The article discusses automating AWS infrastructure provisioning using CodePipeline and CloudFormation nested stacks for a GitOps-style deployment.
AWS CodePipeline automates build, test, and deployment phases, integrating with CodeBuild, CloudFormation, CodeStar Connections, and GitHub.
The architecture includes development, staging, and production environments, one Git repo, and CloudFormation nested stacks for modularity.
Creation of prerequisite components like GitHubConnection, PipelineArtifactStoreS3Bucket, CodeBuildServiceRole, etc., is detailed using CloudFormation.
The process involves creating, linting, and deploying CloudFormation stacks through CodePipeline, ensuring syntactic correctness and automated deployments.
Steps for authorizing GitHub in CodeStar Connection and watching the pipeline run, including linting and infrastructure provisioning, are provided.
The guide covers making and deploying changes, cleanup steps for stack deletion, and concludes by highlighting the advantages of this automated pipeline.
The setup enhances deployment consistency, integrates well with developer workflows, and simplifies infrastructure provisioning through automation.
GitHub repo reference and GitOps environment modeling information are included for further exploration and understanding.