AWS Proton

AWS Proton is a fully managed application delivery service that allows platform teams to provide consistent standards and best practices for infrastructure and code deployment, enabling developers to focus on writing application code. AWS Proton is designed to automate and manage the provisioning and deployment of serverless and container-based applications.

Key Features

• Template Management: AWS Proton allows platform teams to create, manage, and update standardized templates for application infrastructure and code deployment.
• Self-Service Interface: Developers can deploy their code using pre-approved templates, ensuring that best practices are followed without needing to manage infrastructure.
• Automated Deployments: AWS Proton automates the provisioning of infrastructure, continuous integration, continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, and monitoring tools.
• Integration with AWS Services: AWS Proton integrates seamlessly with other AWS services, such as AWS CloudFormation, AWS CodePipeline, and AWS CodeBuild.

Architecture Overview

AWS Proton provides a structured environment for deploying and managing modern applications. The following diagram illustrates the basic architecture of AWS Proton:

• Templates: Platform teams create infrastructure as code (IaC) templates that define the resources required for different application components.
• Service: Developers choose a template and create a service, which AWS Proton uses to deploy and manage the infrastructure for the application.
• Environment: The infrastructure is provisioned within an environment that defines the context, such as development, staging, or production.
• Automated Pipeline: AWS Proton sets up an automated CI/CD pipeline to handle code deployment, testing, and monitoring.

Use Cases

• Standardized Environments: Use AWS Proton to create and manage consistent environments across multiple teams, ensuring adherence to organizational best practices.
• Application Modernization: Leverage AWS Proton to migrate legacy applications to modern, serverless, or containerized architectures.
• Rapid Development: Enable developers to focus on writing code by providing them with pre-configured, ready-to-use infrastructure and deployment pipelines.

Integration with Other AWS Services

AWS Proton integrates with several other AWS services to provide a comprehensive application delivery solution:

• AWS CloudFormation: AWS Proton uses CloudFormation to define and provision infrastructure resources.
• AWS CodePipeline: AWS Proton automates the CI/CD process using AWS CodePipeline.
• AWS CodeBuild: CodeBuild is used within the CI/CD pipeline to compile code, run tests, and create deployable artifacts.
• Amazon CloudWatch: AWS Proton integrates with CloudWatch for monitoring and logging, providing insights into application performance.