I am trying to run batch files to stop/start console apps within a windows ec2 instance upon deployment using CodeDeploy. For testing, I wrote a batch script to run a program that produces a simple text file. This batch script is listed under the ApplicationStart hook of my appspec.yml file. For some reason the text file is not being produced. My assumption is that the script isn't being run. Not sure on how to resolve this issue.
appspec.yml:
version: 0.0
os: windows
files:
- source: /
destination: /source/app
hooks:
ApplicationStart:
- location: .\application_start.bat
timeout: 300
application_start.bat
START C:\source\app\ConsoleApp1\bin\Release\ConsoleApp1.exe
I checked the script after deploying it and was able to run it manually just fine. What might I be missing?
I am also running through the free tier version of the ec2 and code deploy. Could this have caused an impact on the batch files not running?