Deploy to lightsail from gitlab

.yml

deploy_to_lightsail:
  stage: deploy

  services:
    - name: docker:dind
      entrypoint: ['env', '-u', 'DOCKER_HOST']
      command: ['dockerd-entrypoint.sh']

  before_script:
    # 1. Install AWSCLIv2 (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60298619/awscli-version-2-on-alpine-linux#answer-61268529)
    - chmod +x ./alpine.awscliv2.install.sh
    - ./alpine.awscliv2.install.sh
    - aws --version
    # 2. Install LightsailCTL Plugin (https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/docs/en_us/articles/amazon-lightsail-install-software)
    - apk --no-cache add curl jq
    - curl https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/lightsailctl/latest/linux-amd64/lightsailctl -o /usr/local/bin/lightsailctl
    - chmod +x /usr/local/bin/lightsailctl

  script: 
    # 3. Download the docker image for this pipeline
    - docker info
    - echo "$GITLAB_PERSONAL_TOKEN" | docker login -u igiagante --password-stdin ${GITLAB_REGISTRY}
    - docker pull ${GITLAB_IMAGE}

    - aws configure set aws_access_key_id AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
    - aws configure set aws_secret_access_key AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
    - aws configure set default.region AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
    - cat ~/.aws/credentials

    # 4. Upload the docker image for this pipeline
    - aws lightsail push-container-image 
        --service-name ${SERVICE_NAME} 
        --label axis
        --image registry.gitlab.com/igiagante/axis/develop:latest
        --region us-east-1

    # 5. Get the uploaded image (its different every time)
    - PIPELINE_IMAGE_TAG=$(aws lightsail get-container-images --service ${SERVICE_NAME} | jq -r .containerImages[0].image)

    # 6. Create a deployment with the uploaded docker image
    - aws lightsail create-container-service-deployment >/dev/null
        --service-name ${SERVICE_NAME}
        --containers "{\"$SERVICE_NAME\":{\"image\":\"$PIPELINE_IMAGE_TAG\",\"ports\":{\"3308\":\"HTTP\"}}}"
        --public-endpoint "{\"containerName\":\"$SERVICE_NAME\",\"containerPort\":3308,\"healthCheck\":{\"path\":\"/\"}}"

  only:
    - lightsail

Error:

I tested the same command locally and it works perfectly using the same aws credentials.

Hiya, I think you forgot to put a $ before the following:

    - aws configure set aws_access_key_id $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
    - aws configure set aws_secret_access_key $AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
    - aws configure set default.region $AWS_DEFAULT_REGION

And you probably want to:

  - echo $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
  - aws configure list

To find out which user you are logging into AWS as.

Hi @sdesalas, I've just put the name of the vars as example. Basically, I'm putting the values as hardcode. It's not a problem of reading vars from Git Env. The issue is that when I try to execute any aws command, it does not work because there wasnt a successful authentication.

Try using env variables instead of setting the values with aws configure:

deploy_to_lightsail:
  stage: deploy
  variables: 
    AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: <YOUR ACCESS KEY>
    AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: <YOUR ACCESS KEY>
    AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: <YOUR ACCESS KEY>

You can even put them in Settings > CI/CD Pipelines which is a bit better as they are not sitting around in code.