Using AWS CodeCommit
Sat Aug 10, 2024
This blog previously used Bitbucket along with AWS S3, Route53, and CloudFront for operations. However, I decided to switch from Bitbucket to AWS CodeCommit for Git management, consolidating all tools under AWS.
Here are the steps I followed:
Check Git Remote
Run git remote -v to check the current remote. It should show Bitbucket. We will change this to AWS CodeCommit.
$ git remote -v
origin [email protected]:boku/blog.git (fetch)
origin [email protected]:boku/blog.git (push)
Create a Repository in CodeCommit
From the AWS Console, select CodeCommit and create a repository.
For “Connect to Repository,” choose SSH. Since root users cannot use SSH, create an IAM user.
Instructions for creating an IAM user can be found here.
SSH Connection
From the IAM user, select authentication information and click “Upload SSH Public Key.” Paste your public key.
If you haven’t created a public key, refer to Setting Up Public and Private Keys for Bitbucket.
Once the public key is uploaded, an SSH Key ID will be generated. Add this SSH Key ID to your ~/.ssh/config file:
$ vim ~/.ssh/config
Host git-codecommit.*.amazonaws.com
User APKAEIBAERJR2EXAMPLE # SSH Key ID
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/codecommit_rsa # Path to private key
This completes the SSH connection setup.
Next, verify the connection:
When prompted with Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?, type yes.
If the connection is successful, you will see:
$ ssh git-codecommit.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
You have successfully authenticated over SSH. You can use Git to interact with AWS CodeCommit. Interactive shells are not supported.Connection to git-codecommit.us-east-1.amazonaws.com closed by remote host.
Connection to git-codecommit.us-east-1.amazonaws.com closed.
Now, use git remote set-url origin to change the Git push destination to CodeCommit.
Select the clone URL for the repository and paste it as follows:
$ git remote set-url origin ssh://git-codecommit.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
Verify the change:
$ git remote -v
origin ssh://git-codecommit.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ (fetch)
origin ssh://git-codecommit.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ (push)
Finally, test pushing to the repository:
$ git push
It worked!
