AWS CDK Golang Docker Skeleton

This could be used as a base for any new AWS CDK project. It uses Docker dind as a base image & it includes a latest installation of following software:

• nodejs
• npm
• Go
• AWS CLI

It runs in a privileged mode due to use of docker inside the docker container. This allows CDK to build and publish docker images or synthesis Lambda's container runtime.

Useful Makefile Commands

There is a makefile at the root of this project, this would make running docker-compose.yml easier.

• make: Builds docker images (it ignores cached image & existing container)
• make up: Creates and runs docker container for cdk
• make down: Stops & Removes cdk container
• make cdk: Enter cdk container

Useful CDK Commands

Start a new CDK project using Golang inside the cdk container using make cdk and then you could run all cdk commands; including the ones demonstrated below.

mkdir deploy
cd deploy
cdk init app --language go

Links

• Getting Started with AWS CDK V2
• API Reference

Credits

• Hadi Tajallaei