How Codera works

From idea to production infrastructure in five steps. No infrastructure expertise required.

01

Connect your AWS account

Set up a cross-account IAM role with one click. Codera deploys infrastructure to your account — you retain full ownership and can revoke access at any time.

  • One-click CloudFormation role setup
  • Least-privilege IAM permissions
  • Revoke access anytime
  • Your data never leaves your account

Screenshot: AWS account connection wizard — one-click CloudFormation role setup with IAM permissions summary and connection status

02

Build your project visually

Design workflows, define data models, set up integrations, and configure your frontend portal — from built-in form portals to a fully custom React app via GitHub. Or import existing n8n workflows to get started faster.

  • Visual workflow editor
  • Managed resources (DynamoDB, S3)
  • Prebuilt & custom backend modules (auth, payments, your own code)
  • Custom React frontend via GitHub + CodeBuild
  • Built-in form portals with Cognito auth

Screenshot: Project builder — workflow canvas with nodes, data model panel showing DynamoDB tables, and portal configuration tab

03

Map credentials securely

For each integration your workflow uses, map credentials to AWS Secrets Manager entries in your account. Codera never sees or stores your actual credential values — only the Secrets Manager ARN.

  • Eight supported credential types
  • Values in your AWS Secrets Manager
  • Codera stores only ARN references
  • Connectivity testing before deploy

Screenshot: Credential mapping — credentials matched to AWS Secrets Manager entries with type badges and connectivity test results

04

Deploy to your AWS account

One click produces a complete SAM stack — dedicated Lambda functions, SQS queues, DynamoDB tables, API Gateway endpoints, Cognito user pools, Secrets Manager entries, and a CloudFront-hosted frontend — all in your AWS account via CloudFormation.

  • One Lambda per workflow node
  • API Gateway + Cognito auth
  • CloudFront-hosted frontend portal
  • Full CloudFormation stack

Screenshot: Deploy screen — SAM stack provisioning in progress with resource-level status for Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, and Cognito

05

Iterate, monitor, and ship

Watch executions in real time, debug issues with step-by-step visibility, update your project, and redeploy. Your customers interact with infrastructure you own.

  • Real-time execution dashboard
  • WebSocket live updates
  • Version-tracked deployments
  • Full audit trail

Screenshot: Execution dashboard — live WebSocket updates showing node-by-node status, timing waterfall, and output data inspector

Two-plane architecture

SaaS simplicity meets single-tenant data security. Your business data never leaves your AWS account.

Control Plane

Managed by Codera

  • Web application & dashboard
  • Workflow conversion engine
  • Deployment orchestration
  • Real-time execution monitoring
  • User & org management
  • Billing integration

Data Plane

Your AWS Account

  • Lambda functions (one per node)
  • SQS queues (event routing)
  • DynamoDB (execution state)
  • API Gateway (endpoints)
  • Cognito (user pools)
  • Secrets Manager (credentials)
  • CloudFront (frontend hosting)
  • EventBridge (telemetry bridge)

Data sovereignty by design: The control plane receives only execution metadata (status, timing, node IDs) via HMAC-signed events. Payload data, credentials, and business logic remain exclusively in your AWS account.

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