In this section we will configure CodeDeploy to allow it manage our application
- Browse to "Applications" (under Deploy) in the CodeDeploy portal and click on "Create application"
- Name it "bluegreen-deploy" and set it to use "EC2/On-premises"
- Click on "Create deployment group"
- Set the deployment group name as "bluegreen-deploygroup"
- Choose the IAM role "bluegreen-codedeploy-role"
- Select "Blue/Green" as deployment type
- Choose "Autmatically copy Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group" and set the auto scaling group "bluegreen-asg"
- Under deployment settings configure the below:
- Reroute traffic immediately
- Terminate the original instances in the deployment group
- Deployment configuration: CodeDeployDefault.AllAtOnce
- Select "Application Load Balancer" and choose the target group "bluegreen-tg" and click on "Create deployment group"
- Finally click on "Create deployment" to trigger a new deployment (manually)
- Choose the deployment group, select the last github commit and trigger the deployment
- Then you will be redirected to the deployment portal and you will be able to track the process
- Wait until the deployment finish and browse to the load balancer dns
