Electronic Prescription Service AWS Dashboards

This is the code for the EPS AWS Dashboards.

• packages/cdk/ Contains the cdk code used to define the stacks.
• scripts/ Utilities helpful to developers of this specification.
• .devcontainer Contains a dockerfile and vscode devcontainer definition.
• .github Contains github workflows that are used for building and deploying from pull requests and releases.
• .vscode Contains vscode workspace file.

Contributing

Contributions to this project are welcome from anyone, providing that they conform to the guidelines for contribution and the community code of conduct.

Licensing

This code is dual licensed under the MIT license and the OGL (Open Government License). Any new work added to this repository must conform to the conditions of these licenses. In particular this means that this project may not depend on GPL-licensed or AGPL-licensed libraries, as these would violate the terms of those libraries' licenses.

The contents of this repository are protected by Crown Copyright (C).

Development

It is recommended that you use visual studio code and a devcontainer as this will install all necessary components and correct versions of tools and languages.
See https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/devcontainers/containers for details on how to set this up on your host machine.
There is also a workspace file in .vscode that should be opened once you have started the devcontainer. The workspace file can also be opened outside of a devcontainer if you wish.

All commits must be made using signed commits

Once the steps at the link above have been completed. Add to your ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf as below:

use-agent
pinentry-mode loopback

and to your ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf as below:

allow-loopback-pinentry

As described here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/59170001

You will need to create the files, if they do not already exist. This will ensure that your VSCode bash terminal prompts you for your GPG key password.

You can cache the gpg key passphrase by following instructions at https://superuser.com/questions/624343/keep-gnupg-credentials-cached-for-entire-user-session

Setup

Ensure you have the following lines in the file .envrc

export AWS_DEFAULT_PROFILE=prescription-dev
export stack_name=<UNIQUE_NAME_FOR_YOU>

UNIQUE_NAME_FOR_YOU should be a unique name for you with no underscores in it - eg anthony-brown-1

Once you have saved .envrc, start a new terminal in vscode and run this command to authenticate against AWS

make aws-configure

Put the following values in:

SSO session name (Recommended): sso-session
SSO start URL [None]: <USE VALUE OF SSO START URL FROM AWS LOGIN COMMAND LINE ACCESS INSTRUCTIONS ACCESSED FROM https://myapps.microsoft.com>
SSO region [None]: eu-west-2
SSO registration scopes [sso:account:access]:

This will then open a browser window and you should authenticate with your hscic credentials You should then select the development account and set default region to be eu-west-2.

You will now be able to use AWS and CDK CLI commands to access the dev account. You can also use the AWS extension to view resources.

When the token expires, you may need to reauthorise using make aws-login

CI Setup

The GitHub Actions require a secret to exist on the repo called "SONAR_TOKEN". This can be obtained from SonarCloud as described here. You will need the "Execute Analysis" permission for the project (NHSDigital_eps-aws-dashboards) in order for the token to work.

Continuous deployment for testing

You can run the following command to deploy the code to AWS for testing

make cdk-watch

This will take a few minutes to deploy - you will see a message saying deployment complete when it has finished.

Note - the command will keep running and should not be stopped.

Any code changes you make are automatically uploaded to AWS while make cdk-watch is running allowing you to quickly test any changes you make

Pre-commit hooks

Some pre-commit hooks are installed as part of the install above, to run basic lint checks and ensure you can't accidentally commit invalid changes. The pre-commit hook uses python package pre-commit and is configured in the file .pre-commit-config.yaml. A combination of these checks are also run in CI.

Make commands

There are make commands that are run as part of the CI pipeline and help alias some functionality during development.

install targets

• install-node Installs node dependencies.
• install-python Installs python dependencies.
• install-hooks Installs git pre commit hooks.
• install Runs all install targets.

CDK targets

These are used to do common commands related to cdk.

• cdk-deploy Builds and deploys the code to AWS.
• cdk-synth Converts the CDK code to cloudformation templates.
• cdk-diff Runs cdk diff comparing the deployed stack with local CDK code to see differences.
• cdk-watch Syncs the code and CDK templates to AWS. This keeps running and automatically uploads changes to AWS.
• build-deployment-container-image Creates a container with all code necessary to run cdk deploy.

Clean and deep-clean targets

• clean Clears up any files that have been generated by building or testing locally.
• deep-clean Runs clean target and also removes any node_modules and python libraries installed locally.

Linting and testing

• lint Runs lint for all code.
• lint-node Runs lint for node code.
• test Runs unit tests for all code.
• cfn-guard runs cfn-guard for cloudformation templates generated by cdk synth.

Compiling

• compile Compiles all code.
• compile-node Runs tsc to compile typescript code.

Check licenses

• check-licenses Checks licenses for all packages used - calls check-licenses-node, check-licenses-python.
• check-licenses-node Checks licenses for all node code.
• check-licenses-python Checks licenses for all python code.

CLI Login to AWS

• aws-configure Configures a connection to AWS.
• aws-login Reconnects to AWS from a previously configured connection.

Github folder

This .github folder contains workflows and templates related to GitHub, along with actions and scripts pertaining to Jira.

• pull_request_template.md Template for pull requests.
• dependabot.yml Dependabot definition file.

Actions are in the .github/actions folder:

• mark_jira_released Action to mark Jira issues as released.
• update_confluence_jira Action to update Confluence with Jira issues.

Scripts are in the .github/scripts folder:

• call_mark_jira_released.sh Calls a Lambda function to mark Jira issues as released.
• create_env_release_notes.sh Generates release notes for a specific environment using a Lambda function.
• create_int_rc_release_notes.sh Creates release notes for integration environment using a Lambda function.
• delete_stacks.sh Checks and deletes active CloudFormation stacks associated with closed pull requests.
• get_current_dev_tag.sh Retrieves the current development tag and sets it as an environment variable.
• get_target_deployed_tag.sh Retrieves the currently deployed tag and sets it as an environment variable.

Workflows are in the .github/workflows folder:

• ci.yml Workflow that runs on merges to main branch and releases to dev and qa environments.
• delete_old_cloudformation_stacks.yml Workflow for deleting old cloud formation stacks. Runs daily.
• dependabot_auto_approve_and_merge.yml Workflow to auto merge dependabot updates.
• pr_title_check.yml This workflow checks the pull request title has the correct format.
• pr-link.yml This workflow template links Pull Requests to Jira tickets and runs when a pull request is opened.
• pull_request.yml Called when pull request is opened or updated. Calls package_code and release_code to build and deploy the code. Deploys to dev AWS account. The main stack deployed adopts the naming convention dashboards-pr-<PULL_REQUEST_ID>
• quality_checks.yml Calls a reusable workflow for executing quality checks from EPS Workflow Quality Checks repo. It includes steps for checking licenses, linting code, running tests, and performing a SonarCloud scan.
• release.yml Creates a new release tag and deploys to all environments
• cdk_package_code.yml Packages code into a docker image and uploads to a github artifact for later deployment.
• cdk_release_code.yml Release code built by cdk_package_code.yml to an environment.