Add a Deploy Stage to the Pipeline, Configure Amazon ECS as the Action Provider:
By adding a deploy stage to the pipeline and configuring Amazon ECS as the action provider, the pipeline can automatically deploy the new container image to the ECS cluster.
This ensures that the service is updated with the new image tag, making the new version of the service endpoint reachable.
[Reference: AWS CodePipeline with ECS, Update the Image Build Pipeline Stage to Output an imagedefinitions.json File that References the New Image Tag:, The imagedefinitions.json file provides the necessary information about the container images and their tags for the ECS task definitions., Updating the pipeline to output this file ensures that the correct image version is deployed., Example imagedefinitions.json, , [, {, "name": "container-name",, "imageUri": "123456789012.dkr.ecr.region.amazonaws.com/my-repo:my-tag", }, ], , , Reference: CodePipeline ECS Deployment, Create an AWS Lambda Function that Runs Connectivity Checks and API Calls against the Service. Integrate the Lambda Function with CodePipeline by Using a Lambda Action Stage:, The Lambda function can perform the necessary integration tests by making connectivity checks and API calls to the deployed service endpoint., Integrating this Lambda function into CodePipeline ensures that these tests are run automatically after deployment, providing near-real-time feedback on the new deployment’s health., , Example Lambda function integration:, actions:, - name: TestService, actionTypeId:, category: Test, owner: AWS, provider: Lambda, version: 1, runOrder: 2, configuration:, FunctionName: testServiceFunction, , Reference: Integrating Lambda with CodePipeline, These steps ensure that the CI/CD workflow deploys the new container image to ECS, updates the image references, and performs integration tests, meeting the requirements with minimal management overhead., , , , ]
