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Creating a Build Project

Creating a Build Project

Learn how to get started with creating a build project using AWS CodeBuild.

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Overview

A build is a process to convert files and other dependencies into an executable that can be used by an end user. When we use AWS CodeBuild for continuous integration, we need to create a build project which is a combination of the following:

  • Our initial project settings, which include our build environment
  • The place where we fetch our source code from
  • The buildspec.yml file containing the script to configure our build and manage artifacts

Creating a build project

The create-project command is used to create a build project.

Using AWS CLI, we can create a build project. The initial step is to bootstrap a template JSON file that will hold all our configuration details. We can do this by running the below command:

aws codebuild create-project --region us-east-1 --generate-cli-skeleton > file.json

Note: The region is set as us-east-1. Therefore, your resources will be created in that region. You can change this ...