Run buildspec commands for the INSTALL, PRE_BUILD, and POST_BUILD phases - AWS CodeBuild

Run buildspec commands for the INSTALL, PRE_BUILD, and POST_BUILD phases

By default, CodeBuild ignores any buildspec commands when running a self-hosted Buildkite runner build. To run buildspec commands during the build, 

buildspec-override: "true"

can be added as a suffix to the label:

agents:
  project: "codebuild-<project name>"
  buildspec-override: "true"

By using this command, CodeBuild will create a folder called buildkite-runner in the container's primary source folder. When the Buildkite runner starts during the BUILD phase, the runner will run in the buildkite-runner directory.

There are several limitations when using a buildspec override in a self-hosted Buildkite build:

  • The Buildkite agent requires that source credentials exist within the build environment to pull the job’s source repository. If you use CodeBuild source credentials for authentication, you will need to enable git-credential-helper in your buildspec. For example, you can use the following buildspec to enable git-credential-helper for your Buildkite builds:

    version: 0.2
env:
  git-credential-helper: yes
phases:
  pre_build:
    commands:
       - echo "Hello World"

  • CodeBuild will not run buildspec commands during the BUILD phase, as the self-hosted runner runs in the BUILD phase.

  • CodeBuild does not support buildspec files for Buildkite runner builds. Only inline buildspecs are supported for Buildlkite self-hosted runners

  • If a build command fails in the PRE_BUILD or INSTALL phase, CodeBuild will not start the self-hosted runner and the Buildkite job will need to be cancelled manually.