Building cloud infrastructure with AWS CDK

AWS CDK is a service provided by AWS to build infrastructure as code. And this is tech talk designed to cover the basics of AWS CDK with a small demonstration on how to build cloud infrstucture with AWS CDK using a preferred programing language.

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1. BUILDING CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE WITH AWS CDK
2. Why infrastructure as code? 2
3. Available options ▰ AWS API ▰ CloudFormation scripts ▰ Other infrastructure as code software tools (ex: Terraform) 3
4. AWS CDK What? Why? How? 4
5. WHAT? 5 ▰ Software development framework ▻ Javascript, Typescript, Java, C#, F#, Python ▰ Provides a high level object oriented abstraction of AWS services
6. WHY? 6 ▰ Use logic when defining your infrastructure ▰ Use object oriented concepts to create a model of your infrastructure ▰ Organize your project into logical modules ▰ Share and reuse your infrastructure as a library ▰ All the advantages your IDE provides (ex: Code completion, code refactoring, inline documentation, etc.)
7. HOW? 7
8. CONSTRUCT 8 ▰ Basic building block in CDK which represents a cloud component ▰ AWS CDK construct library for basic constructs ▰ Two types, ▻ Low level constructs ▻ High level constructs ▰ Construct patterns
9. STACK 9 ▰ Basic deployment unit in CDK ▰ Implemented using Cloud Formation Stack ▰ All constructs belong to a Stack construct
10. APP 10 ▰ Root of the construct tree ▰ Used as scope for stack constructs ▰ Contains single or multiple stacks
11. Higher level architecture of a CDK app 11
12. LET’S GET OUR HANDS DIRTY 12
13. DEMO 13 ▰ Prerequisite: ▻ AWS Account & IAM User ▻ AWS CLI ▻ Node.js >= 10.3.0 ▻ Favourite IDE ▰ Install AWS CDK ▻ `npm install -g aws-cdk`
14. DEMO 14
15. DEMO 15 ▰ CDK INIT - Initialize the app ▰ CDK SYNTH - Produce AWS Cloudformation script ▰ CDK DIFF - Show difference between infrastructure currently in code and deployed infrastructure ▰ CDK DEPLOY - Deploy current code as infrastructure into AWS
16. IF YOU’RE INTERESTED 16 ▰ AWS CDK Intro Workshop :: AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) Workshop ▰ What Is the AWS CDK? - AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) ▰ AWS re:Invent 2018: Infrastructure Is Code with the AWS Cloud Development Kit (DEV372) ▰ Infrastructure is Code with the AWS CDK - AWS Online Tech Talks ▰ API Reference · AWS CDK
17. 17 THANKS! Any questions? You can find me at maheshsa@99x.lk