Tag: 1. AWS CDK

How to add notifications and manual approval to an AWS CDK Pipeline

August 18, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

A deployment pipeline typically comprises several stages such as dev, test, and prod, which ensure that changes undergo testing before reaching the production environment. To improve the reliability and stability of release processes, DevOps teams must review Infrastructure as Code (IaC) changes before applying them in production. As…

How to write and execute integration tests for AWS CDK applications

July 21, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

Automated integration testing validates system components and boosts confidence for new software releases. Performing integration tests on resources deployed to the AWS cloud enables the validation of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies, service limits, application configuration, and runtime code. For developers that are…