Using ant with CodeBuild - build.xml does not exist and other questions for

Hi ernievd,

This could be a misconfiguration of the build source. Can you PM me a build ARN for a failing build? I'd be happy to look into this for you.

Thanks Joseph! Any help is appreciated!!

I figured out my issue - I zipped the build files from the folder level and not the root level. I re-zipped and it can now see the build.xml.

The next issue I have is that in my original build.xml it was getting the tomcat library files from my local computer - <fileset dir="/usr/local/tomcat/lib">

To overcome this I manually copied the files in that lib directory, put them in a new location in the zip file and then updated the build.xml to look at the new location. Is there any way to tell CodeBuild to look for files on the local computer or do i always have to have these tomcat files in the zipped file?

I built again with these changes and it looks like I am close! It failed for the following -

[Container] 2019/03/21 20:57:13 Phase complete: BUILD Success: true
[Container] 2019/03/21 20:57:13 Phase context status code: Message:
[Container] 2019/03/21 20:57:13 Entering phase POST_BUILD
[Container] 2019/03/21 20:57:13 Phase complete: POST_BUILD Success: true
[Container] 2019/03/21 20:57:13 Phase context status code: Message:
[Container] 2019/03/21 20:57:13 Expanding base directory path: .
[Container] 2019/03/21 20:57:13 Assembling file list
[Container] 2019/03/21 20:57:13 Expanding .
[Container] 2019/03/21 20:57:13 Expanding artifact file paths for base directory .
[Container] 2019/03/21 20:57:13 Assembling file list
[Container] 2019/03/21 20:57:13 Expanding myapp.jar
[Container] 2019/03/21 20:57:13 Skipping invalid artifact path myapp.jar
[Container] 2019/03/21 20:57:13 Phase complete: UPLOAD_ARTIFACTS Success: false
[Container] 2019/03/21 20:57:13 Phase context status code: CLIENT_ERROR Message: no matching artifact paths found

The arn is -
arn:aws:codebuild:us-east-1:499000881936:build/TroveBuild:db1f5206-228d-46aa-9450-82407546ad17

Hi ernievd,

You could build a customer docker image that has these files in the same area as you desktop. If you don't want to do this then putting them in your zip is a great solution.

Looks like your running into an issue where we can't find the artifact file that you specified named myapp.jar. I would do an ls and see if that file is in your base directory or if its somewhere else like bin/myapp.jar .
John

Isn't bin/myapp.jar what the build is creating?

I am very confused as to what the Artifact/name should be - isn't this what is being created from the build? It is asking for an ARN - how can there be an ARN for it when it is not created?

Also very confused as to what the Environment/Output files is? It is required but I have no idea what should go in this field? It states that output files can not be empty. Does this mean it wants all the class files that are being built? If so then this build is creating over 30 class files in multiple locations - that is a ton to list.

Thanks
Ernie

Hi ernievd,

You'll need the artifacts' files: section of your buildspec.yml to include the path to your jar. This is how CodeBuild determines which files should be considered artifacts. From your logs, it looks like the path may not be correct.

The Project configuration and artifact path/namespace/name tells CodeBuild where you want these artifacts to go after the build, and how you want them (re)named and packaged.