK
Cloud
Development
Kit
Abstraction
Encapsulation
Reusable
Testable
Diff & Rollback
Publish
IDE features
Developer friendy
CDK Anatomy
CDK Toolkit (CLI)
Toolkit Stack
CDK Application
CDK Constructs
Level 1 Construct (L1)
*.ts
template.json
Level 2 Construct (L2)
*.ts
template.json
Level 2 Construct (L2)
*.ts
or the same:
Level 3 Construct (L3)
CDK in Action
- AWS credentials/profile configured
- Node & NPM installed
Demo Project
CI / CD
- Use @aws-cdk/pipelines module
- Create Pipeline Stack with Pipeline
- Add stage/s with your app stack to the pipeline
- Create Stage
- Replace app stack with Pipeline stack in main file
- Commit changes then deploy
- Destroy current stack
You'd Like to Know
L2/L3 Constructs don't restrict you
Override Cloudformation Properties
You'd Like to Know
Be careful with Identifiers
Changing construct id will delete or at least make resource orphan
...stupid cdk
You'd Like to Know
CDK Tokens
Token values are resolved during deployment time
What's next?
Thank you!
Artem Arkhipov
artem.arkhipov@techmagic.co
@ar_arkhipov
Getting Started with AWS CDK
By Artem Arkhipov
