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How to integrate AWS DevOps with Node JS.?
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I am doing internship for this AWS DevOps certification and I have been assigned a task to integrate AWS DevOps with Node JS. As I am new to it and didn't have any strong knowledge. Could anyone please provide solution here so I could do it effectively. I have gone through this https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/category/programing-language/node-js/ but didn't get proper solution to my query.
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Thomas’s Answer
Hey Yera! It is exciting that you are getting into Cloud technology. I think to start - we need to make sure we have a common understanding of the terms in your question.
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AWS - Amazon Web Services - the cloud computing company and services that it provides
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DevOps - Amazon defines DevOps as "the combination of cultural philosophies, practices, and tools that increases an organization’s ability to deliver applications and services at high velocity". What does that actually mean?
Before DevOps, there used to be two separate teams: the software developers (who would write code), and the IT operations folks (who would take that code and make it run on physical servers). These were completely different skill sets and teams operated very siloed from each other.
Now, with DevOps, organizations can use Cloud technology to streamline that process. Often, software engineers are involved with the deployment of their code. Other organizations have taken their "IT Operations" employees and upskilled them to "DevOps Engineers" where they take more of an engineering approach to deploying code - largely through automation.
So at it's core - DevOps is about combining "Dev" (software development) and "Ops" (IT operations) and automating as much of it as you can.
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Node.js - a tool that lets you use JavaScript, a programming language, to write software that runs on your computer or server, not just in a web browser.
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So, let's get back to your question. You have been "assigned a task to integrate AWS DevOps with Node JS." What I think you mean by this is, you need to:
1. Create (or take a pre-existing) Node JS tool / application
2. Deploy this application to AWS
3. Set up DevOps best practices (aka, automation of deployments, automatic scaling of infrastructure)
Another commenter (Hector) gave you a LOT of great options for tools you can use to accomplish this - he really covers so many aspects of the DevOps way of thinking, from automation to monitoring/logging to source code management . If you're not sure where to start in that list - I recommend starting with CodeCommit, CodeBuild, Code Pipeline, and Elastic Beanstalk. That may be enough to get you up-and-running, but integrate other services as needed for your specific use case.
Good luck!
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AWS - Amazon Web Services - the cloud computing company and services that it provides
---------------------
DevOps - Amazon defines DevOps as "the combination of cultural philosophies, practices, and tools that increases an organization’s ability to deliver applications and services at high velocity". What does that actually mean?
Before DevOps, there used to be two separate teams: the software developers (who would write code), and the IT operations folks (who would take that code and make it run on physical servers). These were completely different skill sets and teams operated very siloed from each other.
Now, with DevOps, organizations can use Cloud technology to streamline that process. Often, software engineers are involved with the deployment of their code. Other organizations have taken their "IT Operations" employees and upskilled them to "DevOps Engineers" where they take more of an engineering approach to deploying code - largely through automation.
So at it's core - DevOps is about combining "Dev" (software development) and "Ops" (IT operations) and automating as much of it as you can.
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Node.js - a tool that lets you use JavaScript, a programming language, to write software that runs on your computer or server, not just in a web browser.
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So, let's get back to your question. You have been "assigned a task to integrate AWS DevOps with Node JS." What I think you mean by this is, you need to:
1. Create (or take a pre-existing) Node JS tool / application
2. Deploy this application to AWS
3. Set up DevOps best practices (aka, automation of deployments, automatic scaling of infrastructure)
Another commenter (Hector) gave you a LOT of great options for tools you can use to accomplish this - he really covers so many aspects of the DevOps way of thinking, from automation to monitoring/logging to source code management . If you're not sure where to start in that list - I recommend starting with CodeCommit, CodeBuild, Code Pipeline, and Elastic Beanstalk. That may be enough to get you up-and-running, but integrate other services as needed for your specific use case.
Good luck!
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Hector’s Answer
AWS services and AWS best practices can be leveraged to streamline the development, deployment, and management of Node.js applications. AWS DevOps practices can be integrated with Node.js applications on the AWS cloud platform. See below a few pointers.
AWS CodeCommit as a version control system for your Node.js application's source code. Create a repository and push your Node.js code to it.
Configure AWS CodeBuild to automatically build your Node.js application.
Look up AWS CodePipeline. It is used to automate the continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) process for your Node.js application(s). CI/CD pipelines automatically build, test, and deploy changes to your Node.js application(s).
Learn testing frameworks, like Mocha, that provide automated testing for Node.js applications.
Utilizing AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is critical to manage user permissions and access to AWS services and platform security.
Scalability is improved when Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) is configured to distribute traffic to your Node.js applications.
Deploying Node.js functions using AWS Lambda for Serverless Applications.
Deploy and manage your Node.js web application using AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
AWS CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray are used for monitoring and logging the Node.js applications.
Above are only a few of the steps that can be used to integrate AWS DevOps with your Node.js applications that will yield scalable solutions on the AWS cloud platform.
AWS CodeCommit as a version control system for your Node.js application's source code. Create a repository and push your Node.js code to it.
Configure AWS CodeBuild to automatically build your Node.js application.
Look up AWS CodePipeline. It is used to automate the continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) process for your Node.js application(s). CI/CD pipelines automatically build, test, and deploy changes to your Node.js application(s).
Learn testing frameworks, like Mocha, that provide automated testing for Node.js applications.
Utilizing AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is critical to manage user permissions and access to AWS services and platform security.
Scalability is improved when Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) is configured to distribute traffic to your Node.js applications.
Deploying Node.js functions using AWS Lambda for Serverless Applications.
Deploy and manage your Node.js web application using AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
AWS CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray are used for monitoring and logging the Node.js applications.
Above are only a few of the steps that can be used to integrate AWS DevOps with your Node.js applications that will yield scalable solutions on the AWS cloud platform.