A Quick Guide deploying AWS Fargate Application using CICD Pipeline with Blue/Green Deployment

Amit Rai
8 min readFeb 6, 2024

Automating a Blue/Green Deployment Process with AWS CI/CD Pipeline using AWS CloudFormation (IaC)

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In the fast-paced world of technology, where innovations and developments rapidly transform our surroundings, staying ahead in software development necessitates the adoption of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. These pipelines are crucial for streamlining the software delivery process. Furthermore, AWS Fargate, a component of Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), offers a serverless computing environment for containers. This enables developers to rapidly develop applications without the burden of managing the infrastructure.

This guide will walk you through deploying applications on AWS Fargate utilizing a CI/CD pipeline that incorporates blue/green deployment strategies, facilitating smooth updates to your application with minimal service interruptions.

Architecture Overview

The constructed architecture utilizes AWS services including CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodePipeline, ECS with Fargate, and Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) to support a blue/green deployment approach. This strategy minimizes deployment risks by maintaining two parallel environments; only one serves…

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Amit Rai

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