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Simplify Amazon EKS Deployments with GitHub Actions and AWS CodeBuild

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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


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