feat(aws-codepipeline, aws-cloudformation): support cross-region Pipelines for CFN Actions

packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudformation/lib/pipeline-actions.ts

@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@ export interface PipelineCloudFormationActionProps extends codepipeline.CommonAc
    * @default Automatically generated artifact name.
    */
   outputArtifactName?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * The AWS region the given Action resides in.
+   * Note that a cross-region Pipeline requires replication buckets to function correctly.
+   * You can provide their names with the {@link PipelineProps#crossRegionReplicationBuckets} property.
+   * If you don't, the CodePipeline Construct will create new Stacks in your CDK app containing those buckets,
+   * that you will need to `cdk deploy` before deploying the main, Pipeline-containing Stack.
+   *
+   * @default the Action resides in the same region as the Pipeline
+   */
+  region?: string;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -50,6 +61,7 @@ export abstract class PipelineCloudFormationAction extends codepipeline.Action {
     super(parent, id, {
       stage: props.stage,
       runOrder: props.runOrder,
+      region: props.region,
       artifactBounds: {
         minInputs: 0,
         maxInputs: 10,
@@ -358,14 +370,6 @@ export enum CloudFormationCapabilities {
   NamedIAM = 'CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM'
 }
 
-function stackArnFromName(stackName: string): string {
-  return cdk.ArnUtils.fromComponents({
-    service: 'cloudformation',
-    resource: 'stack',
-    resourceName: `${stackName}/*`
-  });
-}
-
 /**
  * Manages a bunch of singleton-y statements on the policy of an IAM Role.
  * Dedicated methods can be used to add specific permissions to the role policy
@@ -394,23 +398,14 @@ class SingletonPolicy extends cdk.Construct {
     super(role, SingletonPolicy.UUID);
   }
 
-  public grantCreateUpdateStack(props: { stackName: string, replaceOnFailure?: boolean }): void {
-    const actions = [
-      'cloudformation:DescribeStack*',
-      'cloudformation:CreateStack',
-      'cloudformation:UpdateStack',
-      'cloudformation:GetTemplate*',
-      'cloudformation:ValidateTemplate',
-      'cloudformation:GetStackPolicy',
-      'cloudformation:SetStackPolicy',
-    ];
-    if (props.replaceOnFailure) {
-      actions.push('cloudformation:DeleteStack');
-    }
-    this.statementFor({ actions }).addResource(stackArnFromName(props.stackName));
+  public grantExecuteChangeSet(props: { stackName: string, changeSetName: string, region?: string }): void {
+    this.statementFor({
+      actions: ['cloudformation:ExecuteChangeSet'],
+      conditions: { StringEquals: { 'cloudformation:ChangeSetName': props.changeSetName } },
+    }).addResource(stackArnFromProps(props));
   }
 
-  public grantCreateReplaceChangeSet(props: { stackName: string, changeSetName: string }): void {
+  public grantCreateReplaceChangeSet(props: { stackName: string, changeSetName: string, region?: string }): void {
     this.statementFor({
       actions: [
         'cloudformation:CreateChangeSet',
@@ -419,23 +414,32 @@ class SingletonPolicy extends cdk.Construct {
         'cloudformation:DescribeStacks',
       ],
       conditions: { StringEqualsIfExists: { 'cloudformation:ChangeSetName': props.changeSetName } },
-    }).addResource(stackArnFromName(props.stackName));
+    }).addResource(stackArnFromProps(props));
   }
 
-  public grantExecuteChangeSet(props: { stackName: string, changeSetName: string }): void {
-    this.statementFor({
-      actions: ['cloudformation:ExecuteChangeSet'],
-      conditions: { StringEquals: { 'cloudformation:ChangeSetName': props.changeSetName } },
-    }).addResource(stackArnFromName(props.stackName));
+  public grantCreateUpdateStack(props: { stackName: string, replaceOnFailure?: boolean, region?: string }): void {
+    const actions = [
+      'cloudformation:DescribeStack*',
+      'cloudformation:CreateStack',
+      'cloudformation:UpdateStack',
+      'cloudformation:GetTemplate*',
+      'cloudformation:ValidateTemplate',
+      'cloudformation:GetStackPolicy',
+      'cloudformation:SetStackPolicy',
+    ];
+    if (props.replaceOnFailure) {
+      actions.push('cloudformation:DeleteStack');
+    }
+    this.statementFor({ actions }).addResource(stackArnFromProps(props));
   }
 
-  public grantDeleteStack(props: { stackName: string }): void {
+  public grantDeleteStack(props: { stackName: string, region?: string }): void {
     this.statementFor({
       actions: [
         'cloudformation:DescribeStack*',
         'cloudformation:DeleteStack',
       ]
-    }).addResource(stackArnFromName(props.stackName));
+    }).addResource(stackArnFromProps(props));
   }
 
   public grantPassRole(role: iam.Role): void {
@@ -481,3 +485,12 @@ interface StatementTemplate {
 }
 
 type StatementCondition = { [op: string]: { [attribute: string]: string } };
+
+function stackArnFromProps(props: { stackName: string, region?: string }): string {
+  return cdk.ArnUtils.fromComponents({
+    region: props.region,
+    service: 'cloudformation',
+    resource: 'stack',
+    resourceName: `${props.stackName}/*`
+  });
+}

packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-api/lib/action.ts

@@ -153,6 +153,14 @@ export interface CommonActionConstructProps {
 export interface ActionProps extends CommonActionProps, CommonActionConstructProps {
   category: ActionCategory;
   provider: string;
+
+  /**
+   * The region this Action resides in.
+   *
+   * @default the Action resides in the same region as the Pipeline
+   */
+  region?: string;
+
   artifactBounds: ActionArtifactBounds;
   configuration?: any;
   version?: string;
@@ -177,6 +185,17 @@ export abstract class Action extends cdk.Construct {
    */
   public readonly provider: string;
 
+  /**
+   * The AWS region the given Action resides in.
+   * Note that a cross-region Pipeline requires replication buckets to function correctly.
+   * You can provide their names with the {@link PipelineProps#crossRegionReplicationBuckets} property.
+   * If you don't, the CodePipeline Construct will create new Stacks in your CDK app containing those buckets,
+   * that you will need to `cdk deploy` before deploying the main, Pipeline-containing Stack.
+   *
+   * @default the Action resides in the same region as the Pipeline
+   */
+  public readonly region?: string;
+
   /**
    * The action's configuration. These are key-value pairs that specify input values for an action.
    * For more information, see the AWS CodePipeline User Guide.
@@ -210,6 +229,7 @@ export abstract class Action extends cdk.Construct {
     this.version = props.version || '1';
     this.category = props.category;
     this.provider = props.provider;
+    this.region = props.region;
     this.configuration = props.configuration;
     this.artifactBounds = props.artifactBounds;
     this.runOrder = props.runOrder === undefined ? 1 : props.runOrder;

packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline/README.md

@@ -74,6 +74,53 @@ new codepipeline.JenkinsBuildAction(this, 'Jenkins_Build', {
 });
 ```
 
+### Cross-region CodePipelines
+
+You can also use the cross-region feature to deploy resources
+(currently, only CloudFormation Stacks are supported)
+into a different region than your Pipeline is in.
+
+It works like this:
+
+```ts
+const pipeline = new codepipeline.Pipeline(this, 'MyFirstPipeline', {
+  // ...
+  crossRegionReplicationBuckets: {
+    'us-west-1': 'my-us-west-1-replication-bucket',
+  },
+});
+
+// later in the code...
+new cloudformation.PipelineCreateUpdateStackAction(this, 'CFN_US_West_1', {
+  // ...
+  region: 'us-west-1',
+});
+```
+
+This way, the `CFN_US_West_1` Action will operate in the `us-west-1` region,
+regardless of which region your Pipeline is in.
+
+If you don't provide a bucket name for a region (other than the Pipeline's region)
+that you're using for an Action with the `crossRegionReplicationBuckets` property,
+there will be a new Stack, named `aws-cdk-codepipeline-cross-region-scaffolding-<region>`,
+defined for you, containing a replication Bucket.
+Note that you have to make sure to `cdk deploy` all of these automatically created Stacks
+before you can deploy your main Stack (the one containing your Pipeline).
+Use the `cdk ls` command to see all of the Stacks comprising your CDK application.
+Example:
+
+```bash
+$ cdk ls
+MyMainStack
+aws-cdk-codepipeline-cross-region-scaffolding-us-west-1
+$ cdk deploy aws-cdk-codepipeline-cross-region-scaffolding-us-west-1
+# output of cdk deploy here...
+$ cdk deploy MyMainStack
+```
+
+See [the AWS docs here](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codepipeline/latest/userguide/actions-create-cross-region.html)
+for more information on cross-region CodePipelines.
+
 ### Events
 
 #### Using a pipeline as an event target

packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline/lib/cross-region-scaffold-stack.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import s3 = require('@aws-cdk/aws-s3');
+import cdk = require('@aws-cdk/cdk');
+import crypto = require('crypto');
+
+/**
+ * Construction properties for {@link CrossRegionScaffoldStack}.
+ */
+export interface CrossRegionScaffoldStackProps {
+  /**
+   * The AWS region this Stack resides in.
+   */
+  region: string;
+
+  /**
+   * The AWS account ID this Stack belongs to.
+   *
+   * @example '012345678901'
+   */
+  account: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A Stack containing resources required for the cross-region CodePipeline functionality to work.
+ */
+export class CrossRegionScaffoldStack extends cdk.Stack {
+  /**
+   * The name of the S3 Bucket used for replicating the Pipeline's artifacts into the region.
+   */
+  public readonly replicationBucketName: string;
+
+  constructor(parent?: cdk.App, props: CrossRegionScaffoldStackProps = defaultCrossRegionScaffoldStackProps()) {
+    super(parent, generateStackName(props), {
+      env: {
+        region: props.region,
+        account: props.account,
+      },
+    });
+
+    const replicationBucketName = generateUniqueName('cdk-cross-region-codepipeline-replication-bucket-',
+      props.region, props.account, false, 12);
+
+    new s3.Bucket(this, 'CrossRegionCodePipelineReplicationBucket', {
+      bucketName: replicationBucketName,
+    });
+    this.replicationBucketName = replicationBucketName;
+  }
+}
+
+function generateStackName(props: CrossRegionScaffoldStackProps): string {
+  return `aws-cdk-codepipeline-cross-region-scaffolding-${props.region}`;
+}
+
+function generateUniqueName(baseName: string, region: string, account: string,
+                            toUpperCase: boolean, hashPartLen: number = 8): string {
+  const sha256 = crypto.createHash('sha256')
+    .update(baseName)
+    .update(region)
+    .update(account);
+
+  const hash = sha256.digest('hex').slice(0, hashPartLen);
+
+  return baseName + (toUpperCase ? hash.toUpperCase() : hash.toLowerCase());
+}
+
+// purely to defeat the limitation that a required argument cannot follow an optional one
+function defaultCrossRegionScaffoldStackProps(): CrossRegionScaffoldStackProps {
+  throw new Error('The props argument when creating a CrossRegionScaffoldStack is required');
+}

packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline/lib/index.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+export * from './cross-region-scaffold-stack';
 export * from './github-source-action';
 export * from './manual-approval-action';
 export * from './pipeline';