CodeDeploy key points

- [Instructor] A few things to remember…about this tool before we jump into CodePipeline are…code deploy is the tool you'll use…for all your full customizable deployments.…Much like code build uses to build specification file,…here you'll be using an Appspec…or application specification file…containing your commands required…for deploying and verifying the deployment…of your application binaries and config files, if any,…remember that deployment groups are the target machines…where deployment will take place.…

It's a good practice to have an environment tag…on your EC2 machines,…labeling them as tests, development, production,…or any other label that has meaning to you…and then use that label value and tag…as an identifier for your deployment group.…Revisions are syp archives that contains the Appspec file…for a given deployment,…as well as the binary artifact…that your built process generated.…This is the expected format for…code deploy deployment archive.…

Lastly, remember that you have the option…of in place or rolling updates,…