Start a pipeline manually - AWS CodePipeline
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Start a pipeline manually

By default, a pipeline starts automatically when it is created and any time a change is made in a source repository. However, you might want to rerun the most recent revision through the pipeline a second time. You can use the CodePipeline console or the AWS CLI and start-pipeline-execution command to manually rerun the most recent revision through your pipeline.

Start a pipeline manually (console)

To manually start a pipeline and run the most recent revision through a pipeline

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the CodePipeline console at http://console.aws.amazon.com/codesuite/codepipeline/home.

  2. In Name, choose the name of the pipeline you want to start.

  3. On the pipeline details page, choose Release change. If the pipeline is configured to pass parameters (pipeline variables), then choosing Release change opens the Release change window. In Pipeline variables, in the field or fields for the variables at the pipeline level, enter the value or values you want to pass for this pipeline execution. For more information, see Variables reference.

    This starts the most recent revision available in each source location specified in a source action through the pipeline.

Start a pipeline manually (CLI)

To manually start a pipeline and run the most recent version of an artifact through a pipeline

  1. Open a terminal (Linux, macOS, or Unix) or command prompt (Windows) and use the AWS CLI to run the start-pipeline-execution command, specifying the name of the pipeline you want to start. For example, to start running the last change through a pipeline named MyFirstPipeline: 

    aws codepipeline start-pipeline-execution --name MyFirstPipeline

    To start a pipeline where variables are configured at the pipeline level, use the start-pipeline-execution command with the optional --variables argument to start the pipeline and add the variables that will be used in the execution. For example, to add a variable var1 with a value of 1, use the following command:

    aws codepipeline start-pipeline-execution --name MyFirstPipeline --variables name=var1,value=1

  2. To verify success, view the returned object. This command returns an execution ID, similar to the following:

    {
    "pipelineExecutionId": "c53dbd42-This-Is-An-Example"
}
    Note

    After you have started the pipeline, you can monitor its progress in the CodePipeline console or by running the get-pipeline-state command. For more information, see View pipelines (console) and View pipeline details and history (CLI).