Using YAML anchors in multiple steps

[warmannj]

HI,

My pipeline has multiple steps and I'm trying to get it to work for multiple environments. It was working fine for one environment.  I already followed the guide in this document: https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/yaml-anchors-960154027.html?_ga=2.260751877.964504472.1573266564-336097571.1573266564

But it doesn't appear to be correct as I get the error: `There is an error in your bitbucket-pipelines.yml at [pipelines > branches > develop > 0]. To be precise: Step is empty, null, or missing.`, when following the syntax in the example directly.

Here's my pipeline yml file:

image: atlassian/default-image:2

definitions:
  steps:
  - step: &pushToECR
  name: Push to ECR
  script:
    - unset NPM_CONFIG_USER
    - docker build -t $ECR_IMAGE_NAME .
    - pipe: atlassian/aws-ecr-push-image:1.0.1
    variables:
      AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: '$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'
      AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: '$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY'
      AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: '$AWS_REGION'
      IMAGE_NAME: '$ECR_IMAGE_NAME'

- step: &deployToECS
name: Deploy to ECS
deployment: development
services:
- docker
script: # Modify the commands below to build your repository.
- pipe: atlassian/aws-ecs-deploy:1.0.4
  variables:
    AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
    AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: $AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
    AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: $AWS_REGION
    CLUSTER_NAME: '$ECS_CLUSTER_NAME'
    SERVICE_NAME: '$ECS_SERVICE_NAME'
    TASK_DEFINITION: '$ECS_TASK_DEFINITION_FILE'
    DEBUG: 'true'

pipelines:
  branches:
    develop:
      - step:
        <<: *pushToECR
        deployment: development
   - step:
     <<: *deployToECS
     deployment: development

[Rupert Broad]

A little difficult to tell if the problem is with your yaml formatting - it's all out of whack - or the code itself. I would guess the issue is that you haven't declared "deployment" in your pushtoEcr definition.