Introduction
Imagine having hundreds of microservices that are constantly changing their infrastructure resources and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) settings, managing all these microservices is not an easy task. So, in order to make it a bit easier, AWS Proton provides platform teams with the tools they need to manage complexity and enforce consistent standards, while also making it simple for developers to publish code using containers and serverless technologies.
In this article, we will learn about AWS Proton, the different features that are available, and how it works.
Features of AWS Proton
Below is the list of all the features provided by AWS Proton. We will discuss each of them one by one.
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Automated deployments
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Customer-managed environments
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Flexible definitions
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Multi-account support
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Self-service interface
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Streamlined upgrades
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Tagging capabilities
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Template management
Automated deployments
Platform teams may easily develop application stacks using AWS Proton. This includes the CI/CD pipeline, which allows developers to request the instant deployment of an application via the application programming interface (API), command-line interface (CLI), or user interface (UI).
Customer-managed environments
You can migrate your existing shared resources to AWS Proton without having to start from scratch. For developers, this is transparent, as they can deploy to a customer-managed environment in the same manner they do to a normal environment.
Flexible definitions
Users can create service templates that include or do not include a pipeline. AWS Proton allows teams more control over how they define, provision, and deploy their services. Platform teams can use AWS Proton's central administration capabilities to ensure that all deployments are up to date, and developers just need to submit the essential inputs for their service.
Multi-account support
Multi-account infrastructures are supported by AWS Proton,which allows platform operators to set up their architecture securely across numerous AWS accounts. AWS Proton also allows you to manage all of your multi-account setups and services from a single account.
Self-service interface
Users can customize the interface according to their needs using the AWS Management Console or CLI. The AWS Proton interface walks you through the process of establishing and deploying shared resources as service environments. Proton also provides end-to-end provisioning support, including the ability to use AWS CloudFormation to install infrastructure like computing, database, and many other resources in a straightforward, declarative manner.
Streamlined Upgrades
Versioning of infrastructure templates is supported by AWS Proton and developers can use this to update out-of-date deployments.
Tagging capabilities
Create tagging and access control for any AWS Proton resource, including templates, environments, and services, using tag-based access control. By propagating tags added to a parent resource down to any of its child resources, you may streamline and maintain consistency in your tagging process. AWS Proton also automatically assigns unique identifiers to all provisioned resources, allowing you to identify all provisioned resources that originate from an AWS Proton-specific template or environment.
Template management
AWS Proton is used by platform teams to generate a stack that is delivered to their developers as a reusable version-controlled template. These stacks are created in a simple, declarative way using infrastructure as code, and include everything needed to provision, deploy, and manage a service, such as computation, networking, code pipeline, security, and monitoring resources.
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