Create a Git connection

Configure your AWS account and Preferred Git Provider

To connect Git to AWS, you need to create a Git connection on your Clouddley account. This is what links your code with AWS to make deployments seamless. Follow these instructions to set it up.

  1. Click on Settings on the main menu.

  2. Click On Git Connections

  3. To create a new connection, Click on CREATE CONNECTION

You should see the information below

  1. We now need to configure the same GitHub Account to AWS

Ensure you connect the same account for this step if you connected a example user or organization for Clouddley. Please use the same example user or organization for AWS.

  1. Configure the following git provider you want to use. Select GitHub as your preferred provider.

  2. Enter the connection name. Select your preferred region for your app deployments. Finally, select the Cloud Secret Key you want to use for this connection.

  3. Go ahead and Connect it.

You have successfully created a Git connection!

  1. Head over to your AWS console by clicking on the FINISH button. You should see the following:

  1. Select the connection name you created, click on the Actions dropdown, and select Complete handshake.

  2. A popup asking to Configure and Install the AWS Connector for GitHub should appear.

  1. You should see a notification showing Handshake complete. You will also notice that the status of your connection is now Available. This is what it looks like below:

  1. Head over to Clouddley. You will see your connection name showing Pending. Click on the refresh logo beside the connection name to sync the changes. Your status will change to Available.

You are all set and done, and Well Done!

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