Building Spec Files for a Node.js Project

In order to deploy an application using AWS CodeBuild and CodePipeline, we can write our build steps as a file named buildspec.yml and our deployment steps as an appspec.yml file.

The buildspec.yml file helps us to cater to the continuous integration part of our CI/CD pipeline, while the appspec.yml file handles the continuous delivery aspect.

We will look into how to write these files for a Node.js application.

Add a buildspec.yml file

For the continuous integration aspect of our pipeline, follow the steps below and use the workspace provided to write a buildspec.yml file:

1. Include the buildspec version, as shown below: