AWS CodeDeploy vs. F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management

Getting the code from Git Hub, uploading it to the repository, making changes, and deploying it to a specific environment makes AWS tremendous and easy to work with. Once you know how to do it, it is easy to replicate. On the other hand, if you are new, it gets confusing, and you need guidance on the steps to take not to compromise the application.

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F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management is a great interface to manage F5 gear for large enterprises, often simplifying the routine manual workflows which are time consuming.

Incentivized

• Integration with other AWS services
• No administration required
• Unified and easy process for dev teams

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• It show us all F5s in one spot
• It is able to take backups
• It can help with upgrades
• Give central spot to make reports

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• There is one limitation is it can't do multi-tier apps
• It is not possible to control the order in which deployment occurs if more than one deployment attempts to run at the same time
• AWS CodeDeploy does not integrate with GitHub

Incentivized

• To be able to schedule software updates at a later time/date to meet change management window so manual intervention is minimized. F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management should be able to send alert if upgrade process halts or fails for any reason.

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Here is where AWS as a whole stepped up big. The UI is more intuitive and easy to use. The separation is clear, and the guides are abundant. They still need to create starter tutorials for newcomers so we don't lose much time learning/teaching others. Having someone with basic knowledge and examples where they can gain experience will make it better.

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It may be due to how we deployed it or how we use it, but it adds time to doing small changes. I do like the deployment detail and change tracking though.

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Jenkins supports a lot of plugings. Also with Jenkins, it is possible to manage everything through our own server. Those are 2 points where I rate Jenkins as one of the best DevOps Tool

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B/c We liked the other products even less

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• AWS CodeDeploy has reduced the engineer involvement in deployments
• Our QA team has been able to effectively deploy tickets for testing, and our Release Managers can manage production deployments
• Progress indicators have given us a better baseline for deployment times, which is helpful for time-sensitive releases

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• In 2021 thanks to Big-IQ we drastically reduced the time we spend on software upgrades.
• BigIQ helped us to have visibility of our Big-IP environment in one place.

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