Deploying Custom Code with a CI/CD Pipeline Using AWS CodeStar

1. In the AWS console, navigate to Systems Manager.

2. From the left-hand menu, select Session Manager.

3. Click Start Session.

4. Select the only EC2 instance in the list (it should be named ssm-cli-instance), and click Start session.

5. Verify you are connected to an SSH session. Type the command (and see this response):

   whoami
   ssm-user
   

This task uses the SSH capability launched in the previous task.

1. Navigate to the home folder for the current user:

   cd ~
   

2. Use the git command to clone the repo:

   git clone https://github.com/ACloudGuru-Resources/content-aws-developertools
   

3. Navigate into the folder containing the resources for this lab:

   cd content-aws-developertools
   cd Deploy-custom-code-with-a-CI_CD-pipline-using-AWS-CodeStar
   

4. Perform a directory listing to ensure you have the files we need:

   ls -l
   

Note: Prior to this task, ensure you have downloaded the resource files for this lab from the lab GitHub page here.

1. In the AWS console, navigate to S3.
2. Create a bucket.
3. Select the bucket you just created.
4. Select Upload, then Add files, and select the following files:
   • mytoolchain.yml
   • mysrc.zip

This task uses the SSH capability launched in the previous task.

1. Ensure you are in the folder with the resource files for this lab:

   cd content-aws-developertools
   cd Deploy-custom-code-with-a-CI_CD-pipline-using-AWS-CodeStar
   

2. Edit the myinput.json file with vi:

   vi myinput.json
   

3. Replace the placeholder values in the file with the values created so far in this lab:

   • [BUCKET-NAME]: The name of the bucket created earlier in the lab

   • [VPC-ID]: The ID of the VPC within this lab environment

   • [SUBNET-ID]: The ID of one of the subnets within the VPC in this lab environment

   • [AWS-CODESTAR-SERVICE-ROLE]: The role ARN, which is obtained as follows:

     1. In a new tab, navigate to the CodeStar console.
     2. Select Start a project.
     3. In the dialog window, select Yes, create role.
     4. Navigate to the AWS IAM console page.
     5. Select Roles from the left-hand menu.
     6. From the list of roles, select aws-codestar-service-role.
     7. Copy the ARN of the role, and enter it into myinput.json.

   • Save the file in vi with :w and quit with :q.

4. In the terminal, run the following command to create the AWS CodeStar project:

   aws codestar create-project --cli-input-json file://myinput.json --region us-east-1
   

1. In the AWS console, navigate to CodeStar.
2. Select the Lab Demo project.
3. Review the project.
4. Navigate to EC2, locate the lab-demo instance, copy its public IP address, and enter this as an address into your web browser.