Prerequisites

To complete this tutorial, you must first:

• Complete steps 2 and 3 in Getting started with CodeDeploy.

• Create an Application Load Balancer configured with two target groups and one listener. For information about creating a load balancer using the console, see Set up a load balancer, target groups, and listeners for CodeDeploy Amazon ECS deployments. For information about creating a load balancer using the AWS CLI, see Step 1: Create an Application Load Balancer in the Amazon Elastic Container Service User Guide. When you create your load balancer, make a note of the following for this tutorial:

  • The name of your load balancer.

  • The names of your target groups.

  • The port used by your load balancer's listener.

• Create an Amazon ECS cluster and service. For more information, see steps 2, 3, and 4 in Tutorial: Creating a service using a blue/green deployment in the Amazon Elastic Container Service User Guide. Make a note of the following for this tutorial:

  • The name of your Amazon ECS cluster.

  • The ARN of the the task definition used by your Amazon ECS service.

  • The name of the the container used by your Amazon ECS service.

• Create an Amazon S3 bucket for your AppSpec file.