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AWS CodeCommit vs Jenkins: What are the differences?
Introduction
AWS CodeCommit and Jenkins are both widely used tools in the software development industry. While they both serve the purpose of managing various aspects of the software development lifecycle, there are several key differences between the two.
Integration with AWS Services: One key difference between AWS CodeCommit and Jenkins is their integration with other AWS services. CodeCommit is fully integrated with other AWS services, allowing for seamless integration with AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodePipeline, and other services in the AWS ecosystem. On the other hand, Jenkins can integrate with AWS services through plugins, but the integration may not be as native and seamless as with CodeCommit.
Hosting and Management: AWS CodeCommit provides hosting for repositories, handling the infrastructure and management aspects of the version control system. It takes care of scalability, availability, data replication, and backups, relieving the development team from these responsibilities. In contrast, Jenkins requires self-hosting, where the development team needs to set up their own infrastructure and handle management tasks including scalability, availability, and backups.
Ease of Use: CodeCommit provides a more streamlined and user-friendly interface, making it easier for users to quickly get started with version control. It provides a familiar Git-based workflow and supports typical Git commands and features. Jenkins, being an automation server, offers a more complex interface and requires a steeper learning curve for setup and configuration.
Continuous Integration and Deployment: Jenkins is primarily focused on continuous integration and deployment. It provides a wide range of plugins, integrations, and powerful automation capabilities to support building, testing, and deploying applications. CodeCommit, on the other hand, is a version control service designed to securely store and manage code repositories, addressing the needs of version control primarily. While CodeCommit can be used in conjunction with other AWS services for pipeline automation, it does not offer the same level of built-in continuous integration and deployment capabilities as Jenkins.
Access Control: AWS CodeCommit offers fine-grained access control options, allowing users to define user permissions at different levels like repository, branch, and file levels. It integrates with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), enabling seamless management of access control policies. Jenkins, on the other hand, provides a more basic access control mechanism based on users, roles, and global permissions. It may require additional configuration or plugins to achieve more granular access control.
Pricing Model: AWS CodeCommit follows a pricing model based on active users, repositories, and data transfer. Users are charged based on the number of active users each month, the number of repositories, and the amount of data transferred. Jenkins, being an open-source tool, is free to use. However, it should be noted that there will be infrastructure costs associated with hosting and managing Jenkins if self-hosted.
In summary, AWS CodeCommit offers a seamless integration with AWS services, provides managed hosting and management of repositories, has an easy-to-use interface, but lacks extensive built-in continuous integration and deployment capabilities compared to Jenkins, which requires self-hosting, has powerful automation capabilities, provides a wider range of plugins and integrations for continuous integration and deployment, but may require more setup and configuration.
We are currently using Azure Pipelines for continous integration. Our applications are developed witn .NET framework. But when we look at the online Jenkins is the most widely used tool for continous integration. Can you please give me the advice which one is best to use for my case Azure pipeline or jenkins.
If your source code is on GitHub, also take a look at Github actions. https://github.com/features/actions
I'm open to anything. just want something that break less and doesn't need me to pay for it, and can be hosted on Docker. our scripting language is powershell core. so it's better to support it. also we are building dotnet core in our pipeline, so if they have anything related that helps with the CI would be nice.
Google cloud build can help you. It is hosted on cloud and also provide reasonable free quota.
I'm planning to setup complete CD-CD setup for spark and python application which we are going to deploy in aws lambda and EMR Cluster. Which tool would be best one to choose. Since my company is trying to adopt to concourse i would like to understand what are the lack of capabilities concourse have . Thanks in advance !
I would definetly recommend Concourse to you, as it is one of the most advanced modern methods of making CI/CD while Jenkins is an old monolithic dinosaur. Concourse itself is cloudnative and containerbased which helps you to build simple, high-performance and scalable CI/CD pipelines. In my opinion, the only lack of skills you have with Concourse is your own knowledge of how to build pipelines and automate things. Technincally there is no lack, i would even say you can extend it way more easily. But as a Con it is more easy to interact with Jenkins if you are only used to UIs. Concourse needs someone which is capable of using CLIs.
From a StackShare Community member: "Currently we use Travis CI and have optimized it as much as we can so our builds are fairly quick. Our boss is all about redundancy so we are looking for another solution to fall back on in case Travis goes down and/or jacks prices way up (they were recently acquired). Could someone recommend which CI we should go with and if they have time, an explanation of how they're different?"
We use CircleCI because of the better value it provides in its plans. I'm sure we could have used Travis just as easily but we found CircleCI's pricing to be more reasonable. In the two years since we signed up, the service has improved. CircleCI is always innovating and iterating on their platform. We have been very satisfied.
As the maintainer of the Karate DSL open-source project - I found Travis CI very easy to integrate into the GitHub workflow and it has been steady sailing for more than 2 years now ! It works well for Java / Apache Maven projects and we were able to configure it to use the latest Oracle JDK as per our needs. Thanks to the Travis CI team for this service to the open-source community !
I use Google Cloud Build because it's my first foray into the CICD world(loving it so far), and I wanted to work with something GCP native to avoid giving permissions to other SaaS tools like CircleCI and Travis CI.
I really like it because it's free for the first 120 minutes, and it's one of the few CICD tools that enterprises are open to using since it's contained within GCP.
One of the unique things is that it has the Kaniko cache, which speeds up builds by creating intermediate layers within the docker image vs. pushing the full thing from the start. Helpful when you're installing just a few additional dependencies.
Feel free to checkout an example: Cloudbuild Example
I use Travis CI because of various reasons - 1. Cloud based system so no dedicated server required, and you do not need to administrate it. 2. Easy YAML configuration. 3. Supports Major Programming Languages. 4. Support of build matrix 6. Supports AWS, Azure, Docker, Heroku, Google Cloud, Github Pages, PyPi and lot more. 7. Slack Notifications.
You are probably looking at another hosted solution: Jenkins is a good tool but it way too work intensive to be used as just a backup solution.
I have good experience with Circle-CI, Codeship, Drone.io and Travis (as well as problematic experiences with all of them), but my go-to tool is Gitlab CI: simple, powerful and if you have problems with their limitations or pricing, you can always install runners somewhere and use Gitlab just for scheduling and management. Even if you don't host your git repository at Gitlab, you can have Gitlab pull changes automatically from wherever you repo lives.
If you are considering Jenkins I would recommend at least checking out Buildkite. The agents are self-hosted (like Jenkins) but the interface is hosted for you. It meshes up some of the things I like about hosted services (pipeline definitions in YAML, managed interface and authentication) with things I like about Jenkins (local customizable agent images, secrets only on own instances, custom agent level scripts, sizing instances to your needs).
Jenkins is a pretty flexible, complete tool. Especially I love the possibility to configure jobs as a code with Jenkins pipelines.
CircleCI is well suited for small projects where the main task is to run continuous integration as quickly as possible. Travis CI is recommended primarily for open-source projects that need to be tested in different environments.
And for something a bit larger I prefer to use Jenkins because it is possible to make serious system configuration thereby different plugins. In Jenkins, I can change almost anything. But if you want to start the CI chain as soon as possible, Jenkins may not be the right choice.
Pros of AWS CodeCommit
- Free private repos44
- IAM integration26
- Pay-As-You-Go Pricing24
- Amazon feels the most Secure20
- Repo data encrypted at rest19
- Faster deployments when using other AWS services11
- I can make repository by myself if I have AWS account11
- AWS CodePipeline integration8
- Codebuild integration6
- Does not support web hooks yet! :(6
- Cost Effective4
- No Git LFS! Dealbreaker for me2
- Integrated with AWS Ecosystem2
- Elastic Beanstalk Integration2
- Integration via SQS/SNS for events (replaces webhooks)1
- IAM1
- Open source friendly1
- Only US Region1
- Available in Ireland (Dublin) region1
- CodeDeploy Integration1
- Issue tracker1
- CodeCommit Trigger for an AWS Lambda Function1
- Ui0
Pros of Jenkins
- Hosted internally523
- Free open source469
- Great to build, deploy or launch anything async318
- Tons of integrations243
- Rich set of plugins with good documentation211
- Has support for build pipelines111
- Easy setup68
- It is open-source66
- Workflow plugin53
- Configuration as code13
- Very powerful tool12
- Many Plugins11
- Continuous Integration10
- Great flexibility10
- Git and Maven integration is better9
- 100% free and open source8
- Slack Integration (plugin)7
- Github integration7
- Self-hosted GitLab Integration (plugin)6
- Easy customisation6
- Pipeline API5
- Docker support5
- Fast builds4
- Hosted Externally4
- Excellent docker integration4
- Platform idnependency4
- AWS Integration3
- JOBDSL3
- It's Everywhere3
- Customizable3
- Can be run as a Docker container3
- It`w worked3
- Loose Coupling2
- NodeJS Support2
- Build PR Branch Only2
- Easily extendable with seamless integration2
- PHP Support2
- Ruby/Rails Support2
- Universal controller2
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Cons of AWS CodeCommit
- UI sucks12
- SLOW4
- No Issue Tracker3
- Bad diffing/no blame2
- NO LFS support2
- No fork2
- No webhooks2
- Can't download file from UI1
- Only time based triggers1
- Accident-prone UI0
Cons of Jenkins
- Workarounds needed for basic requirements13
- Groovy with cumbersome syntax10
- Plugins compatibility issues8
- Lack of support7
- Limited abilities with declarative pipelines7
- No YAML syntax5
- Too tied to plugins versions4
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