AWS CodeCommit Repository That Triggers Email Notifications

March 30, 2021 / Nirav Shah

Here, the QA team notified each time when there is some change in the source code repository.

Below is the practice scenario,

Step 1 : Open the CodeCommit console.

On the Repositories page, click Create repository.

On the Create Repositories page, set the following values:

Step 2 : Create an index.html file

Step 3 : Create an Amazon SNS Topic.

Navigate to Amazon SNS.

1. On the homepage, enter the topic name in the Create Topic section and click the Next step.
2. On the Create topic page, enter the topic name in Display Name to use the topic with Email subscriptions.
3. Leave the rest as their defaults and click Create topic.

Click Create

Step 4 :

1. From the Subscriptions page, click Create subscription.
2. On the Create subscriptions page, set the following values:
   • Protocol: Email
   • Endpoint: Enter your email address
3. Click Create a subscription to send a confirmation message to the registered email.
4. Open the AWS Subscription Confirmation email and click Confirm subscription.

Step 5 : Subscribe to the Topic.

Open your Email address and subscribe to the topic.

After Subscription, you will see it on the console.

Step 6 : Create a Topic Trigger

1. Navigate to AWS CodeCommit.
2. From the Repository page, select the newly created repository.
3. From the left menu, click Source > Settings.
4. Click Triggers > Create trigger.

Step 7 : Now do some changes to the main repository. When you do some change it will trigger the SNS topic and you will get an email notification that someone has changed in the repository.

Hence you will get all the notifications via Email when someone going to change your main Repository.

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