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Beginning right this moment, you’ll be able to construct purposes on macOS with AWS CodeBuild. Now you can construct artifacts on managed Apple M2 machines that run on macOS 14 Sonoma. AWS CodeBuild is a totally managed steady integration service that compiles supply code, runs exams, and produces ready-to-deploy software program packages.
Constructing, testing, signing, and distributing purposes for Apple techniques (iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, and macOS) requires the usage of Xcode, which runs completely on macOS. Once you construct for Apple techniques within the AWS Cloud, it is vitally possible you configured your steady integration and steady deployment (CI/CD) pipeline to run on Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (Amazon EC2) Mac situations.
Since we launched Amazon EC2 Mac in 2020, I’ve spent a big period of time with our prospects in varied industries and geographies, serving to them configure and optimize their pipelines on macOS. Within the easiest type, a buyer’s pipeline may appear like the next diagram.
The pipeline begins when there’s a new commit or pull request on the supply code repository. The repository agent put in on the machine triggers varied scripts to configure the atmosphere, construct and check the applying, and finally deploy it to App Retailer Join.
Amazon EC2 Mac drastically simplifies the administration and automation of macOS machines. As I like to explain it, an EC2 Mac occasion has all of the issues I like from Amazon EC2 (Amazon Elastic Block Retailer (Amazon EBS) volumes, snapshots, digital personal clouds (VPCs), safety teams, and extra) utilized to Mac minis operating macOS within the cloud.
Nevertheless, prospects are left with two challenges. The primary is to organize the Amazon Machine Picture (AMI) with all of the required instruments for the construct. A minimal construct atmosphere requires Xcode, however it is vitally frequent to put in Fastlane (and Ruby), in addition to different construct or improvement instruments and libraries. Most organizations require a number of construct environments for a number of mixtures of macOS and Xcode variations.
The second problem is to scale your construct fleet in accordance with the quantity and length of builds. Massive organizations usually have tons of or hundreds of builds per day, requiring dozens of construct machines. Scaling out and in of that fleet helps to save lots of on prices. EC2 Mac situations are reserved in your devoted use. One occasion is allotted to at least one devoted host. Scaling a fleet of devoted hosts requires a selected configuration.
To handle these challenges and simplify the configuration and administration of your macOS construct machines, right this moment we introduce CodeBuild for macOS.
CodeBuild for macOS is predicated on the lately launched reserved capability fleet, which accommodates situations powered by Amazon EC2 which can be maintained by CodeBuild. With reserved capability fleets, you configure a set of devoted situations in your construct atmosphere. These machines stay idle, able to course of builds or exams instantly, which reduces construct durations. With reserved capability fleets, your machines are at all times operating and can proceed to incur prices so long as they’re provisioned.
CodeBuild supplies a regular disk picture (AMI) to run your builds. It accommodates preinstalled variations of Xcode, Fastlane, Ruby, Python, Node.js, and different standard instruments for a improvement and construct atmosphere. The complete record of instruments put in is obtainable within the documentation. Over time, we’ll present further disk photos with up to date variations of those instruments. You can too convey your individual customized disk picture in case you need.
As well as, CodeBuild makes it straightforward to configure auto scaling. You inform us how a lot capability you need, and we handle the whole lot from there.
Let’s see CodeBuild for macOS in motion
To point out you the way it works, I create a CI/CD pipeline for my pet venture: getting began with AWS Amplify on iOS. This tutorial and its accompanying supply code clarify easy methods to create a easy iOS app with a cloud-based backend. The app makes use of a GraphQL API (AWS AppSync), a NoSQL database (Amazon DynamoDB), a file-based storage (Amazon Easy Storage Service (Amazon S3)), and person authentication (Amazon Cognito). AWS Amplify for Swift is the piece that glues all these providers collectively.
The tutorial and the supply code of the app can be found in a Git repository. It consists of scripts to automate the construct, check, and deployment of the app.
Configuring a brand new CI/CD pipeline with CodeBuild for macOS includes the next high-level steps:
- Create the construct venture.
- Create the devoted fleet of machines.
- Configure a number of construct triggers.
- Add a pipeline definition file (
buildspec.yaml) to the venture.
To get began, I open the AWS Administration Console, choose CodeBuild, and choose Create venture.
I enter a Challenge identify and configure the connection to the Supply code repository. I take advantage of GitHub on this instance. CodeBuild additionally helps GitLab and BitBucket. The documentation has an up-to-date record of supported supply code repositories.
For the Provisioning mannequin, I choose Reserved capability. That is the one mannequin the place Amazon EC2 Mac situations can be found. I don’t have a fleet outlined but, so I determine to create one on the flight whereas creating the construct venture. I choose Create fleet.
On the Compute fleet configuration web page, I enter a Compute fleet identify and choose macOS as Working system. Below Compute, I choose the quantity of reminiscence and the amount of vCPUs wanted for my construct venture, and the variety of situations I would like beneath Capability.
For this instance, I’m glad to make use of the Managed picture. It consists of Xcode 15.4 and the simulator runtime for iOS 17.5, amongst different packages. You’ll be able to learn the record of packages preinstalled on this picture within the documentation.
When completed, I choose Create fleet to return to the CodeBuild venture creation web page.
As a subsequent step, I inform CodeBuild to create a brand new service function to outline the permissions I would like for my construct atmosphere. Within the context of this venture, I need to embody permissions to tug an Amplify configuration and entry AWS Secrets and techniques Supervisor. I’m not sharing step-by-step directions to take action, however the pattern venture code accommodates the record of the permissions I added.
I can select between offering my set of construct instructions within the venture definition or in a buildspec.yaml file included in my venture. I choose the latter.
That is optionally available, however I wish to add the construct artifact to an S3 bucket the place I can archive every construct. Within the Artifact 1 – Main part, I due to this fact choose Amazon S3 as Sort, and I enter a Bucket identify and artifact Identify. The file identify to add is specified within the buildspec.yaml file.
Down on the web page, I configure the venture set off so as to add a GitHub WebHook. It will configure CodeBuild to start out the construct each time a commit or pull request is distributed to my venture on GitHub.
Lastly, I choose the orange Create venture button on the backside of the web page to create this venture.
Testing my builds
My venture already consists of construct scripts to organize the construct, construct the venture, run the exams, and deploy it to Apple’s TestFlight.
I add a buildspec.yaml file on the root of my venture to orchestrate these current scripts.
model: 0.2
phases:
set up:
instructions:
- code/ci_actions/00_install_rosetta.sh
pre_build:
instructions:
- code/ci_actions/01_keychain.sh
- code/ci_actions/02_amplify.sh
construct:
instructions:
- code/ci_actions/03_build.sh
- code/ci_actions/04_local_tests.sh
post_build:
instructions:
- code/ci_actions/06_deploy_testflight.sh
- code/ci_actions/07_cleanup.sh
artifacts:
identify: $(date +%Y-%m-%d)-getting-started.ipa
recordsdata:
- 'getting began.ipa'
base-directory: 'code/build-release'I add this file to my Git repository and push it to GitHub with the next command: git commit -am "add buildpsec" buildpec.yaml
On the console, I can observe that the construct has began.
After I choose the construct, I can see the log recordsdata or choose Part particulars to obtain a high-level standing of every part of the construct.
When the construct is profitable, I can see the iOS software IPA file uploaded to my S3 bucket.
The final construct script that CodeBuild executes uploads the binary to App Retailer Join. I can observe new builds within the TestFlight part of the App Retailer Join.
Issues to know
It takes 8-10 minutes to organize an Amazon EC2 Mac occasion and to simply accept the very first construct. This isn’t particular to CodeBuild. The builds you submit in the course of the machine preparation time are queued and will probably be run so as as quickly because the machine is obtainable.
CodeBuild for macOS works with reserved fleets. Opposite to on-demand fleets, the place you pay per minute of construct, reserved fleets are charged for the time the construct machines are reserved in your unique utilization, even when no builds are operating. The capability reservation follows the Amazon EC2 Mac 24-hour minimal allocation interval, as required by the Software program License Settlement for macOS (article 3.A.ii).
A fleet of machines may be shared throughout CodeBuild initiatives in your AWS account. The machines within the fleet are reserved in your unique use. Solely CodeBuild can entry the machines.
CodeBuild cleans the working listing between builds, however the machines are reused for different builds. It means that you can use the CodeBuild native cache mechanism to shortly restore chosen recordsdata after a construct. In the event you construct totally different initiatives on the identical fleet, be sure you reset any world state, such because the macOS keychain, and construct artifacts, akin to the SwiftPM and Xcode package deal caches, earlier than beginning a brand new construct.
Once you work with customized construct photos, ensure they’re constructed for a 64-bit Mac-Arm structure. You additionally should set up and begin the AWS Methods Supervisor Agent (SSM Agent). CodeBuild makes use of the SSM Agent to put in its personal agent and to handle the machine. Lastly, be certain that the AMI is obtainable to the CodeBuild group ARN.
CodeBuild for macOS is obtainable within the following AWS Areas: US East (Ohio, N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Asia Pacific (Sydney), and Europe (Frankfurt). These are the identical Areas that provide Amazon EC2 Mac M2 situations.
Get began right this moment and create your first CodeBuild venture on macOS.