AWS CDK: The arrival of true Infrastructure as Code
summary
Introduction to the AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK), an open-source framework from Amazon that uses familiar programming languages to generate AWS CloudFormation templates for managing infrastructure. Covers the CDK library, how it enables reusable infrastructure-as-code scripts that leverage CloudFormation’s features, and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of adopting this approach for AWS infrastructure management.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 10:57IaC tooling problems
- 17:55AWS CDK as solution
- 27:07Serverless app example
- 34:19Users and permissions example
- 38:12Infrastructure testing example
- 43:59Template import example
- 48:14Q&A
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