How to quickly create and deploy an Node.js app to AWS Elastic Beanstalk

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How to quickly create and deploy an Node.js app to AWS Elastic Beanstalk

1. Create an Elastic Beanstalk application named after the current folder:

eb init --platform node.js --region sa-east-1

2. Create a load balanced environment with the default settings for Node.js:

eb create --sample node-express-env

3. Set the Node Command to "npm start":

.ebextensions/nodecommand.config

option_settings:
  aws:elasticbeanstalk:container:nodejs:
    NodeCommand: "npm start"

4. Stage the files to Git repository (add & commit).

5. Deploy the changes:

eb deploy node-express-env

6. Open command to open the environment's URL in the default browser:

eb open

7. Terminate your environment and all of the resources that it contains:

eb terminate node-express-env

References

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/create_deploy_nodejs_express.html http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-regions-availability-zones.html

TODO

• create a bash script to automate the task