What is AWS CodeBuild?
AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed build service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages that are ready to deploy. With CodeBuild, you don’t need to provision, manage, and scale your own build servers.
AWS CodeBuild is a tool in the Continuous Integration category of a tech stack.
Who uses AWS CodeBuild?
Companies
122 companies reportedly use AWS CodeBuild in their tech stacks, including CRED, AB180, and Trilo.
Developers
226 developers on StackShare have stated that they use AWS CodeBuild.
AWS CodeBuild Integrations
GitHub, Jenkins, Amazon S3, Bitbucket, and AWS Elastic Beanstalk are some of the popular tools that integrate with AWS CodeBuild. Here's a list of all 15 tools that integrate with AWS CodeBuild.
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Decisions about AWS CodeBuild
Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose AWS CodeBuild in their tech stack.
Kavita Singh
Hi, I need advice. In my project, we are using Bitbucket hosted on-prem, Jenkins, and Jira. Also, we have restrictions not to use any plugins for code review, code quality, code security, etc., with bitbucket. Now we want to migrate to AWS CodeCommit, which would mean that we can use, let's say, Amazon CodeGuru for code reviews and move to AWS CodeBuild and AWS CodePipeline for build automation in the future rather than using Jenkins.
Now I want advice on below.
- Is it a good idea to migrate from Bitbucket to AWS Codecommit?
- If we want to integrate Jira with AWS Codecommit, then how can we do this? If a developer makes any changes in Jira, then a build should be triggered automatically in AWS and create a Jira ticket if the build fails. So, how can we achieve this?
AWS CodeBuild's Features
- Fully Managed Build Service
- Continuous Scaling
- Enables Continuous Integration
- Integrates seamlessly with AWS services
- FAQs: https://aws.amazon.com/codebuild/faqs/
AWS CodeBuild Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to AWS CodeBuild?
Jenkins
In a nutshell Jenkins CI is the leading open-source continuous integration server. Built with Java, it provides over 300 plugins to support building and testing virtually any project.
AWS CodePipeline
CodePipeline builds, tests, and deploys your code every time there is a code change, based on the release process models you define.
Apache Maven
Maven allows a project to build using its project object model (POM) and a set of plugins that are shared by all projects using Maven, providing a uniform build system. Once you familiarize yourself with how one Maven project builds you automatically know how all Maven projects build saving you immense amounts of time when trying to navigate many projects.
GitLab CI
GitLab offers a continuous integration service. If you add a .gitlab-ci.yml file to the root directory of your repository, and configure your GitLab project to use a Runner, then each merge request or push triggers your CI pipeline.
AWS CodeDeploy
AWS CodeDeploy is a service that automates code deployments to Amazon EC2 instances. AWS CodeDeploy makes it easier for you to rapidly release new features, helps you avoid downtime during deployment, and handles the complexity of updating your applications.
