Create a build with files in Amazon S3 - Amazon GameLift Servers
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Create a build with files in Amazon S3

You can store your build files in Amazon S3 and upload them to Amazon GameLift Servers from there. When you create you build, you specify the S3 bucket location, and Amazon GameLift Servers retrieves the build files directly from Amazon S3.

To create a build resource

  1. Store your build files in Amazon S3. Create a .zip file containing the packaged build files and upload it to an S3 bucket in your Amazon Web Services account. Take note of the bucket label and the file name, you'll need these when creating a Amazon GameLift Servers build.

  2. Give Amazon GameLift Servers access to your build files. Create an IAM role by following the instructions in Access a game build file in Amazon S3. After you've created the role, take note of the new role's Amazon Resource Name (ARN), you'll need this when creating a build.

  3. Create a build. Use the Amazon GameLift Servers console or the Amazon CLI to create a new build record. You must have the PassRole permission, as described in IAM permission examples for Amazon GameLift Servers.

Console

  1. In the Amazon GameLift Servers console, in the navigation pane, choose Hosting, Builds.

  2. On the Builds page, choose Create build.

  3. On the Create build page, under Build settings, do the following:

    1. For Name, enter a script name.

    2. For Version, enter a version. Because you can update the content of a build, version data can help you track updates.

    3. For Operating system (OS), choose the OS of your game server build. You can't update this value later.

    4. For Game server build, enter the S3 URI of the build object that you uploaded to Amazon S3, and choose the Object version. If you don't remember the Amazon S3 URI and object version, choose Browse S3 and search for the build object.

    5. For IAM role, choose the role that you created that gives Amazon GameLift Servers access to your S3 bucket and build object.

  4. (Optional) Under Tags, add tags to the build by entering Key and Value pairs.

  5. Choose Create.

Amazon GameLift Servers assigns an ID to the new build and uploads the designated .zip file. You can view the new build, including the status, on the Builds page.

Amazon CLI

To define the new build and upload your server build files, use the create-build command.

  1. Open a command line window and switch to a directory where you can use the Amazon CLI.

  2. Enter the following create-build command:

    aws gamelift create-build \
    --name user-defined name of build \
    --server-sdk-version server SDK for Amazon GameLift Servers version \
    --operating-system supported OS \
    --build-version user-defined build number \
    --storage-location "Bucket"=S3 bucket label,"Key"=Build .zip file name,"RoleArn"=Access role ARN} \
    --region region name

    • name – A descriptive name for the new build.

    • server-sdk-version – The version of the server SDK for Amazon GameLift Servers you used to integrate your game server with Amazon GameLift Servers. If you don't provide a value, Amazon GameLift Servers uses the default value 4.0.2.

    • operating-system – The game server build's runtime environment. You must specify an OS value. You can't update this later.

    • build-version – The version details for the build files. This information can be useful because each new version of your game server requires a new build resource.

    • storage-location

      • Bucket – The name of the S3 bucket that contains your build. For example, "my_build_files".

      • Key – The name of the .zip file that contains your build files. For example, "my_game_build_7.0.1, 7.0.2".

      • RoleARN – The ARN assigned to the IAM role that you created. For example, "arn:aws-cn:iam::111122223333:role/GameLiftAccess". For an example policy, see Access a game build file in Amazon S3.

    • region – Create the build in the Amazon Region where you plan to deploy fleets. If you're deploying your game in multiple Regions, create a build in each Region.

      Note

      We recommend checking your current default Region using the configure get command. To change your default Region, use the configure set command.

    Example

    aws gamelift create-build \
    --operating-system WINDOWS_2016 \
    --storage-location "Bucket"="my_game_build_files","Key"="mygame_build_101.zip","RoleArn"="arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/gamelift" \
    --name "My Game Nightly Build" \
    --build-version "build 101" \
    --region us-west-2

  3. To view the new build, use the describe-build command.