Exercise: Deploying AWS CodeDeploy Revisions

In this exercise, you will create an S3 bucket and upload the blog to that bucket. You will also set up the CodeDeploy group and make a revision that will then be deployed.

Task 1: Creating an S3 bucket and uploading the .zip file

In this task, you create an S3 bucket and upload the blog data to it.

1. Choose Services, then search for and open EC2.
2. In the navigation pane, choose Instances.
3. Confirm that the TEST-environment instance is running. If you need to restart the instance, choose Instance state and select Start instance.
4. Choose Services, then search for and open S3.
5. Choose Create bucket.
6. In Bucket name, enter a name. The bucket must have a unique name. As an example, you can use the following format: devops-exercise2-<your_initials>-<random_number> Note: If the bucket name you entered is already being used, try entering a different number.
7. Make sure that the AWS Region is US West (Oregon) us-west-2, which is the same Region where you will deploy your CodeDeploy group.
8. Choose Create bucket. The bucket you created should appear in the list of buckets.
9. Download the following file: Blog.zip
10. Back in the S3 console, choose the Name link for the bucket you created and then choose Upload.
11. Choose Add files, then browse to where you saved the Blog.zip file, open the file, and choose Upload.
12. Choose Close.

Task 2: Creating and configuring the CodeDeploy application

In this task, you create and configure the CodeDeploy application.

1. Choose Services, and search for and open CodeDeploy.
2. In the navigation pane under Deploy, choose Applications.
3. Choose Create application and configure the following settings.

• Application name: TestApplication
• Compute platform: EC2/On-premises

4. Choose Create application.

5. Choose Create deployment group and configure the following settings.

• Deployment group name: TestDeploymentGroup
• Service role: CodeDeployServiceRole
• Deployment type: Keep In-place selected
• Environment configuration: Amazon EC2 instances
  - Key: Name
- Value: TEST-environment
• Agent configuration with AWS Systems Manager > Install AWS CodeDeploy Agent: Never
• Deployment settings: Keep CodeDeployDefault.AllAtOnce selected
• Load balancer: Clear Enable load balancing

6. Choose Create deployment group.

7. Choose Create deployment and configure the following settings.

• Deployment group: Keep TestDeploymentGroup selected
• Revision location: Use the S3 bucket and Blog.zip file that you created previously (example URL format: s3://devops-exercise2-<your_initials>-<random_number>/Blog.zip)
• Revision file type: .zip
• Deployment description: Feel free to add a description

8. Choose Create deployment.

9. In the Deployment lifecycle events section, choose the Instance ID link.

10. Select the TEST-environment instance.

11. Copy the Public IPv4 address or Public IPv4 DNS address and paste it in a new browser tab.

You should now see the DevOps blog.

Task 3: Uploading the new revision

In this task, you edit some of the code for the blog website. You then deploy the new changes to your bucket and the CodeDeploy group.

1. On your local computer, extract the Blog.zip file.
2. In a text editor, open the index.html file.
3. Make two changes to the index.html file by changing the values for background-color and Version.

• Locate background-color: #0000FF; and change it to background-color: #FFC0CB;
• Locate Version 1 and change to Version 2

4. Save the file and re-compress the files into a Blog.zip file.

5. Back in the AWS Management Console, search for and open S3.

6. Under Buckets, choose the link for the bucket you created in Task 1.

7. Select Blog.zip and choose Delete.

8. In the Permanently delete objects? section, enter permanently delete and then choose Delete objects.

9. Choose Close.

10. Choose Upload, and then choose Add files.

11. Browse to the edited Blog.zip file that’s on your local computer, and open it.

12. Choose Upload.

13. Choose Services, and search for and open CodeDeploy.

14. In the navigation pane, choose Deploy > Application and choose the TestApplication link.

15. Choose the TestDeploymentGroup link, choose Create deployment, and configure the following settings:

• Revision location: Again, use the S3 location that you used for the previous deployment (example format: s3://devops-exercise2-<your_initials>-<random_number>/Blog.zip)
• Revision file type: .zip
• Deployment description: Deploys version 2 of the application to the TEST environment

16. Choose Create deployment.

17. Under Deployment lifecycle events, choose the Instance ID.

18. Select the TEST-environment instance.

19. Copy the Public IPv4 address or Public IPv4 DNS address and paste it into a new browser tab.

You should now see the DevOps blog with the new revisions.