Elastic Beanstalk CLI¶

• We can install an additional CLI called the "EB cli" which makes working with Beanstalk from the CLI easier.
• Basic commands are:
  • eb create
  • eb status
  • eb health
  • eb events
  • eb logs
  • eb open
  • eb deploy
  • eb config
  • eb terminate
• It's helpful for your automated deployment pipelines!

Elastic Beanstalk Deployment Process¶

• Describe dependencies (requirements.txt for python, package.json for Node.js)
• Package code as zip, and describe dependencies
  • Python: requirements.txt
  • Node.js: package.json
• Console: upload zip file (creates new app version), and then deploy

• CLI: create new app version using CLI (uploads zip), then deploy

• Elastic Beanstalk will deploy the zip on each EC2 instance, resolve dependencies and start the application