0. bare clone this repo git clone --bare ${THISREPO}
1. add a new stack in cloudformation, and use pipeline_template.yml as template.
2. when the stack reach CREATE_COMPLETE you can delete pipeline_template.yml.
3. git init and upload codebase to freshly created repo (git remote add $repo etc etc)

whenever a commit is made to the master branch of the created repository, the pipeline will start.

1. Commit on master
2. Builds bundle zip on s3
3. Builds via codebuild in container app
4. Computes CFN changeset if any
5. Execute Changeset

The app is a node js lambda example. It exposes two simple paths, you can GET /env and POST /test. Edit as needed. Note that you'll need to define the api endpoints in the template.yml as well if you want to see them exposed on the gateway. Or edit the template.yml to use a swagger file, and update that as you go.

Most of the code is adapted from AWS continuous deployment for serverless applications;