Document history

Update to add and correct information describing how connections work with either user accounts or organizations

The overviews and troubleshooting information was updated to correctly describe how connections work with either user accounts or organizations. See How do connections work, How connections in AWS CodeConnections work with organizations, and Connection and host setup for installed providers supporting organizations.

December 9, 2024

Update to managed policy for connections service-linked-role

The managed policy for the service-linked role to use Git sync with Git repositories has been updated for resources with both service prefixes. For more information, see Using service-linked roles for AWS CodeConnections and Managed policies.

April 26, 2024

AWS CodeStar Connections renamed to AWS CodeConnections

Introducing AWS CodeConnections, which allows you to create and manage connections between AWS resources, such as pipelines in CodePipeline, to third-party Git providers.

March 29, 2024

Connections to GitLab now supported in CodeBuild

Support added in CodeBuild for configuring connections to GitLab. For more information, see Product and service integrations with AWS CodeConnections.

March 27, 2024

Support for GitLab self-managed

Support added for configuring connections and hosts for AWS resources to interact with GitLab self-managed. For more information, see Workflow to create or update a host and Create a connection to GitLab self-managed.

December 28, 2023

New repository links and sync configurations for connections

Added information about configuring repository links and sync configurations. Use the sync configuration to sync content from a Git repository to update your AWS CloudFormation stack resources. For more information, see Working with repository links and Working with sync configurations.

November 27, 2023

Support for connections service-linked-role

Support added for configuring connections to use Git sync with Git repositories. For more information, see Using service-linked roles for AWS CodeConnections and Managed policies.

November 26, 2023

Support for GitLab groups

Support added for configuring connections for AWS resources to interact with GitLab groups. For more information, see Create a connection and Create a connection to GitLab.

September 15, 2023

New GitLab provider type

You can now create connections to GitLab. For more information, see Create a connection and Create a connection to GitLab.

August 10, 2023

New target type for notification rules

You can now choose AWS Chatbot clients configured for Microsoft Teams channels as the target for notification rules. For more information, see Create a notification rule and Working with notification rule targets.

May 17, 2023

Connections are available in the Europe (Milan) Region

Added information for connections in the Europe (Milan) Region. For more information, see Traffic between AWS CodeConnections resources across Regions.

May 17, 2023

Added troubleshooting for connections errors with repository permissions

When creating a connection to a repository in a GitHub organization, you must be the GitHub organization owner. For more information, see Connections error when connecting to GitHub.

August 29, 2022

Added information for tagging host resources

You can now tag hosts using the console and the CLI. For more information, see Tag resources in AWS CodeConnections.

April 19, 2021

VPC endpoint support for connections

You can now use VPC endpoints with connections. For more information, see AWS CodeConnections and interface VPC endpoints (AWS PrivateLink).

November 24, 2020

New GitHub and GitHub Enterprise Cloud provider types

You can now create connections to GitHub and GitHub Enterprise Cloud. For more information, see Create a connection and Create a connection to GitHub.

September 30, 2020

Added the GitHub Enterprise Server provider type and host resources

Information about the host resource for connections has been added to this guide. You can now create connections to GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see Create a connection and Working with hosts. This is the general availability release of the connections feature in the Developer Tools console User Guide.

June 29, 2020

Added information for using and tagging connections

Information about the connections feature in the console has been added to this guide. You can view concepts, steps for getting started, a permissions reference including example policies, and steps to create, view, and tag connections. For more information, see What are connections, Connections concepts, Getting started with connections, Create a connection, Tag resources in AWS CodeConnections, Security, Quotas for connections, Troubleshooting, and AWS CodeConnections API calls with AWS CloudTrail. To view a list of additional provider actions (permissions only actions), see Actions for ProviderType.

June 28, 2020

New target type for notification rules

You can now choose AWS Chatbot clients configured for Slack channels as the target for notification rules. For more information, see Create a notification rule and Working with notification rule targets.

April 2, 2020

Added notifications about additional AWS CodeCommit events

You can now configure notifications for events related to pull request approvals. For more information, see Events for notification rules on repositories and Working with pull requests in CodeCommit.

February 10, 2020

Notifications available in two additional AWS regions

The Developer Tools console now supports notifications in Middle East (Bahrain) and Asia Pacific (Hong Kong). For more information, see AWS CodeStar Notifications in the AWS General Reference.

February 5, 2020

Added support for encrypted Amazon SNS topics

Guidance has been added for using encrypted Amazon SNS topics as notification targets. For more information, see Configure Amazon SNS topics for notifications .

February 4, 2020

Notifications can include session tag information for CodeCommit

Notifications for CodeCommit can now contain user identity information, such as a display name or an email address, through the use of session tags. For more information, see Concepts and Using tags to provide identity information in CodeCommit.

December 19, 2019

Initial release

This is the initial release of the Developer Tools console User Guide.

November 5, 2019