alternate appspec.yml location for AWS CodePipeline/CodeDeploy

Question

i'm learning AWS-based continuous integration and have a basic CodeCommit → CodePipeline → CodeDeploy workflow setup per the tutorial. when i push to CodeCommit, CodePipeline triggers a build in CodeDeploy, however it does not find my appspec.yml manifest because it's not in the root of my repository.

how do i configure CodePipeline/CodeDeploy to look for appspec.yml under the subdirectory inst/aws/ instead of the repository root? i don't want to restructure my repo (which also has non-AWS content) just to accommodate a vendor-specific preference.

Answer 1

You can do that with the use of AppSpecTemplatePath.

The file name of the AppSpec file stored in the pipeline source file location, such as your pipeline's CodeCommit repository. The default file name is appspec.yaml. If your AppSpec file has the same name and is stored at the root level in your file repository, you do not need to provide the file name. If the path is not the default, enter the path and file name.

Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codepipeline/latest/userguide/action-reference-ECSbluegreen.html#action-reference-ECSbluegreen-type

Answer 2

By default CodeDeploy agent looks at the root of your bundle for appspec.yml. Unfortunately you can't configure the location of the appspec.