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AWS CodePipeline from GitHub to S3 - My 1st Complex Cloud Project #2

Hello everyone,

The first step in building my first complex cloud project is creating a CI/CD pipeline. From my code repository on GitHub to an S3 bucket on AWS.

schema architecture

I would like the code from the main branch of my GitHub repository to be automatically copied to my S3 bucket.
And I keep in mind that I want to use IaC as much as possible.

Why IaC (Infrastructure as Code) ?
Because I need to :

  • Track all of the resources associated with my project
  • Monitor the infrastructure changes

And I do not want to click around AWS Console :D

Here is a more detailed view of what I implemented :

CICD details

You can find on my GitHub my CloudFormation template.

The pipeline has 3 stages :
1. Source
CodeStar Connection to my GitHub repository.

2. Build
With AWS CodeBuild. You need to put a buildspec.yaml file in your repository. You can find an example here.

3. Deploy
Unzip the files in S3 bucket.

What I found challenging :

  • The first times I tried to create the CloudFormation stack I had invalid format errors.
    And I had a hard time finding out why.
    Is there any tool to parse your CloudFormation file and identify any misconfiguration ?

  • ROLES ! I find it really difficult to handle roles and access management.

Thank you for reading.
I am open to discussions, advices and questions.

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