Category: CodeBuild

AWS SAM not re-creating DynamoDb Table that was manually deleted – CodeStar

Hi everyone,

I ran into a bit of an issue after deleting a DynamoDb table via the AWS Console that had been created via CloudFormation (using AWS SAM). After deleting it I had expected it to be re-created automatically on the next deploy. Unfortunately this didn’t happen.

I came across the following AWS article that does a pretty good job of summarising the issue: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/failing-stack-updates-deleted/

To fix it, I removed all references to the table from my template.yml file (this includes the table definition and any !Ref tags). After pushing this changeset I returned all of the references and re-pushed.

Let me know if you have any issues!

Cheers,
Chris

4: /codebuild/output/tmp/script.sh: pip: not found – Node.js and CodeStar

Hi everyone,

I ran into the following CodeBuild error after upgrading my build environment from the default nodejs8.10 to nodejs10.14:

4: /codebuild/output/tmp/script.sh: pip: not found

This one was a little confusing, but thankfully fairly easy to fix. In your buildspec.yml file update the pip steps to reference pip3 instead of pip:

// Original
commands:
      # Install dependencies needed for running tests
      - npm install

      # Upgrade AWS CLI to the latest version
      - pip install --upgrade awscli

// Modified
commands:
      # Install dependencies needed for running tests
      - npm install

      # Upgrade AWS CLI to the latest version
      - pip3 install --upgrade awscli

mocha tests/* sh: 1: mocha: Permission denied – AWS CodeBuild with Node.js

Hi everyone,

I ran into the following error while running a Node.js build with AWS CodeBuild:

mocha tests/* sh: 1: mocha: Permission denied

To resolve this I removed node_modules from my repository and added it to .gitignore:

node_modules/

Thanks to the following links for the info:
Add node_modules to gitignore: https://stackoverflow.com/a/29820869/522859
Misc background issues: https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/issues/1487