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Zero Downtime: Blue-Green Deployment eliminates downtime during the deployment process since the switch from the blue to the green environment is instantaneous. This ensures uninterrupted service availability for users.
Fast Rollback: In case any issues or failures occur during the deployment of the new version in the green environment, rolling back to the stable version in the blue environment is quick and straightforward.
Reliable Testing: Blue-Green Deployment allows comprehensive testing of the new version in an environment that mirrors the production setup. This ensures a higher level of confidence in the stability and compatibility of the new version before directing user traffic to it and many more…
Checklist
Checklist | Description |
AWS Access Key | AWS Access Key of the user. |
AWS Secret Key | Password for the Access Key |
AWS Default Region | Default region can be set. eg. ap-south-1 |
AWS CLI Installation | AWS CLI needs to be installed where the plugin operation shall run (FlexDeploy server) |
AWS CLI in class path | AWS CLI should be added to the class path on the FlexDeploy Server. Else the path can also be set under FlexDeploy environment level property |
AWS Lambda Function | AWS Lambda Function should be already present. |
AWS KMS Key | AWS KMS key to secured the environment variable. |
AWS Alias | AWS Alias should be already present. |
AWS S3 Bucket | AWS S3 bucket, to store our function code. |
Configure Cloud Account
To connect with AWS Lambda Function, we required to configure Cloud account, with credentials details. Configure AWS Cloud Account under Integration. FlexDeploy will connect to the Lambda Function and add the environment variables.
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To create or update the Lambda Alias we can use the upsertLambdaAlias operation available in the AWS plugin, please refer to the tutorial document for more information.
Create AWS S3 Bucket
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In above configuration using following Inputs.
Input Name | Input Code | Type | Required | Description |
Additional Arguments | FDAWS_LAMBDA_INP_ADD_ENV_VAR_ADDITIONAL_ARG | String | No | Literal key and value pairs. e.g. --region=us-east-1 And for boolean type arguments give the option without any value. e.g --publish --debug |
Environment Variables | FDAWS_LAMBDA_INP_ENV_VAR | String | No | Environment Variables in acceptable format. |
Publish new version | FDAWS_LAMBDA_INP_PUBLISH_VERSION | Boolean | No | Select to publish a new version. Default value is false. |
Step-ii: getLambdaAlias
This step will get Lambda Alias detail and set Lambda Alias current version in output, which we will use in upsert lambda operation.
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In above configuration using following Inputs.
Input Name | Input Code | Type | Required | Description |
Alias Name | FDAWS_LAMBDA_INP_ALIAS_NAME | String | Yes | AWS Lambda Alias name |
Alias Description | FDAWS_LAMBDA_INP_ALIAS_DESCR | String | No | Description of the Alias |
Alias Additional Argument | FDAWS_LAMBDA_INP_ALIAS_ADDITIONAL_ARG | String | No | Literal key and value pairs. e.g. --region=us-east-1 And for boolean type arguments give the option without any value. e.g --publish --debug |
Alias Function Version | FDAWS_LAMBDA_INP_FUNCTION_VERSION | String | Yes | Function version associated with Alias |
Project Configuration
Navigate to the Project tab and create a Project with a logical name(AWS-Deploy-Lambda-Function-Using-S3)
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Select Topology from the menu and then select Targets. Select the target group and environment, provide the properties detail, according to the description.
Properties | Mandatory field | Description |
Cloud Account | Optional | Select the Cloud Account to connect the Lambda Function. |
CLI Path | Optional | Directory where Cloud CLI is installed. |
AWS Region | Optional | Value of the AWS Region. |
Below given are the environment-specific values which need to be updated.
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