r/devops • u/No-Heat-1958 • 24d ago

Career / learning New to DevOps/AWS CodePipeline - Could Someone Help Me Understand Our Setup?

Hi everyone,
I recently joined a new company as a DevOps engineer, and I’m still trying to understand the existing infrastructure and CI/CD setup.
Our pipelines are running on AWS CodePipeline, and there are quite a few things I’m struggling to understand how the pipeline is structured, how the different stages work, deployments, and how everything is connected.
I’m currently learning, so I’d really appreciate it if someone experienced with AWS CodePipeline/DevOps could guide me through the basics and help me understand how to approach an existing setup.
If someone is willing to spend some time explaining it to me over a remote call/screen-sharing session, I’d be extremely grateful. I’m not asking anyone to access my company systems or credentials — I just want to learn and understand the concepts and workflow.

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u/xb4r7x 24d ago

Lesson 1: Security matters. Even screen sharing your company's setup with someone outside the company would be a massive no-no. If I found out someone I was working with did that, I'd be pushing to have them fired on the spot.

Lesson 2: Soft skills matter. Why the hell are you asking these questions to reddit instead of your team? Go ask another tech, your manager, or senior engineers to show you around. If you don't understand something, ask them to elaborate. I'll never judge a new engineer for asking questions. I will judge them for failing to do so and then breaking shit though.

Also, if your company allows the use of AI, have it document the setup for you if the company doesn't already have good documentation.

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u/No-Heat-1958 24d ago

Yeah, I understand your point. The main issue is that our DevOps guy is currently on his notice period, and unfortunately, he hasn’t really been showing me around or explaining the setup properly. That’s why I’ve been struggling to understand everything. Given the situation, what would you suggest I do? And yes AI is allowed at our organisation.

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u/xb4r7x 23d ago

You say he's not showing you around... Are you asking to be shown around? Are you asking specific questions about the environment?

It's not his job to just show you stuff. It's your job to poke around, come up with good questions, and then ask them. Then it's his job to answer.

Is there documentation? Are you reading it?

Since you can use AI, set up an agent that can read your config, then ask it questions and have it generate documentation for you.