Your company has used on-premises Jenkins server as the CI/CD tool for several years. Recently, as most of its products already migrated to AWS platform. The DevOps team is considering the possibilities to use AWS CodePipeline as the new tool to replace Jenkins server. You were told to make an initial analysis and report to your manager. What are the advantages of CodePipeline when compared to Jenkins server? (Select TWO.)

Answer options:

A.Similar to Jenkins, CodePipeline also provides a large number of plugins in AWS marketplace.
B.AWS CodePipeline integrates well with other AWS services such as CodeCommit and CodeBuild. It is easily configured for users of the AWS ecosystem.
C.AWS CodePipeline is open-sourced just as Jenkins so that users can contribute to the community.
D.IAM policies can be configured to control the access to CodePipeline resources.
E.AWS CodePipeline is totally free and you only need to pay related resources generated in the pipeline such as EC2.

Correct Answer – B, D
Option A is incorrect: Unlike Jenkins, CodePipeline is a service managed by AWS. It does not have plugins in AWS marketplace.
Option B is CORRECT: Because CodePipeline integrates with various tools in different stages. Details can be found in
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codepipeline/latest/userguide/integrations-action-type.html.
For an AWS user, he can set up a pipeline very quickly within a couple of hours.
Option C is incorrect: Similar with
Option A, CodePipeline is not open-sourced and it is maintained by AWS itself.
Option D is CORRECT: Check the document in
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codepipeline/latest/userguide/iam-identity-based-access-control.html.
IAM identity-based policies can be attached to users, groups, and roles to manage the access to CodePipeline.
Option E is incorrect: AWS CodePipeline is not free although it is very cheap. Pipelines are free for the first 30 days after creation. The it costs $1 per active pipeline per month.