awanmbandi / jenkins-cloudformation

CI/CD With Jenkins For CloudFormation Templates

Create a GitHub Repository and Update your Jenkinsfile

• Create a Repo with name CloudFormation-Jenkins-CICD
• Clone the Repository locally
• Download the files from my GitHub Repo and add to yours
• Update the cloud-formation-jenkins-cicd Slack Channel Name on Linke 45 in the Jenkinsfile to reflect yours (please leave the #)
• Commit the changes locally and push to GitHub

Instance Criteria

• Launch an Amazon Linux 2 Instance
• Instance type: t2.large
• Name: Jenkins-Cloudformation-CICD
• Keypair: Create a Keypair With Name work-mac-os
• IAM Role: Assign an EC2 Role with Administrator Access (This would be used to provision the environment granting Jenkins Authorization)
• Update the security group and open port 8080 to 0.0.0.0/0

Join the JJTech-Eagles-CI/CD DevOps Workspace Using The Following URL

• https://join.slack.com/t/newworkspace-mtx6785/shared_invite/zt-1go3k7pz7-uSy3D4ai3Pb7KJk2G1sc1g
• You can either join though the browser or your local Slack App
• Create a Private Channel using the naming convention yourFirstorLastname-cloudFormation-cicd
• Click on the Drop down on the Channel and select Integrations and take Add an App
• Search for Jenkins and click on View >> Configuration >> Add to Slack
• On Post to Channel: Click the Drop Down and select your channel above yourFirstorLastname-cloudFormation-cicd
• Click Add Jenkins CI Integration
• Leave this page open

Install the Slack Plugin in Jenkins and Configure

• Go back to your Jenkins instance and access the Jenkins application on the browser with InstancePubIP:8080

Plugin Installation

• Install the Slack Notification Plugin in Jenkins (Follow the steps in the above slack runbook)
• Go to Jenkins
  • Manage Jenkins
  • Manage Plugins
  • Click Available
  • Search Slack Notification
  • Select and Install Without Restart

Configure System

• Configure Slack Configurations in Jenkins > Manage Jenkins > Configure System (Scroll to the buttom)
  • Workspace: Slack Chanel name (Everyone use the same name)
  • Credential: Slack channel Token (Step 3 in Setup Document)
  • Channel/Member ID: Slack channel with the # infront
  • Test Connection

Create Your Jenkins Pipeline to Deploy the CloudFormation Environment

• Go back to jenkins
• Click on New Item
• Give a name CloudFormation-Jenkins-CICD-Pipeline
• Setup Build Triger
• Pipeline: Select Pipeline Script From SCM >> Complete the Config and Save