Setting up GitHub Repository for GitOps

Make sure you have Gitmoxi up and running before proceeding further. If you have followed the previous steps to install Gitmoxi then you should have the GITMOXI_ENDPOINT_URL environment variable setup.

echo $GITMOXI_ENDPOINT_URL

We have provided ECS and Lambda sample applications in gitmoxi/gm-demo repository. This repository has:

• 2 ECS services one each for testing rolling and blue/green deployment.
• 3 Lambda functions to deploy and test with ELB, API-Gateway, and SQS event sources.
• 1 EKS application for testing blue/green deployment

We will create a private repository in your GitHub user account, copy these sample files, and perform deployments securely using the private repository.

1. Create a private repository gm-trial in your GitHub account
2. Run following commands to copy the sample applications to your GitHub repository.

Note to set the correct GitHub user name in the environment variable.

export GITHUB_USER_NAME=<your-github-username>

Clone the gm-demo repository, copy the files and push to your gm-trial private repository.

cd ~/
git clone git@github.com:gitmoxi/gm-demo.git
cd gm-demo
git remote remove origin
git remote add origin git@github.com:$GITHUB_USER_NAME/gm-trial
git branch -M main
git push -u -f origin main

Check that the new repository has folders named ecs, eks, and lambda in the GitHub web console. Now we can add your private GitHub repository to Gitmoxi for GitOps.

export GITMOXI_DEMO_REPO=https://github.com/$GITHUB_USER_NAME/gm-trial
gmctl repo add -r $GITMOXI_DEMO_REPO -b main -a GITHUB_TOKEN -p GITHUB
gmctl repo get

You should see your gm-demo repository added.

Next, you can test any or all of the following services for GitOps-based deployments.

• Testing ECS GitOps with Gitmoxi
• Testing EKS GitOps with Gitmoxi
• Testing Lambda GitOps with Gitmoxi