Setting up dependencies between actions - Amazon CodeCatalyst

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Setting up dependencies between actions

Use the following instructions to set up dependencies between actions in a workflow.

When configuring dependencies, follow these guidelines:

  • If an action is inside a group, that action can only depend on other actions within the same group.

  • Actions and action groups can depend on other actions and action groups at the same level in the YAML hierarchy, but not at a different level.

Visual
To set up dependencies using the visual editor

  1. Open the CodeCatalyst console at https://codecatalyst.aws/.

  2. Choose your project.

  3. In the navigation pane, choose CI/CD, and then choose Workflows.

  4. Choose the name of your workflow. You can filter by the source repository or branch name where the workflow is defined, or filter by workflow name or status.

  5. Choose Edit.

  6. Choose Visual.

  7. In the workflow diagram, choose the action that will depend on another action.

  8. Choose the Inputs tab.

  9. In Depends on - optional, do the following:

    Specify an action, action group, or gate that must run successfully in order for this action to run.

    For more information about the 'depends on' functionality, see Sequencing actions.

  10. (Optional) Choose Validate to validate the workflow's YAML code before committing.

  11. Choose Commit, enter a commit message, and choose Commit again.

YAML
To set up dependencies using the YAML editor

  1. Open the CodeCatalyst console at https://codecatalyst.aws/.

  2. Choose your project.

  3. In the navigation pane, choose CI/CD, and then choose Workflows.

  4. Choose the name of your workflow. You can filter by the source repository or branch name where the workflow is defined, or filter by workflow name or status.

  5. Choose Edit.

  6. Choose YAML.

  7. In an action that will depend on another, add code similar to the following:

    action-name:
  DependsOn:
    - action-1

    For more examples, see Examples of how to configure dependencies between actions. For general guidelines, see Setting up dependencies between actions. For more information, see the description of the DependsOn property in the Workflow YAML definition for your action.

  8. (Optional) Choose Validate to validate the workflow's YAML code before committing.

  9. Choose Commit, enter a commit message, and choose Commit again.