Amazon CodeCatalyst is a cloud-based collaboration space for software development teams. Amazon CodeCatalyst allows you to plan work, collaborate on code, and build, test, and deploy applications using continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) tools all in one place. In this session, discover how CodeCatalyst simplifies and accelerates the deployment process, ensuring efficiency and reliability of EKS deployment.

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Streamlined Deployment to
Amazon EKS with Amazon
CodeCatalyst
Arshad Zackeriya
L X C O M M 0 1
Senior Engineer @ Xero
AWS Community Builder
AWS User Group Leader NZ
Geethika Guruge
Lead Consultant @ Mantel Group
AWS Community Builder
AWS APN Ambassador
AWS User Group Leader NZ

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Streamlined Deployment to Amazon EKS with
Amazon CodeCatalyst
Senior Engineer @ Xero
AWS Community Builder
AWS User Group Leader NZ
Arshad Zackeriya
Lead Consultant @ Mantel Group
AWS Community Builder
AWS APN Ambassador
AWS User Group Leader NZ
Geethika Guruge

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Amazon CodeCatalyst
Amazon CodeCatalyst - Workflow for EKS
Challenges with EKS deployments
EKS Blueprints
Deployments to EKS using Amazon CodeCatalyst
Demo
Agenda

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Amazon CodeCatalyst is a unified software development service operating
independently from the AWS Console, enabling teams to iterate,
collaborate, build, test, deploy applications with workflows, prioritize work
with issue tracking, and set up monitoring and notifications seamlessly.
Amazon CodeCatalyst
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Amazon CodeCatalyst - Workflow
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What’s challenging with EKS deployments?

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● The need of the “add-ons”
○ Complex Networking Configuration
○ Cluster Scaling and Optimization
○ Security and Compliance
● Day 2 Operations
○ Keeping the cluster Secure and Uptodate
○ Keeping the add-ons uptodate
○ Operations/Platforms team’s workload
Challenges in managing an EKS Cluster

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“EKS Blueprints is a collection of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) modules that will
help you configure and deploy consistent, batteries-included and Well-
Architected EKS clusters across accounts and regions”
Introducing EKS Blueprints

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● Helps you configure complete EKS clusters
● Fully bootstrapped with the operational software
● The desired state can be configured as an IaC blueprint.
● Can deploy consistent environments across multiple AWS accounts and
regions
● EKS Blueprints builds on existing work from the EKS open source
community
● Both Terraform and CDK Blueprints are available
How Blueprints Simplifies Cluster Management

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Okay.. But, how much code do I write?
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But, what if I want to customise?

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Demo

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