Day 53 - Your CI/CD pipeline on AWS - Part 4 🚀 ☁

AWS CodePipeline 🚀

AWS CodePipeline is your ultimate buddy for automating your software release process. It orchestrates the workflow of your software delivery, from source code changes to deployment, all in a fully automated manner.

How Does it Work? 🤖

1. Source Stage: This is where your journey begins. CodePipeline pulls your source code from a version control system like AWS CodeCommit, GitHub, or Bitbucket.

2. Build Stage: Once the source code is fetched, it's time to build your application. CodePipeline integrates with services like AWS CodeBuild or Jenkins to compile, package, and test your code.

3. Test Stage: Quality is key! Here, you can include automated tests to ensure your application meets the desired standards before deployment.

4. Deploy Stage: It's showtime! CodePipeline deploys your application to the target environment using services like AWS CodeDeploy, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, or AWS Lambda.

Benefits of CodePipeline 🎉

• Automation: Say goodbye to manual processes. CodePipeline automates your entire release process, saving you time and effort.

• Consistency: With predefined stages and actions, CodePipeline ensures consistency in your software delivery pipeline.

• Visibility: Track the progress of your releases in real-time and gain insights into each stage of your pipeline.

Conclusion 🌟

AWS CodePipeline streamlines your software delivery process, making it more efficient and reliable. By automating tasks and providing visibility into your pipeline, it empowers you to deliver high-quality software at scale. Embrace CodePipeline and embark on a journey of seamless software delivery! 🚀🔧

Feel the power of automation with CodePipeline and unleash the potential of your development team! 💪👨‍💻

Task 1: Setting Up a CodePipeline

Create a Deployment Group of EC2 Instances:

1. 🖥️ Open the AWS Management Console and navigate to AWS CodeDeploy.

   

   

2. ⚙️ Click on “Create Deployment Group” and provide a name and description for the group.

   

3. 🛠️ Select the EC2 instances you want to include in the group and configure the deployment settings.

   

4. ⚙️ Define the deployment type, load balancer settings, and alarms for monitoring.

5. 💾 Save the deployment group configuration.

Create a CodePipeline:

1. 🖥️ Go to the AWS Management Console and navigate to AWS CodePipeline.

   

2. ⚙️ Click on “Create pipeline” and provide a name and description for the pipeline.

   

3. 🛠️ Provide the Pipeline name and select to create a New service role.

   

4. ⚙️ Configure the source stage by selecting CodeCommit as the source provider and specifying the repository and branch.

   

5. 🛠️ Configure the build stage by selecting CodeBuild as the build provider and specifying the build project.

   

6. ⚙️ Set up the deploy stage by selecting AWS CodeDeploy as the deploy provider and specifying the deployment group created earlier.

   

7. 💾 Review the pipeline configuration and click on “Create pipeline” to create the CodePipeline.

   

Verification:

1. 🌐 CodePipeline will fetch the code from CodeCommit, build the code using CodeBuild, and deploy the application on the EC2 instances specified in CodeDeploy.

   

2. 🖥️ Navigate to the public IP Address of the EC2 instance where the application has been deployed and verify the HTML website deployment works.

   

3. 🔄 Verify the pipeline works by making a change in the index.html file and waiting for the pipeline to fetch the changes, build the app, and deploy it as explained earlier.

   

   

4. 🌐 Refresh the browser and verify the changes have been successfully applied.

   

By following these steps, you can create a CodePipeline that integrates CodeCommit, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy, enabling a seamless flow of your application code from source control to build and deployment on the EC2 instances in the deployment group.

Congratulations on completing Day 53 of the challenge! 🎉