Simplify Amazon EKS Deployments with GitHub Actions and AWS CodeBuild

This article explains how to simplify Amazon EKS deployments using GitHub Actions and AWS CodeBuild, enabling continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD).

Specifically, the article covers:

• Setting up an EKS cluster and provisioning necessary resources like ECR, CodeBuild projects, and a CodePipeline using CloudFormation
• Creating a sample Python Flask application and defining Helm charts for deployment
• Defining buildspec files to leverage GitHub Actions in CodeBuild for building and deploying the application to EKS
• Using AWS CodePipeline to orchestrate the CI/CD pipeline and deploying the application to EKS using Helm
• Retrieving the application URL and verifying the deployment
• Cleaning up the resources to avoid incurring future charges