CodeCommit

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CodeCommit

About

• This service is now discontinued as of July 25, 2024 but will appear in exam for some forseeable future.

• It's an AWS provided VCS like Git.

• No size limit and hence can scale seamlessly.

• Fully managed and highly available.

• Can be integrated with Jenkins, AWS CodeBuild and other CI tools.

• Commands are done using Git.

• UI is not fully featured like GitHub or other major VCS infrastructure providers.

Security

• Authentication can be done in the following ways.

  • SSH Keys - AWS Users can configure SSH Keys in their IAM Console.

  • UserName-Password - Git Credentials or AWS CLI Credential helpers can be used.

• Authorization

  • IAM policies to manage user/roles permissions to repositories.

• Encryption

  • Repositories are encrypted at rest using AWS KMS.

  • Encrypted in transit as only uses HTTPS or SSH.

• Cross-Account Access

  • To give access to other AWS account use IAM roles and AWS STS.