How can I use launch templates to automatically install the CodeDeploy agent on an Amazon EC2 instance running Amazon Linux or Ubuntu?

Resolution

When you create a launch template, use the User data field to add a configuration script that runs when the instance starts. The shell script installs the CodeDeploy agent for all AWS Regions and supported Amazon Linux and Ubuntu distributions.

To configure CodeDeploy to auto update on boot, set the AUTOUPDATE variable to true. For example, add the following configuration script in the Amazon EC2 User data field based on your instance metadata version.

Important: The following script works only in EC2 for Linux. In Windows environments, the script fails.

IMSDv1:

// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0

#!/bin/bash -xe

## CodeDeploy Agent Bootstrap Script##

exec > >(tee /var/log/user-data.log|logger -t user-data -s 2>/dev/console) 2>&1AUTOUPDATE=false

function installdep(){

if [ ${PLAT} = "ubuntu" ]; then
  apt-get -y update
  # Satisfying even ubuntu older versions.
  apt-get -y install jq awscli ruby2.0 || apt-get -y install jq awscli ruby

elif [ ${PLAT} = "amz" ]; then
  yum -y update
  yum install -y aws-cli ruby jq
fi
}
function platformize(){
#Linux OS detection#
 if hash lsb_release; then
   echo "Ubuntu server OS detected"
   export PLAT="ubuntu"

elif hash yum; then
  echo "Amazon Linux detected"
  export PLAT="amz"

 else
   echo "Unsupported release"
   exit 1
 fi
}

function execute(){

if [ ${PLAT} = "ubuntu" ]; then
  cd /tmp/
  wget https://aws-codedeploy-${REGION}.s3.amazonaws.com/latest/install
  chmod +x ./install

  if ./install auto; then
    echo "Installation completed"
      if ! ${AUTOUPDATE}; then
            echo "Disabling Auto Update"
            sed -i '/@reboot/d' /etc/cron.d/codedeploy-agent-update
            chattr +i /etc/cron.d/codedeploy-agent-update
            rm -f /tmp/install
      fi
    exit 0
  else
    echo "Installation script failed, please investigate"
    rm -f /tmp/install
    exit 1
  fi

elif [ ${PLAT} = "amz" ]; then

  cd /tmp/
  wget https://aws-codedeploy-${REGION}.s3.amazonaws.com/latest/install
  chmod +x ./install
    if ./install auto; then
      echo "Installation completed"
        if ! ${AUTOUPDATE}; then
            echo "Disabling auto update"
            sed -i '/@reboot/d' /etc/cron.d/codedeploy-agent-update
            chattr +i /etc/cron.d/codedeploy-agent-update
            rm -f /tmp/install
        fi
      exit 0
    else
      echo "Installation script failed, please investigate"
      rm -f /tmp/install
      exit 1
    fi
else  echo "Unsupported platform ''${PLAT}''"
fi
}
platformize
installdep
REGION=$(curl -s 169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/document | jq -r ".region")
execute

IMSDv2:

// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0

#!/bin/bash -xe

## CodeDeploy Agent Bootstrap Script##

exec > >(tee /var/log/user-data.log|logger -t user-data -s 2>/dev/console) 2>&1
AUTOUPDATE=false

function installdep(){

if [ ${PLAT} = "ubuntu" ]; then

  apt-get -y update
  # Satisfying even ubuntu older versions.
  apt-get -y install jq awscli ruby2.0 || apt-get -y install jq awscli ruby

elif [ ${PLAT} = "amz" ]; then
  yum -y update
  yum install -y aws-cli ruby jq

fi
}
function platformize(){

#Linux OS detection#
 if hash lsb_release; then
   echo "Ubuntu server OS detected"
   export PLAT="ubuntu"

elif hash yum; then
  echo "Amazon Linux detected"
  export PLAT="amz"

 else
   echo "Unsupported release"
   exit 1
 fi
}

function execute(){
if [ ${PLAT} = "ubuntu" ]; then

  cd /tmp/
  wget https://aws-codedeploy-${REGION}.s3.amazonaws.com/latest/install
  chmod +x ./install

  if ./install auto; then
    echo "Installation completed"
      if ! ${AUTOUPDATE}; then
            echo "Disabling Auto Update"
            sed -i '/@reboot/d' /etc/cron.d/codedeploy-agent-update
            chattr +i /etc/cron.d/codedeploy-agent-update
            rm -f /tmp/install
      fi
    exit 0
  else
    echo "Installation script failed, please investigate"
    rm -f /tmp/install
    exit 1
  fi

elif [ ${PLAT} = "amz" ]; then
  cd /tmp/
  wget https://aws-codedeploy-${REGION}.s3.amazonaws.com/latest/install
  chmod +x ./install

    if ./install auto; then
      echo "Installation completed"
        if ! ${AUTOUPDATE}; then
            echo "Disabling auto update"
            sed -i '/@reboot/d' /etc/cron.d/codedeploy-agent-update
            chattr +i /etc/cron.d/codedeploy-agent-update
            rm -f /tmp/install
        fi
      exit 0
    else
      echo "Installation script failed, please investigate"
      rm -f /tmp/install
      exit 1
    fi

else
  echo "Unsupported platform ''${PLAT}''"
fi

}

platformize
installdep
TOKEN=`curl -X PUT "http://169.254.169.254/latest/api/token" -H "X-aws-ec2-metadata-token-ttl-seconds: 21600"`
REGION=$(curl -H "X-aws-ec2-metadata-token: $TOKEN"  -v http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/document | jq -r ".region")
execute

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