7. Basic Deployment Flow

The standard resource deployment is performed according to the following flow:

1. Create the sdct.conf file which describes the framework configuration.

2. Setup the SDCT_CONF environment variable pointing to the sdct.conf file.

3. If necessary, add the sdct.aliases file.

4. Prepare resources meta descriptions in Syndicate operation files.

5. Deployment with the following steps:

   a. Create the bundle bucket in S3 (in case it is the first deploy to the target AWS account):

   `syndicate create_deploy_target_bucket`
   

   b. Collect the artifacts of the application and all Syndicate operation files, and create a bundle:

   `syndicate build_bundle --bundle_name <bundle_name>`
   

   c. Deploy the bundle:

   ```
   syndicate deploy --bundle_name <bundle_name> - –deploy_name <deploy_name>
   ```
   

6. In case the infrastructure is not needed any more, run:

   `syndicate clean --bundle_name <bundle_name> --deploy_name <deploy_name>`
   

The command cleans the whole AWS infrastructure in the specified deploy, except the excluded resources, if any.