Tutorial: Use full clone with a GitHub pipeline source

1. Log in to your GitHub repository and choose your repository.

2. To create a new file, choose Add file > Create new file. Name the file README.md. file and add the following text.

   This is a GitHub repository!

3. Choose Commit changes.

   Make sure the README.md file is at the root level of your repository.

To create a pipeline with the wizard

1. Sign in to the CodePipeline console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/codepipeline/.

2. On the Welcome page, Getting started page, or Pipelines page, choose Create pipeline.

3. On the Step 1: Choose creation option page, under Creation options, choose the Build custom pipeline option. Choose Next.

4. In Step 2: Choose pipeline settings, in Pipeline name, enter MyGitHubPipeline.

5. In Pipeline type, choose V1 for the purposes of this tutorial. You can also choose V2; however, note that pipeline types differ in characteristics and price. For more information, see Pipeline types.

6. In Service role, choose New service role.

   Note

   If you choose instead to use your existing CodePipeline service role, make sure that you have added the codestar-connections:UseConnection IAM permission to your service role policy. For instructions for the CodePipeline service role, see Add permissions to the the CodePipeline service role.

7. Under Advanced settings, leave the defaults. In Artifact store, choose Default location to use the default artifact store, such as the Amazon S3 artifact bucket designated as the default, for your pipeline in the Region you selected for your pipeline.

   Note

   This is not the source bucket for your source code. This is the artifact store for your pipeline. A separate artifact store, such as an S3 bucket, is required for each pipeline.

   Choose Next.

8. On the Step 3: Add source stage page, add a source stage:

   1. In Source provider, choose GitHub (via GitHub App).

   2. Under Connection, choose an existing connection or create a new one. To create or manage a connection for your GitHub source action, see GitHub connections.

      You install one app for all of your connections to a particular provider. If you have already installed the AWS Connector for GitHub app, choose it and skip this step.

      Note

      If you want to create a user access token, make sure that you've already installed the AWS Connector for GitHub app and then leave the App installation field empty. CodeConnections will use the user access token for the connection. For more information, see Access your source provider in CodeBuild.

   3. In Repository name, choose the name of your GitHub repository.

   4. In Branch name, choose the repository branch you want to use.

   5. Make sure the Start the pipeline on source code change option is selected.

   6. Under Output artifact format, choose Full clone to enable the Git clone option for the source repository. Only actions provided by CodeBuild can use the Git clone option. You will use Step 3: Update the CodeBuild service role policy to use connections in this tutorial to update the permissions for your CodeBuild project service role to use this option.

   Choose Next.

9. In Add build stage, add a build stage:

   1. In Build provider, choose AWS CodeBuild. Allow Region to default to the pipeline Region.

   2. Choose Create project.

   3. In Project name, enter a name for this build project.

   4. In Environment image, choose Managed image. For Operating system, choose Ubuntu.

   5. For Runtime, choose Standard. For Image, choose aws/codebuild/standard:5.0.

   6. For Service role, choose New service role.

      Note

      Note the name of your CodeBuild service role. You will need the role name for the final step in this tutorial.

   7. Under Buildspec, for Build specifications, choose Insert build commands. Choose Switch to editor, and paste the following under Build commands.

      Note

      In the env section of the build spec, make sure the credential helper for git commands is enabled as shown in this example.

      version: 0.2
      
      env:
        git-credential-helper: yes
      phases:
        install:
          #If you use the Ubuntu standard image 2.0 or later, you must specify runtime-versions.
          #If you specify runtime-versions and use an image other than Ubuntu standard image 2.0, the build fails.
          runtime-versions:
            nodejs: 12
            # name: version
          #commands:
            # - command
            # - command
        pre_build:
          commands:
            - ls -lt
            - cat README.md
        build:
          commands:
            - git log | head -100
            - git status
            - ls
            - git archive --format=zip HEAD > application.zip
        #post_build:
          #commands:
            # - command
            # - command
      artifacts:
        files:
          - application.zip
          # - location
        #name: $(date +%Y-%m-%d)
        #discard-paths: yes
        #base-directory: location
      #cache:
        #paths:
          # - paths

   8. Choose Continue to CodePipeline. This returns to the CodePipeline console and creates a CodeBuild project that uses your build commands for configuration. The build project uses a service role to manage AWS service permissions. This step might take a couple of minutes.

   9. Choose Next.

10. On the Step 5: Add deploy stage page, choose Skip deploy stage, and then accept the warning message by choosing Skip again. Choose Next.

11. On Step 6: Review, choose Create pipeline.

1. When your service role is successfully updated, choose Retry on the failed CodeBuild stage.

2. After the pipeline runs successfully, on your successful build stage, choose View details.

   On the details page, choose the Logs tab. View the CodeBuild build output. The commands output the value of the entered variable.

   The commands output the README.md file contents, list the files in the directory, clone the repository, view the log, and archive the repository as a ZIP file.