# cdk-assets --- ![cdk-constructs: Stable](https://img.shields.io/badge/cdk--constructs-stable-success.svg?style=for-the-badge) --- A tool for publishing CDK assets to AWS environments. ## Overview `cdk-assets` requires an asset manifest file called `assets.json`, in a CDK CloudAssembly (`cdk.out/assets.json`). It will take the assets listed in the manifest, prepare them as required and upload them to the locations indicated in the manifest. Currently the following asset types are supported: * Files and archives, uploaded to S3 * Docker Images, uploaded to ECR * Files, archives, and Docker images built by external utilities S3 buckets and ECR repositories to upload to are expected to exist already. We expect assets to be immutable, and we expect that immutability to be reflected both in the asset ID and in the destination location. This reflects itself in the following behaviors: * If the indicated asset already exists in the given destination location, it will not be packaged and uploaded. * If some locally cached artifact (depending on the asset type a file or an image in the local Docker cache) already exists named after the asset's ID, it will not be packaged, but will be uploaded directly to the destination location. For assets build by external utilities, the contract is such that cdk-assets expects the utility to manage dedupe detection as well as path/image tag generation. This means that cdk-assets will call the external utility every time generation is warranted, and it is up to the utility to a) determine whether to do a full rebuild; and b) to return only one thing on stdout: the path to the file/archive asset, or the name of the local Docker image. ## Usage The `cdk-asset` tool can be used programmatically and via the CLI. Use programmatic access if you need more control over authentication than the default [`aws-sdk`](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-js) implementation allows. Command-line use looks like this: ```console $ cdk-assets /path/to/cdk.out [ASSET:DEST] [ASSET] [:DEST] [...] ``` Credentials will be taken from the `AWS_ACCESS_KEY...` environment variables or the `default` profile (or another profile if `AWS_PROFILE` is set). A subset of the assets and destinations can be uploaded by specifying their asset IDs or destination IDs. ## Manifest Example An asset manifest looks like this: ```json { "version": "1.22.0", "files": { "7aac5b80b050e7e4e168f84feffa5893": { "source": { "path": "some_directory", "packaging": "zip" }, "destinations": { "us-east-1": { "region": "us-east-1", "assumeRoleArn": "arn:aws:iam::12345789012:role/my-account", "bucketName": "MyBucket", "objectKey": "7aac5b80b050e7e4e168f84feffa5893.zip" } } }, "3dfe2b80b050e7e4e168f84feff678d4": { "source": { "executable": ["myzip"] }, "destinations": { "us-east-1": { "region": "us-east-1", "assumeRoleArn": "arn:aws:iam::12345789012:role/my-account", "bucketName": "MySpecialBucket", "objectKey": "3dfe2b80b050e7e4e168f84feff678d4.zip" } } }, }, "dockerImages": { "b48783c58a86f7b8c68a4591c4f9be31": { "source": { "directory": "dockerdir", }, "destinations": { "us-east-1": { "region": "us-east-1", "assumeRoleArn": "arn:aws:iam::12345789012:role/my-account", "repositoryName": "MyRepository", "imageTag": "b48783c58a86f7b8c68a4591c4f9be31", "imageUri": "123456789012.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/MyRepository:1234567891b48783c58a86f7b8c68a4591c4f9be31", } } }, "d92753c58a86f7b8c68a4591c4f9cf28": { "source": { "executable": ["mytool", "package", "dockerdir"], }, "destinations": { "us-east-1": { "region": "us-east-1", "assumeRoleArn": "arn:aws:iam::12345789012:role/my-account", "repositoryName": "MyRepository2", "imageTag": "d92753c58a86f7b8c68a4591c4f9cf28", "imageUri": "123456789987.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/MyRepository2:1234567891b48783c58a86f7b8c68a4591c4f9be31", } } } } } ``` ### Placeholders The `destination` block of an asset manifest may contain the following region and account placeholders: * `${AWS::Region}` * `${AWS::AccountId}` These will be substituted with the region and account IDs currently configured on the AWS SDK (through environment variables or `~/.aws/...` config files). * The `${AWS::AccountId}` placeholder will *not* be re-evaluated after performing the `AssumeRole` call. * If `${AWS::Region}` is used, it will principally be replaced with the value in the `region` key. If the default region is intended, leave the `region` key out of the manifest at all. ## Docker image credentials For Docker image asset publishing, `cdk-assets` will `docker login` with credentials from ECR GetAuthorizationToken prior to building and publishing, so that the Dockerfile can reference images in the account's ECR repo. `cdk-assets` can also be configured to read credentials from both ECR and SecretsManager prior to build by creating a credential configuration at '~/.cdk/cdk-docker-creds.json' (override this location by setting the CDK_DOCKER_CREDS_FILE environment variable). The credentials file has the following format: ```json { "version": "1.0", "domainCredentials": { "domain1.example.com": { "secretsManagerSecretId": "mySecret", // Can be the secret ID or full ARN "roleArn": "arn:aws:iam::0123456789012:role/my-role" // (Optional) role with permissions to the secret }, "domain2.example.com": { "ecrRepository": true, "roleArn": "arn:aws:iam::0123456789012:role/my-role" // (Optional) role with permissions to the repo } } } ``` If the credentials file is present, `docker` will be configured to use the `docker-credential-cdk-assets` credential helper for each of the domains listed in the file. This helper will assume the role provided (if present), and then fetch the login credentials from either SecretsManager or ECR. ## Using Drop-in Docker Replacements By default, the AWS CDK will build and publish Docker image assets using the `docker` command. However, by specifying the `CDK_DOCKER` environment variable, you can override the command that will be used to build and publish your assets.