AWS Deployment Guide

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Deployment Pipeline

Automated CI/CD Workflow

Source Code

GitHub Push

Build

Docker Image

Registry

Amazon ECR

Deploy

ECS Fargate

AWS Configuration

Prepare your AWS environment

1. Create AWS Access Keys

Generate credentials to allow the CLI to interact with your AWS account.

1

Go to AWS Console > Security Credentials.

2

Create new Access Key.

3

Save the Secret Key! You won't see it again.

AWS Access Keys
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2. Install & Configure AWS CLI

First, install the AWS CLI for your OS:

# Verify installation

$ aws --version

# Configure credentials

$ aws configure

AWS Access Key ID [None]: AKIA...

AWS Secret Access Key [None]: wJalr...

Default region name [None]: us-west-2

Default output format [None]: json

3. Create ECR Repository

Create a secure place to store your Docker images.

aws ecr create-repository \
  --repository-name aws-deploy-guide
ECR Repo
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