IntroductionAutomation is a cornerstone of DevOps. DevOps tools facilitate better collaboration between development and operations teams. They help break down silos and foster a culture of shared responsibility. Additionally, more than having great tools required, teams must know how to use them effectively. To benefit from these tools, teams must adopt the right mindsets, attitudes, and objectives on their DevOps journey.Top 10 AWS DevOps ToolsNo matter the type of DevOps toolchain an organization uses, it's essential to have the right tools. These tools must address the critical phases of the DevOps lifecycle. AWS also provides DevOps tools based on the different stages of the DevOps lifecycle, as described below.CI/CD ToolsAmazon CodeBuildIt is a fully managed continuous integration service running tests, compiling source code, and creating software packages. It runs build scripts for you, so you don't have to manage, provision, and scale your build servers. You're only required to specify the location and select the build settings. Using CodeBuild, you can automate CI/CD pipelines and create a fully automated software release process. It applies code changes through different code deployment environments. You can also use CodeBuild to manage Jenkins build nodes and their configuration. You can also use it with the existing GitHub repository to automate initial software builds.PricingPricing ComponentDetailsPriceBuild MinutesFree tier includes 100 build minutes per month.$0.005 per build minute (Linux)Windows Build MinutesFree tier includes 100 build minutes per month.$0.01 per build minute (Windows)Custom Build EnvironmentAdditional charges for custom environments.Varies depending on the setupAdditional StorageAdditional charges for storage beyond free tier.Standard S3 pricing appliesData TransferCosts associated with transferring data.Standard AWS data transfer ratesAmazon CodeCatalystCan you set up the tools you need to plan, code, build, test, and deploy applications in a few minutes and use them all as a AWS service? Today's developers need a catalyst for change! With Amazon CodeCatalyst, dev teams can accelerate tooling setup and integration, automate development and deployment tasks, and collaborate without friction. It all begins with project blueprints. Blueprints define the application infrastructure, code repository, CI/CD automation, and working sample code you need to build and deploy your apps. CodeCatalyst also enables fluid collaborations on AWS.PricingPlanPricing DetailsFree TierIncludes 1 user and 5 GB of storage. Limited to 50 GB of data transfer per month.Standard Plan$15 per user per month. Includes 100 GB of storage and 1 TB of data transfer per month.Pro Plan$30 per user per month. Includes 500 GB of storage and 5 TB of data transfer per month.Enterprise PlanCustom pricing based on specific needs. Includes more storage and data transfer, along with premium support.AWS CodePipelineIt is a continuous delivery service for fast and reliable application updates. With continuous delivery, your code updates are automatically built, tested, and ready to deploy. CodePipeline lets you model, visualize, and automate your software release process. It uses a simple-to-use graphical user interface or a command-line interface. Here, you model your software release process as a workflow of different stages or a pipeline that describes how new code changes progress through your release process. At each stage, you choose the actions performed on your code, such as how and where your code is built, tested, and deployed. PricingPricing ComponentDetailsPipeline Executions$1 per active pipeline per month.Pipeline Execution$0.02 per execution for each action in the pipeline.Standard Actions$0.10 per action for standard actions such as build, test, and deploy.Third-Party ActionsPricing varies based on the third-party service used and its own pricing structure.Additional StorageCosts for S3 storage used in CodePipeline for artifact storage (charged as per S3 pricing).MicroservicesAmazon ECSAmazon ECS is fully automated and has no control plane to manage it. And, with ECS anywhere, customers can work with containers in cloud and on-premises environments. It helps you effectively deploy, scale, and manage containerized applications. It increases speed and agility with AWS Fargate serverless computing for containers.ECS delivers security, cost control, and simplicity while removing the burden from your team's end-to-end, innovating faster, reducing overhead, and spending more time deploying projects critical to your business growth. ECS seamlessly integrates with other AWS services. Teams can also run containers on compute services such as EC2 using the ECS fully-managed control plane. PricingService ComponentPricing DetailsECS Service PricingFree: No additional charge for using ECS itself.EC2 InstancesCharged based on the instance type and region.Fargate PricingvCPU: $0.04048 per vCPU per hour.Memory: $0.004445 per GB per hour.Data Transfer: As per standard data transfer rates.ECS Task PricingFargate Tasks: Billed according to vCPU and memory resources used as described above.ECS Container InstancesBilled based on EC2 instance costs and storage used (e.g., EBS).ECR (Elastic Container Registry)$0.10 per GB of storage per month.Data Transfer: $0.09 per GB for the first 10 TB per month.AWS LambdaAWS Lambda compute service runs your backend code in response to object uploads to Amazon S3 buckets, Amazon DynamoDB table data updates, Amazon Kinesis dreams, in-app activity, or other related events.Once you upload your code to Lambda, it handles all the capacity scaling, patching, and infrastructure administration. It also provides visibility into performance by publishing real-time metrics and logs to Amazon CloudWatch. All you need to do is write the code! AWS Lambda is very low-cost and doesn't require any upfront investment. PricingPricing ComponentDetailsRequest Charges$0.20 per 1 million requests.Duration Charges$0.00001667 per GB-second (charged based on the amount of memory allocated and execution time).Provisioned Concurrency$0.0000041667 per GB-second.Data TransferIn: Free.Out: $0.09 per GB for the first 10 TB per month.Free Tier1 million requests and 400,000 GB-seconds of compute time per month are free.Additional StorageCosts for additional storage (e.g., for Lambda layers or deployment packages) are based on S3 or EFS pricing.For more details on Amazon Lambda Pricing click on this linkInfrastructure as Code ToolsAWS CloudFormationWouldn't it be great if you could create and manage your infrastructure and application stack in a controlled and predictable way? AWS CloudFormation provisions and manages stacks of AWS resources based on templates you create to model your infrastructure architecture. You can manage anything from a single Amazon EC2 instance to a complex multi-tier, multi-region application. CloudFormation can define simple things like an Amazon VPC subnet and provisioning services like AWS OpsWorks or AWS Elastic Beanstalk. It's easy to get started with CloudFormation.PricingPricing ComponentCostActive Stack OperationsFree for 1,000 operations per month, $0.0009 per operation after the free tier.Stack Set Operations$0.10 per stack instance per region per month.Drift DetectionFree for 1,000 resources per month, $0.002 per resource after the free tier.Stack Resource MonitoringFree for 1,000 resources per month, $0.002 per resource after the free tier.Stack Set Resource Monitoring$0.20 per stack set instance per region per month.AWS OpsWorksOpsWorks is a configuration management platform. It provides managed instances of Puppet and Chef. Amazon OpsWorks lets you use these two automation platforms to set up server configuration, deployment, and management across Amazon EC2 instances or on-prem compute environments. It also maintains the Chef server by patching, updating, and backing up.Furthermore, it gives you full access to Puppet Enterprise features, which you can manage through the Puppet console. You can use AWS OpsWorks Stacks to install packages, programming languages/frameworks, configure software, and more. It models your application in different layers called stacks. So, you can have stacks containing databases, load balancing, and application servers. PricingOpsWorks ServicePricing DetailsOpsWorks StacksNo additional charge.OpsWorks for Chef Automate- Single region: $0.015 per node per hour. - Multi-region: $0.02 per node per hour.OpsWorks for Puppet Enterprise- Single region: $0.017 per node per hour. - Multi-region: $0.022 per node per hour.EC2 Instances (for OpsWorks Stacks)Standard EC2 instance pricing applies.EBS Volumes (for OpsWorks Stacks)Standard EBS volume pricing applies.Data TransferStandard AWS data transfer rates apply.AWS Systems ManagerYou can group, view, and act on resources with the AWS Systems Manager. It helps you operate safely across your entire infrastructure. It groups more than a hundred resource types into applications, business units, environments, or any category that makes sense. It views instance information, such as the operating system's patch levels and installed software.The four core feature groups of AWS Systems Manager include Operations Management (Explorer, OpsCenter, Incident Manager), Application Management (Application Manager, AppConfig, Parameter Store), Change Management (Automation, Change Manager, Maintenance Windows), and Node Management (Fleet Manager, Session Manager, Patch Manager). PricingFeaturePricingAutomation Executions$0.002 per execution for the first 1,000 executions each month, then $0.00025 per execution beyond 1,000.Parameter Store (Standard)Free for up to 10,000 parameters per month. After that, $0.05 per 10,000 parameters per month.Parameter Store (Advanced)$0.05 per advanced parameter per month.Session ManagerFree for managing instances, no additional charge.Patch ManagerFree for patching instances, no additional charge.OpsCenter$0.20 per OpsItem for the first 1,000 OpsItems each month, then $0.10 per OpsItem beyond 1,000.InventoryFree for up to 5,000 managed instances per month. Beyond that, $0.005 per managed instance per month.ComplianceFree for up to 5,000 managed instances per month. Beyond that, $0.0025 per managed instance per month.Run CommandFree for managing instances, no additional charge.State ManagerFree for managing instances, no additional charge.Distributor$0.002 per update per managed instance.OpsCenter (OpsItems)$0.20 per Ops Item for the first 1,000 Ops Items each month, then $0.10 per Ops Item beyond 1,000.Patch Compliance ScanningFree for patch compliance scanning for up to 100 instances per month, $0.02 per instance per month beyond the first 100.AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK)Let's say you're programming your application in Python! Then, you have to write your application in Python and simultaneously create your infrastructure separately, which is inconvenient. That's where CDK comes to the rescue! You need an EC2 instance and an S3 bucket for your Python application (you're doing some video processing or something else!). With CDK, you can write your own Python code. It also helps you integrate the resources that you need into your Python code in Python. Then, the CDK will convert that into a cloud formation template. This means you can write and deploy your AWS resources at the same time you write your application code. Thus, it helps in faster cloud development using standard programming languages. Version Control ToolsAWS CodeCommitIt is a fully managed source control service in the cloud that makes it easy for companies to host secure, highly scalable, private Git repositories. CodeCommit eliminates the need to set up, manage, and scale your source control system. There isn't any hardware to manage or software to patch an update, and you don't have to worry about running out of space.CodeCommit is built on a highly redundant and durable architecture, keeping your repositories highly available and accessible. ConclusionBy embracing the right tools and mindsets, your DevOps journey can transform into a seamless, efficient, and collaborative process. Explore the top 10 AWS DevOps tools and see how they can revolutionize your workflow.Read Morehttps://devopsden.io/article/what-is-the-devops-maturity-modelFollow us onhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/devopsden/
