The document discusses implementing infrastructure as code (IaaC) using AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK). It begins with an introduction of the presenter and an agenda covering why AWS CDK, constructs and solution patterns, and enterprise usage. Key benefits of AWS CDK are listed as tool support, familiar programming languages, and abstraction/encapsulation. Examples are provided comparing CloudFormation templates to CDK for defining AWS resources. The remainder discusses evolving AWS CDK ecosystem, transitioning from CloudFormation to CDK in enterprises, production use cases, and migration strategies.

1. Implementation
of IaaC using
AWS CDK
Aritra Nag

2. Aritra Nag
Meet the presenter
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• Senior Cloud Architect working with Nordcloud.
• 12 years of IT and consulting experience.
• A passionate tech blogger
• 10x AWS certified.
Connect with me
LinkedIn
GitHub
Aritra.Nag@nordcloud.com
+46704945603

3. 1. Why AWS CDK
2. Constructs and Solution patterns
3. Enterprise Usage
Agenda
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4. Why AWS CDK
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AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK)
Tool Support
Infrastructure-as-a-Code: structured and automatically documented definition of infrastructure.

5. Why AWS CDK
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AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK)
Familiar Language
Tool Support
Infrastructure-as-a-Code: structured and automatically documented definition of infrastructure.

6. Why AWS CDK
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AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK)
Abstraction and Encapsulation
Familiar Language
Tool Support
Infrastructure-as-a-Code: structured and automatically documented definition of infrastructure.

7. Why AWS CDK
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AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK)
Tool Support Familiar Language Abstraction and Encapsulation

8. Cloudformation or AWS CDK
Why AWS CDK
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Requirement : Amazon S3 bucket with default values

9. Cloudformation or AWS CDK
Why AWS CDK
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Requirement : Amazon S3 bucket with default values

10. Why AWS CDK
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Evolving Ecosystem
L1/L2 Construct library
Publishing Configuration models through code

11. Why AWS CDK
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Evolving Ecosystem
L3 Solutions constructs
Publishing Configuration models through code
L1/L2 Construct library

12. Why AWS CDK
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Evolving Ecosystem
L1/L2 Construct library L3 Solutions constructs Centralized curated list
Publishing Configuration models through code

13. Transition from Cloudformation to AWS CDK
Enterprise Usage
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IaaC was a blackbox to
application teams

14. Transition from Cloudformation to AWS CDK
Enterprise Usage
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IaaC was a blackbox to
application teams
Promote the philosophy
of maintaining Infra +
App + Config as part of
same
iterations/development
cycle

15. Transition from Cloudformation to AWS CDK
Enterprise Usage
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IaaC was a blackbox to
application teams
Promote the philosophy
of maintaining Infra +
App + Config as part of
same
iterations/development
cycle
Steering infrastructure
implementation towards the
mindset of development
realms

16. Change in Philosophy
Enterprise Usage
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AWS Tools
Metrics Insights
Metrics and Insights
AWS CodeCommit
Metrics Insights
Maintaining the Infra

17. Change in Philosophy
Enterprise Usage
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Infra + App + Monitoring + Unit testing + Operations
AWS Tools
Metrics Insights
Metrics and Insights
AWS CodeCommit

18. Production use case
Enterprise Usage
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● Solution patterns – Repo based

19. Production use case
Enterprise Usage
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● Solution patterns – Repo based
● Patterns using logic (if statements, for-loops, etc.)

20. Production use case
Enterprise Usage
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● Solution patterns – Repo based
● Patterns using logic (if statements, for-loops, etc.)
● Frameworks like Projen , AWS Serverless Application Model(AWS SAM)

21. Production use case
Enterprise Usage
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● Solution patterns – Repo based
● Patterns using logic (if statements, for-loops, etc.)
● Frameworks like Projen , AWS Serverless Application Model(AWS SAM)

22. Migration Cloudformation to AWS CDK
Enterprise Usage
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● Re-write Cloudformation

23. Migration Cloudformation to AWS CDK
Enterprise Usage
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● Re-write Cloudformation
● Using L1 Constructs like CfnInclude

24. Migration Cloudformation to AWS CDK
Enterprise Usage
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● Re-write Cloudformation
● Using L1 Constructs like CfnInclude
● Tools like AWS Cloudformation Disassembler

25. Migration Cloudformation to AWS CDK
Enterprise Usage
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● Re-write Cloudformation
● Using L1 Constructs like CfnInclude
● Tools like AWS Cloudformation Disassembler

26. Next Steps
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● https://cdkworkshop.com/
● https://cdk.dev/
● https://aws.amazon.com/cdk/
Workshops and References

27. Next Steps
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● https://cdkworkshop.com/
● https://cdk.dev/
● https://aws.amazon.com/cdk/
Workshops and References
Blogs and White papers
● https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/parallel-and-dynamic-
saas-deployments-with-cdk-pipelines/
● https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/introduction-
devops-aws/aws-cdk.html

28. Next Steps
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● https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk
● https://github.com/aws-samples/aws-cdk-examples
● https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/aws-cdk
Community and Forums
● https://cdkworkshop.com/
● https://cdk.dev/
● https://aws.amazon.com/cdk/
Workshops and References
Blogs and White papers
● https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/parallel-and-dynamic-
saas-deployments-with-cdk-pipelines/
● https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/introduction-
devops-aws/aws-cdk.html

29. Thank you
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Aritra.Nag@nordcloud.com
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