Creating App Runner services - AWS Cloud9

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Creating App Runner services

You can create an App Runner service in AWS Toolkit by using the AWS Explorer. After you choose to create a service in a specific AWS Region, the AWS Toolkit's command pane describe how to configure the service instance where your application runs.

Before you create an App Runner service, make sure that you completed the prerequisites. This includes providing the relevant IAM permissions and confirming the specific source repository that you want to deploy.

To create an App Runner service

  1. Open AWS Explorer, if it isn't already open.

  2. Right-click the App Runner node and choose Create Service.

    The AWS Toolkit command pane displays.

  3. For Select a source code location type, choose ECR or Repository.

    If you choose ECR, you specify a container image in a repository maintained by Amazon Elastic Container Registry. If you choose Repository, you specify a source code repository that's maintained by a supported repository provider. Currently, App Runner supports GitHub as a source code repository provider.

  1. For Select or enter an image repository, choose or enter the URL of the image repository that's maintained by your Amazon ECR private registry or the Amazon ECR Public Gallery.

    Note

    If you specify a repository from the Amazon ECR Public Gallery, make sure that automatic deployments are turned off. App Runner doesn't support automatic deployments for an image in an ECR Public repository.

    Automatic deployments are switched off by default. This is indicated when the icon on the command pane header features a diagonal line through it. If you chose to switch on automatic deployments, a message informs you that this option can incur additional costs.

  2. If the step in the command pane reports that No tags found, go back a step to select a repository that contains a tagged container image.

  3. For Port, enter the IP port that's used by the service (for example, port 8000).

  4. (Optional) For Configure environment variables, specify a file that contains the environment variables that are used to customize behavior in your service instance.

  5. If you're using an Amazon ECR private registry, you need the AppRunnerECRAccessRole ECR access role. This role allows App Runner to access Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR) images in your account. Choose the "+" icon on the command pane header to create this role. If your image is stored in Amazon ECR Public where images are publicly available, an access role isn't required.

  6. For Name your service, enter a unique name and press Enter. The name cannot contain spaces.

  7. For Select instance configuration, choose a combination of CPU units and memory (both in GB) for your service instance.

    When your service is being created, its status changes from Creating to Running.

  8. After your service starts running, open a context (right-click) menu for it and choose Copy Service URL.

  9. To access your deployed application, paste the copied URL into the address bar of your web browser.

  1. For Select a connection, choose a connection that links GitHub to AWS. The connections that are available for selection are listed on the GitHub connections page on the App Runner console.

  2. For Select a remote GitHub repository, choose or enter a URL for the remote repository.

    Remote repositories that are already configured with AWS Cloud9 source control management are available for selection. If the repository isn't listed, you can also paste a link to the repository.

  3. For Select a branch, choose which Git branch of your source code that you want to deploy.

  4. For Choose configuration source, specify how you want to define your runtime configuration.

    If you choose Use configuration file, your service instance is configured by settings that are defined by the apprunner.yaml configuration file. This file is in the root directory of your application’s repository.

    If you choose Configure all settings here, use the command pane to specify the following:

    • Runtime: Choose Python 3 or Nodejs 12.

    • Build command: Enter the command to build your application in the runtime environment of your service instance.

    • Start command: Enter the command to start your application in the runtime environment of your service instance.

  5. For Port, enter the IP port that the service uses (for example, port 8000).

  6. (Optional) For Configure environment variables, specify a file that contains environment variables to customize behavior in your service instance.

  7. For Name your service, enter a unique name and press Enter. The name cannot contain spaces.

  8. For Select instance configuration, choose a combination of CPU units and memory in GB for your service instance.

    While your service is being created, its status changes from Creating to Running.

  9. After your service starts running, open the context (right-click) menu for it and choose Copy Service URL.

  10. To access your deployed application, paste the copied URL into the address bar of your web browser.

Note

If your attempt to create an App Runner service fails, the service shows a status of Create failed in AWS Explorer. For troubleshooting information, see When service creation fails in the App Runner Developer Guide.