what is the DeploymentPipeline class mentionned in the doc ?

[barroij]

More a question a bout CDK than an issue.

In the documentation about CDK apps and stacks, one code snippet uses a DeploymentPipeline class. What is it exactly ? (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/CDK/latest/userguide/apps_and_stacks.html)

And as a related question, what is the best pratice / advice for managing stacks in a production environement with the CDK ?

[sam-goodwin]

I thinkDeploymentPipeline represents a stack that manages the CI/CD of those other stacks defined in the app. It is unclear though ... @Doug-AWS can you comment on the docs?

AFAIK, we don't have docs specifically on how to manage stacks in production. @skinny85?

[sam-goodwin]

Some relevant issues:

• Cloud Assemblies and the App Model #233 - Cloud Assembly specification
• https://github.com/awslabs/aws-cdk/issues/308 - tracking the CI/CD story for CDK apps in general
• Create example of CI/CD #1869 - update docs with an example of a CI/CD CDK App

[Doug-AWS]

IIRC that was part of a now-orphaned attempt to hack together a CI/CD pipeline, before we had any Code* constructs. I think we even used the term "Goldberg" as in Rube Goldberg, as the name implies. I'll talk to Elad and Rico, but I'm pretty sure I'll have to fix that reference to use Code*.

[Doug-AWS]

@eladb @rix0rrr ???

[eladb]

@Doug-AWS we should remove this very very old and obsolete hypothetical example that we've sketched out over a year ago.

[Doug-AWS]

It's been removed.