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I’m blissful to announce that we’re additional integrating Amazon CodeCatalyst with two widespread code repositories: GitLab and BitBucket, along with the present integration with GitHub. We convey the identical set of capabilities that you simply use right this moment on CodeCatalyst with GitHub to GitLab.com and Bitbucket Cloud.
Amazon CodeCatalyst is a unified software program improvement and supply service. It permits software program improvement groups to shortly and simply plan, develop, collaborate on, construct, and ship functions on Amazon Internet Providers (AWS), decreasing friction all through the event lifecycle.
The GitHub, GitLab.com, and Bitbucket Cloud repositories extension for CodeCatalyst simplifies managing your improvement workflow. The extension lets you view and handle exterior repositories straight inside CodeCatalyst. Moreover, you possibly can retailer and handle workflow definition information alongside your code in exterior repositories whereas additionally creating, studying, updating, and deleting information in linked repositories from CodeCatalyst dev environments. The extension additionally triggers CodeCatalyst workflow runs robotically upon code pushes and when pull requests are opened, merged, or closed. Moreover, it lets you straight make the most of supply information from linked repositories and execute actions inside CodeCatalyst workflows, eliminating the necessity to swap platforms and maximizing effectivity.
However there’s extra: beginning right this moment, you possibly can create a CodeCatalyst challenge in a GitHub, GitLab.com, or Bitbucket Cloud repository from a blueprint, you possibly can add a blueprint to an current code base in a repository on any of these three programs, and you can even create customized blueprints saved in your exterior repositories hosted on GitHub, GitLab.com, or Bitbucket Cloud.
CodeCatalyst blueprints assist to hurry up your developments. These pre-built templates present a supply repository, pattern code, steady integration and supply (CI/CD) workflows, and built-in concern monitoring to get you began shortly. Blueprints robotically replace with greatest practices, conserving your code trendy. IT leaders can create customized blueprints to standardize improvement on your workforce, specifying know-how, entry controls, deployment, and testing strategies. And now, you should utilize blueprints even when your code resides in GitHub, GitLab.com, or Bitbucket Cloud.
Hyperlink your CodeCatalyst area with a git repository internet hosting service
Getting began utilizing any of those three supply code repository suppliers is straightforward. As a CodeCatalyst area administrator, I choose the area the place I wish to configure the extensions. Then, I choose Settings, and within the Put in extensions part, I choose Configure to hyperlink my CodeCatalyst area with my GitHub, GitLab.com, or Bitbucket Cloud account.
This can be a one-time operation for every CodeCatalyst area, however you would possibly wish to join your area to a number of supply suppliers’ accounts.
When utilizing GitHub, I additionally should hyperlink my private CodeCatalyst person to my GitHub person. Below my private menu on the highest proper facet of the display screen, I choose My settings. Then, I navigate all the way down to the Private connections part. I choose Create and comply with the directions to authenticate on GitHub and hyperlink my two identities.
This can be a one-time operation for every person within the CodeCatalyst area. That is solely required if you’re utilizing GitHub with blueprints.
Create a challenge from a blueprint and host it on GitHub, GitLab.com, and Bitbucket Cloud
Let’s present you methods to create a challenge in an exterior repository from a blueprint and later add different blueprints to this challenge. You should utilize any of the three git internet hosting suppliers supported by CodeCatalyst. On this demo, I selected to make use of GitHub.
Let’s think about I wish to create a brand new challenge to implement an API. I begin from a blueprint that implements an API with Python and the AWS Serverless Software Mannequin (AWS SAM). The blueprint additionally creates a CI workflow and an concern administration system. I need my challenge code to be hosted on GitHub. It permits me to straight use supply information from my repository in GitHub and execute actions inside CodeCatalyst workflows, eliminating the necessity to swap platforms.
I begin by choosing Create challenge on my CodeCatalyst area web page. I choose Begin with a blueprint and choose the CodeCatalyst blueprint or House blueprint I wish to use. Then, I choose Subsequent.
I enter a reputation for my challenge. I open the Superior part, and I choose GitHub as Repository supplier and my GitHub account. You may configure further connections to GitHub by choosing Join a GitHub account.
The remainder of the configuration depends upon the chosen blueprint. On this case, I selected the language model, the AWS account to deploy the challenge to, the title of the AWS Lambda perform, and the title of the AWS CloudFormation stack.
After the challenge is created, I navigate to my GitHub account, and I can see {that a} new repository has been created. It incorporates the code and sources from the blueprint.
Add a blueprint to an current GitHub, GitLab.com, or Bitbucket Cloud challenge
You may apply a number of blueprints in a challenge to include practical parts, sources, and governance to current CodeCatalyst initiatives. Your initiatives can help numerous parts which might be managed independently in separate blueprints. The service documentation helps you be taught extra about lifecycle administration with blueprints on current initiatives.
I can now add a blueprint to an current challenge in an exterior supply code repository. Now that my backend API challenge has been created, I wish to add an internet software to my challenge.
I navigate to the Blueprints part within the left-side menu, and I choose the orange Add blueprint button on the top-right a part of the display screen.
I choose the Single-page software blueprint and choose Subsequent.
On the subsequent display screen, I be sure to pick my GitHub connection, as I did after I created the challenge. I additionally fill within the required data for this particular template. On the precise facet of the display screen, I overview the proposed modifications.
Equally, when utilizing CodeCatalyst Enterprise Tier, I can create my very own customized blueprints to share with my teammates or different teams inside my group. For brevity, I don’t share step-by-step directions to take action on this submit. For extra data, see Standardizing initiatives with customized blueprints within the documentation.
When CodeCatalyst finishes putting in the brand new blueprint, I can see a second repository on GitHub.
Single or a number of repository methods
When organizing code, you possibly can select between a single giant repository, like a toolbox overflowing with all the pieces, or splitting it into smaller, specialised ones for higher group. Single repositories simplify dependency administration for tightly linked initiatives however can turn into messy at scale. A number of repositories provide cleaner group and improved safety however require planning to handle dependencies between separate initiatives.
CodeCatalyst helps you to use the perfect technique on your challenge. For extra data, see the part Retailer and collaborate on code with supply repositories in CodeCatalyst within the documentation.
Within the instance I confirmed earlier than, the blueprint I chosen proposed to use the second blueprint as a separate repository in GitHub. Relying on the blueprint you chose, the blueprint could suggest that you simply create a separate repository or merge the brand new code in an current repository. Within the latter case, the blueprint will submit a pull request so that you can merge into your repository.
Area and availability
This new GitHub integration is offered at no further value within the two AWS Areas the place Amazon CodeCatalyst is offered, US West (Oregon) and Europe (Eire) on the time of publication.