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A global e-commerce company uses multiple AWS accounts (development, staging, production) and regions. They need to manage common application dependencies, such as internal libraries and third-party packages, consistently across all environments. Developers should be able to securely retrieve these dependencies without manual configuration. Which AWS service is best suited for this requirement?
- AAWS CodeCommit for storing source code and dependencies.
- BAWS Systems Manager Parameter Store for storing package paths.
- CAWS CodeArtifact for centralized package management.
- DAWS S3 for storing package artifacts.
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Correct answer: C. AWS CodeArtifact for centralized package management.
AWS CodeArtifact is a fully managed artifact repository service that makes it easy for organizations to securely store, publish, and share software packages used in their development process. It supports popular package managers and integrates across accounts/regions.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. CodeCommit is for source code, not for managing compiled binary packages used as dependencies.
- B. Parameter Store is for storing configuration values, not for managing and serving software packages.
- D. S3 can store artifacts but lacks package manager integration, versioning, and centralized feed management of CodeArtifact.
AWS CodeArtifact
A fully managed artifact repository service that makes it easy for organizations to securely store, publish, and share software packages used in their development process.
- Supports popular package managers (Maven, npm, PyPI, NuGet).
- Centralized repository for internal and upstream packages.
- Integrates with AWS CodeBuild and CodePipeline.
- Provides secure access control and cross-account/region sharing.
Memory trick: Artifact: The central library for all your code's books.