aws-ecs-deploy-backend.yml

name: Backend Build and Deploy to AWS ECS
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - 'main'
  release:
    types:
      - created
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      env:
        description: 'AWS Env'
        required: true
        default: 'dev'
      ref:
        description: 'Branch, Tag, or Full SHA'
        required: true
env:
  AWS_APP_NAME: police-data-trust-backend
  AWS_REGION: us-east-1
  DOCKERFILE: ./backend/Dockerfile.cloud
  DOCKER_PATH: ./
  PLATFORMS: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
jobs:
  setup_env:
    name: Set-up environment
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Debug Action
      uses: hmarr/debug-action@v3.0.0
    - name: Checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v4
      with:
        ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.ref }}
    - name: Set AWS Env & Image Tag per workflow
      run: |
        SHORT_SHA=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
        if [[ "$GITHUB_EVENT_NAME" == "push" ]]; then
            echo AWS_APPENV="$AWS_APP_NAME"-dev >> $GITHUB_ENV
            echo IMAGE_TAG=$SHORT_SHA >> $GITHUB_ENV
        fi
        if [[ "$GITHUB_EVENT_NAME" == "release" ]]; then
            RELEASE_TAG=$(git describe --tags)
            echo AWS_APPENV="$AWS_APP_NAME"-prod >> $GITHUB_ENV
            echo IMAGE_TAG=$RELEASE_TAG >> $GITHUB_ENV
        fi
        if [[ "$GITHUB_EVENT_NAME" == "workflow_dispatch" ]]; then
            INPUT_ENV=${{ github.event.inputs.env }}; INPUT_REF=${{ github.event.inputs.ref }}
            echo AWS_APPENV="$AWS_APP_NAME"-$INPUT_ENV >> $GITHUB_ENV
            echo IMAGE_TAG=$SHORT_SHA >> $GITHUB_ENV
        fi
    outputs:
          AWS_APPENV: ${{ env.AWS_APPENV }}
          IMAGE_TAG: ${{ env.IMAGE_TAG }}
  build:
    name: Build & Push Docker Image
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: [setup_env]
    steps:
    - name: Checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v4
      with:
        ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.ref }}
    - name: Configure AWS credentials
      uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
      with:
        aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
        aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
        aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_REGION }}
    - name: Login to ECR
      uses: docker/login-action@v3
      with:
        registry: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCOUNT_ID }}.dkr.ecr.${{ env.AWS_REGION }}.amazonaws.com
    - name: Set up QEMU
      uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
    - name: Set up Docker Buildx
      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
    - name: Build and push
      uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
      with:
        context: ${{ env.DOCKER_PATH }}
        file: ${{ env.DOCKERFILE }}
        platforms: ${{ env.PLATFORMS }}
        push: true
        tags: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCOUNT_ID }}.dkr.ecr.${{ env.AWS_REGION }}.amazonaws.com/${{ needs.setup_env.outputs.AWS_APPENV }}:${{ needs.setup_env.outputs.IMAGE_TAG }}, ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCOUNT_ID }}.dkr.ecr.${{ env.AWS_REGION }}.amazonaws.com/${{ needs.setup_env.outputs.AWS_APPENV }}:latest
  deploy:
    name: Deploy to AWS ECS
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: [setup_env, build]
    steps:
    - name: Configure AWS credentials
      uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
      with:
        aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
        aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
        aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_REGION }}
    - name: Login to Amazon ECR
      id: login-ecr
      uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v2
    - name: Pull Task Definition & write to file
      id: aws-task-definition
      run: |
        aws ecs describe-task-definition \
          --task-definition ${{ needs.setup_env.outputs.AWS_APPENV }} \
          --query taskDefinition | \
          jq 'del(.taskDefinitionArn,.revision,.status,.registeredBy,.registeredAt,.compatibilities,.requiresAttributes)' > task-def-backend.json
    - name: Interpolate new Docker Image into Task Definition
      id: task-definition
      uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecs-render-task-definition@v1
      with:
        task-definition: task-def-backend.json
        container-name: ${{ needs.setup_env.outputs.AWS_APPENV }}
        image: ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}/${{ needs.setup_env.outputs.AWS_APPENV }}:${{ needs.setup_env.outputs.IMAGE_TAG }}
    - name: Deploy Amazon ECS
      uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecs-deploy-task-definition@v2
      with:
        task-definition: ${{ steps.task-definition.outputs.task-definition }}
        service: ${{ needs.setup_env.outputs.AWS_APPENV }}
        cluster: infra-prod
        wait-for-service-stability: false
        wait-for-minutes: 7 minutes