CBD

• CBD (Commit Bucket Deploy, also known as Cannabidiol) is a GitHub Action that allow to deploy static websites.
• The main idea behind this project was to have an easy way to concurrently deploy different versions of a given static website.
• This project assumes that you are using AWS as a cloud provider.
• The core concept is to reuse the same infrastructure components to host different versions of the same website.

Important Facts

• This action will only simplify the integration between your repository and your infrastructure.
  • Compute standardized directory name
  • Commenting pull requests with the proper url to the deployed website
  • Upload build to specified S3 bucket
  • Invalidate Cloudfront distribution after deployment
  • Clean up S3 bucket when pull request is closed
• The core value of this project resides in the proposed infrastructure.
• The proposed infrastructure can be summarized as follows:
  • S3 Bucket to host the different website's builds
  • Cloudfront CDN to distribute the static websites with standardized urls
    • Wildcard certificate on a specific subdomain to easily request our Cloudfront distribution
    • Lambda edge function to route to the proper directory in the bucket

Sample Usage

• Before going any further, you must first have the appropriate infrastructure in place in your AWS account.
• For the moment, there is "out-of-the-box" way to proceed.
• Simply follow the instructions described here
• This action is actually divided in three different parts made to match your project lifecycle:
  • Upload
  • Update
  • Deploy