Grouping actions into action groups

An action group contains one or more actions. Grouping actions into action groups helps you keep your workflow organized, and also allows you to configure dependencies between different groups of actions.

Note

You cannot nest action groups within other actions or action groups.

Use the following instructions to define an action group.

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YAML

To define an action group

1. Open the CodeCatalyst console at https://codecatalyst.aws/.

2. Choose your project.

3. In the navigation pane, choose CI/CD, and then choose Workflows.

4. Choose the name of your workflow. You can filter by the source repository or branch name where the workflow is defined, or filter by workflow name.

5. Choose Edit.

6. Choose YAML.

7. In Actions, add code similar to the following:

   Actions:
     action-group-name: 
       Actions:
         action-1:
           Identifier: aws/build@v1
           Configuration:
             ...
         action-2:
           Identifier: aws/ecs-deploy@v1
           Configuration:
             ...

   For another example, see Example: Defining two action groups. For more information, see the description of the action-group-name property in the Actions of the Workflow definition reference.

8. (Optional) Choose Validate to validate the workflow's YAML code before committing.

9. Choose Commit, enter a commit message, and choose Commit again.

Example: Defining two action groups

The following example shows how to define two action groups: BuildAndTest and Deploy. The BuildAndTest action group includes two actions (Build and Test), and the Deploy action group also includes two actions (DeployCloudFormationStack and DeployToECS).

Actions:
  BuildAndTest: # Action group 1
    Actions:
      Build:
        Identifier: aws/build@v1
        Configuration:
          ...
      Test:
        Identifier: aws/managed-test@v1
        Configuration:
  Deploy: #Action group 2
    Actions:
      DeployCloudFormationStack:
        Identifier: aws/cfn-deploy@v1
        Configuration:
          ...
      DeployToECS:
        Identifier: aws/ecs-deploy@v1
        Configuration:
          ...