Knapsack Pro
Knapsack Pro
AWS CodeBuildhttps://aws.amazon.com/codebuild/ |
GoCDhttps://www.gocd.org |
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| Unique feature |
AWS integration
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Free, open source CI/CD server
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| Type of product |
SaaS
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On Premise
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| Offers a free plan |
Yes The AWS free-tier includes 100 build-minutes per month, on their smallest machine. It's unclear, but it seems like this applies only to the first year of service. |
Yes Free, open source software. They provide some Enterprise add-ons and support at a cost though. |
| Predictable pricing |
Yes (partial) While it's clear what the cost is (priced per build-minute), figuring out costs can be a hassle, especially as the price can vary quite a bit depending on commits to the project. |
Yes For the Enterprise plans, they specify very clear tiers depending on the number of pipelines (directly correlated with the size of the organization) |
| Support / SLA |
Yes
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Yes Paid support available for enterprise plans |
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Paralellism
Every CI servers tends to address this differently (parallel, distributed, build matrix). Some of it is just marketing, and some is just nuance. For this table, parallel means that tasks can be run concurrently on the same machine, distributed means that tasks can be scaled horizontally, on multiple machines How to split tests in parallel in the optimal way with Knapsack Pro |
N/A
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Yes
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Distributed builds
distributed means that tasks can be scaled horizontally, on multiple machines How to split tests in parallel in the optimal way with Knapsack Pro |
N/A
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Yes They specify supporting tools like TLB (http://test-load-balancer.github.io/) which would require distributed builds. |
| Containers support / Build environment |
Yes Builds run in specific-to-the-project, isolated environments |
Yes Native Docker and Kubernetes support |
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Analytics / Status overview
Analytics and overview referrs to the ability to, at a glance, see what's breaking (be it a certain task, or the build for a specific project) |
Yes Offers minimal information built in, but allows integrations with tools such as CloudWatch (another Amazon product), or streaming build information to your own API, for more in-depth analysis. |
Yes One of the greatest things about GoCD is their Value Stream Map which allows tracing every pipeline through every stage, from code commit, to testing and deployment. They also offer various dashboards for seeing status at a glance. |
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Management support
How easy is it to manage users / projects / assign roles and permissions and so on |
Yes Professional user management via AWS Identity and Access Management: https://aws.amazon.com/iam/ |
Yes Allows managing users, assigning roles, and even defining user groups with specific rights for certain pipelines. |
| Self-hosted option |
No
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Yes
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| Hosted plans / SaaS |
Yes
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No
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Build pipelines
A continuous delivery pipeline is a description of the process that the software goes through from a new code commit, through testing and other statical analysis steps all the way to the end-users of the product. |
Yes As it's usually the case with Amazon, CodeBuild simply provides the 'build' part of a true CI/CD system, while pipelines are managed via CodePipeline, another Amazon product: https://aws.amazon.com/codepipeline/pricing/?nc=sn&loc=3 |
Yes Fairly advanced support, from config files (YML, Groovy, JSON, etc) to API and UI interface for building and managing pipelines. |
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Reports
Reports are about the abilty to see specific reports (like code coverage or custom ones), but not necesarily tied in into a larger dashboard. |
Yes Offers minimal information built in, but allows integrations with tools such as CloudWatch (another Amazon product), or streaming build information to your own API, for more in-depth analysis. |
Yes
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Ecosystem
Besides the official documentation and software, is there a large community using this product? Are there any community-driven tools / plugins that you can use? |
N/A
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Yes Wide array of plugins available: https://www.gocd.org/plugins/#artifact (although they seem to pride themselves on the fact that most common operations / needs are first class citizens, so no plugins needed) |
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Specific language support: Ruby
Some CI servers have built-in support for parsing RSpec or Istanbul output for example and we mention those. Some others make it even easier by detecting Gemfiles or package.json and automate parts of the process for the developer. |
No (partial) The environments available on CodeBuilt include Ruby pre-installed: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codebuild/latest/userguide/build-env-ref-available.html, but that seems to be as far as specific support goes |
Yes Available via plugins, such as the Gem repository poller: https://www.gocd.org/plugins/#package-repo |
| Specific language support: JavaScript |
No (partial) The environments available on CodeBuilt include Node pre-installed: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codebuild/latest/userguide/build-env-ref-available.html, but that seems to be as far as specific support goes |
Yes Available via plugins, such as the npm repository poller: https://www.gocd.org/plugins/#package-repo |
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Integrations
1st party support for common tools (like Slack notifications, various VCS platforms, etc) |
Yes CodeBuild builds can be connected to sources such as GitHub or BitBucket, but being an Amazon Service, the deepest integrations are with other Amazon Code services (CodePipeline, CodeDeploy, and others: https://aws.amazon.com/products/developer-tools/) |
Yes Integrations are also available via plugins (for notifications, LDAP authorization, Elastic agents and more): https://www.gocd.org/plugins/#notification |
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API
Custom integreation is available, via an API or otherwise, it's mentioned separately as it allows further customization than any of the Ecosystem/Integration options |
Yes Amazon SDKs can be used to interact with CodeBuild |
Yes You can build on top of GoCD in a variety of ways, from writing custom plugins to using the CCTray feed provided by it. |
| Auditing |
Yes
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Yes
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| Additional notes |
Like most things Amazon, it becomes more valuable as you acquire and integrate various Amazon solutions, not necesarily as a standalone tool. |
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