Codebuild

The codebuild tool provides a DSL to create a CodeBuild project with some reasonable defaults.

The codebuild tool installs cb and codebuild executables. Both of them do the same thing, cb is just shorter to type.

The documentation site is at: codebuild.cloud

Quick Start

cb init
cb deploy
cb start

Private Repo

IMPORTANT: Before deploying, if you are using a private repo, use aws codebuild import-source-credentials to add credentials so that codebuild can clone down the repo. Refer to the CodeBuilld Github Oauth/ for more info.

Usage

1. init: generate starter .codebuild files.
2. deploy: deploy the CodeBuild project on AWS.
3. start: kick off a CodeBuild project run.

Init and Structure

First, run codebuild init to generate a starter .codebuild structure.

$ tree .codebuild
.codebuild
├── buildspec.yml
├── project.rb
└── role.rb

File	Description
buildspec.yml	The build commands to run.
project.rb	The codebuild project written as a DSL.
role.rb	The IAM role associated with the codebuild project written as a DSL.

Deploy

Adjust the files in .codebuild to fit your needs. When you're ready, deploy the CodeBuild project with:

cb deploy STACK_NAME

More examples:

cb deploy # infers the CloudFormation name from the parent folder
cb deploy stack-name # explicitly specify stack name

It is useful to just see the generated CloudFormation template with --noop mode:

cb deploy --noop # see generated CloudFormation template

For more help:

cb deploy -h

Start

When you are ready to start a codebuild project run, you can use codebuild start. Examples:

cb start # infers the name from the parent folder
cb start stack-name # looks up project via CloudFormation stack
cb start demo-project # looks up project via CodeBuild project name

The cb start command understands multiple identifiers. It will look up the codebuild project either via CloudFormation or the CodeBuild project name.

Project DSL

The tool provides a DSL to create a codebuild project. Here's an example.

.codebuild/project.rb:

# name("demo") # recommended to leave unset and use the conventional name that cb tool sets
github_url("https://github.com/tongueroo/demo-ufo")
linux_image("aws/codebuild/ruby:2.5.3-1.7.0")
environment_variables(
  UFO_ENV: "development",
  API_KEY: "ssm:/codebuild/demo/api_key" # ssm param example
)

Here's a list of some of the convenience shorthand DSL methods:

• github_url(url)
• github_source(options={})
• linux_image(name)
• linux_environment(options={})
• environment_variables(vars)
• local_cache(enable=true)

Please refer to lib/codebuild/dsl/project.rb for the full list.

More slightly more control, you may be interested in the github_source and linux_environment methods. For even more control, see DSL docs.

IAM Role DSL

The codebuild tool can create the IAM service role associated with the codebuild project. Here's an example:

.codebuild/role.rb:

iam_policy("logs", "ssm")

For more control, here's a longer form:

iam_policy(
  action: [
    "logs:CreateLogGroup",
    "logs:CreateLogStream",
    "logs:PutLogEvents",
    "ssm:*",
  ],
  effect: "Allow",
  resource: "*"
)

You can also create managed iam policy.

managed_iam_policy("AmazonS3ReadOnlyAccess")

Schedule Support

.codebuild/schedule.rb:

rate "1 day"

Full DSL

The convenience DSL methods shown above are short and clean. They merely wrap a DSL that map to the properties of CloudFormation resources like AWS::CodeBuild::Project and AWS::IAM::Role. Refer the DSL docs for more info.

Type Option

By default, the codebuild tool looks up files in the .codebuild folder. You can affect the behavior of the Type logic with the --Type option. More info Type docs.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem "codebuild"

And then execute:

bundle

Or install it yourself as:

gem install codebuild

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am "Add some feature")
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request