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AWS CodeDeploy vs Dockup: What are the differences?
What is AWS CodeDeploy? Coordinate application deployments to Amazon EC2 instances. 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.
What is Dockup? On demand staging environments for engineering teams. Spins up on-demand environments so engineering teams can quickly test their code changes. When you open pull requests, it creates disposable environments automatically and delivers URLs to your chat rooms.
AWS CodeDeploy and Dockup can be categorized as "Deployment as a Service" tools.
Some of the features offered by AWS CodeDeploy are:
- AWS CodeDeploy fully automates your code deployments, allowing you to deploy reliably and rapidly
- AWS CodeDeploy helps maximize your application availability by performing rolling updates across your Amazon EC2 instances and tracking application health according to configurable rules
- AWS CodeDeploy allows you to easily launch and track the status of your deployments through the AWS Management Console or the AWS CLI
On the other hand, Dockup provides the following key features:
- Automated deployments
- Works with any code repository
- Slack Integration
Pros of AWS CodeDeploy
- Automates code deployments17
- Backed by Amazon9
- Adds autoscaling lifecycle hooks7
- Git integration5