Lab Guide: Continuous Integration and Deployment with AWS Code Services

Welcome to our Lab Guide for Continuous Integration and Deployment with AWS Code Services

While attempting the lab, students usually run into 1 of 2 issues. Either the build fails and generates errors, or, they are unable to connect to the EC2. Below you'll find troubleshooting steps for each issue separately.

• Build Errors
• Dev Instances Are Missing

Build Errors

1. Ensure that the environment is loaded 100% before launching

2. Log into AWS using the provided credentials

3. Ensure that the previous steps were followed closely

4. Start  Building and Testing with AWS CodeBuild step:

   1. Enter this command: more buildspec.yml, ensure you are on the correct prompt:

   2. Go to Codebuild in AWS and click create build project.

   3. Ensure the requirements were fulfilled:

      • Project name: ca-app

      • 

      • Source provider: AWS CodeCommit (notice Amazon S3 and Github are also supported)

      • Repository: ca-app (your exact repository name will appear in the drop-down menu)

      • Branch: master

      • 

      • Environment image: Managed image

      • Operating System: Ubuntu

      • Runtime: Standard

      • Image: aws/codebuild/standard:4.0

      • Image Version: Always use the latest image for this runtime version

      • 

      • Service role: Existing service role

        • Role name: codebuild-ca-app-role

        • Allow AWS CodeBuild to modify this service role so it can be used with this buildproject: unchecked

        • 

      • Build specification: Use a buildspec file

      • 

      • Artifacts type: Amazon S3

      • Bucket name: Select the bucket from the drop-down menu containing codebuildartifacts in the name

      • Name: ca-app-artifacts.zip

      • Artifacts packaging: Zip

      

   4. Click create build project

   5. Once it is ready click start build:

   6. If all instructions were closely followed the build should be successful 

   7. This would let you pass the check:

Dev Instances Are Missing

To view the available EC2 instance please ensure that you have the region set to "Oregon". In the previous step (Creating an AWS CodeCommit Repository), the IAM service uses a global region. When you go to another service from IAM, the region may change to anything other than the required one which is Oregon. When this happens, just change the region back to Oregon and the instance should be seen:



I hope this helps!

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