MEZ901 / aws-ecs-ci-cd

CI/CD testing with AWS ECS for efficient container deployment.

AWS ECS CI/CD

Overview

This repository contains the code for the AWS ECS CI/CD pipeline. The pipeline is responsible for building and deploying the application to the ECS cluster.

Project Structure

• .github/workflows: Contains the GitHub Actions workflow files.
• server: Contains the backend Node.js application.
• client: Contains the frontend code.

CI/CD Pipeline

The CI/CD pipeline is triggered on pushes to the following branches:

• main
• Any branch containing the word backend
• Any branch containing the word frontend

Backend Pipeline (build-and-push-backend job)

The backend pipeline consists of the following steps:

1. Checkout code: Fetch the latest code.
2. Setup Node.js: Set up Node.js environment (Node.js version 14).
3. Install dependencies: Install project dependencies using npm.
4. Configure AWS credentials: Set up AWS credentials for deployment.
5. Login to Amazon ECR: Authenticate with Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR).
6. Build, tag, and push image to Amazon ECR: Build Docker image for the backend, tag it, and push it to ECR.
7. Fill in the new image ID in the Amazon ECS task definition: Update the ECS task definition with the new Docker image.
8. Deploy to Amazon ECS: Deploy the updated task definition to ECS.

Frontend Pipeline (build-and-push-frontend job)

The frontend pipeline is not implemented in this repository. Contributors are encouraged to follow a similar process as the backend pipeline for testing and deploying the frontend component.

Usage

To contribute to this project or test the CI/CD pipeline, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository:

    git clone [e-mail]:MEZ901/aws-ecs-ci-cd.git

2. Make changes or create a new feature branch:

    git checkout -b feature-<feature-name>-backend

3. Commit and push your changes:

    git add .
    git commit -m "Add new feature"
    git push origin feature-<feature-name>-backend
    ```

4. The CI/CD pipeline will be triggered based on your branch name, and the changes will be deployed to AWS ECS.

Secrets

Make sure to set the following secrets in your GitHub repository:

• AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: Your AWS access key ID.
• AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: Your AWS secret access key.

Notes

• The backend is deployed to the js-service service in the lacasadeljs cluster.
• The ECS task definition is defined in task-definition-js.json.