Setting up a code pipeline

One of the best ways to get a feel for AWS CodePipeline is to go through the exercise of setting up a code pipeline. Many times, it will be those designated tools' team members who will set up the pipelines. These tools team members have a unique set of permissions that differ from that of developers.

We will need to set up our tools team group and assign them the correct permission set. After this, we can create a tools team member and associate them with the tools team IAM group. Then, we can log in as that tools team member and have them build out the pipeline.

Creating our code base prior to setting up the pipeline

We are going to set up a brand new CodeCommit repository before setting up our code pipeline. Creating the repository beforehand will allow us to have a fresh set of code to use to run through the steps of our pipeline.

In the chapter9 section of our GitHub repository, there will be a folder named code. This folder will...