AWS Coder Workshop GitOps

AWS Workshop Demo of GitOps flow for Coder Template Admin

Overview

A demonstration project showcasing GitOps workflows and best practices for Coder administration. This repo is meant to be used in conjunction with our Kubernetes Devcontainer template, which creates a Coder Workspace a Coder Admin can use for deployment and template administration. The .devcontainer specification contained in this repo will deploy a Workspace that has terraform, helm, and kubectl utilities provisioned that are commonly used by Platform Engineering teams supporting Coder.

IaC is provided as terraform scripts along with bash script templates_gitops.sh that enable Coder templates to be created and versioned within this repo using a terraform-based GitOps flow.

Prerequisites

Coder 2.X deployment on K8S
Coder Admin User access
Kubernetes Devcontainer template installed

Setup Instructions

Fork or copy this repo into your own Git account
Create a Workspace from the Kubernetes Devcontainer template
Use the repo you forked/copied for the Repository parameter of the created Workspace

GitOps Workflow

The GitOps workflow implemented in this demo uses terraform IaC, the Coder CLI, and a supplied bash script:

template_versions.tf - Coder Template resource definitions
templates/.. - Subdirectory for Coder Template IaC source code referenced in template_versions.tf
From Coder Workspace, open a terminal and cd to templates
Initialize your Workspace terraform environment

terraform init

Use the Coder CLI, and login into Coder and obtain Coder Session Token

coder login $CODER_AGENT_URL

Create and update templates defined in template_versions.tf

./templates_gitops.sh <Coder Session Token>

Coder Templates

Five specialized workspace templates for AWS development:

Linux Q Developer: AI-powered development with Amazon Q Developer CLI
Linux SAM: Serverless development with AWS SAM CLI on ARM64
Windows DCV: Windows development with NICE DCV remote desktop
Kubernetes with Claude Code: Cloud-native development with AI task automation
RAG with Claude Code: RAG application prototyping with vector database

Workshop Content

📚 AI-Driven Development Workflows

Workshop content from the AWS Modernization with Coder workshop, featuring:

AI-powered development with Amazon Q Developer and Claude Code
Hands-on exercises for AI-assisted feature development
Task automation workflows and best practices

Features

Demonstrates Coder Kubernetes Devcontainer Workspaces for Platform Engineering
Implements basic GitOps workflow for Coder Template administration using Coder CLI, Terraform, and Git for template change management
Includes comprehensive workshop content for AI-driven development workflows
Provides specialized templates for various AWS development scenarios
Other template sources available at the Coder Template Registry

coder/aws-coder-workshop-gitops