Download code.
git clone https://github.com/awslabs/eb-tomcat-snakes
cd eb-tomcat-snakes
Build it.
./build.sh
Install command line Elastic Beanstalk tool.
sudo pip install awsebcli
If you have already installed the tool use this command to update it.
sudo pip install --upgrade awsebcli
Initialize project
eb init
Choices to make in the eb init command line dialog.
Select a default region
us-west-2
Select an application to use
Create new Application
Enter Application Name
eb-tomcat-snakes
Select a platform.
Java
Select a platform version.
Tomcat 8 Java 8
Do you wish to continue with CodeCommit? (y/n) (default is n):
n
Do you want to set up SSH for your instances?
y
Select a keypair.
Create new KeyPair
Create environment.
eb create tomcat-snakes \
--sample \
--single \
--timeout 20 -i t2.micro \
--database.engine postgres \
--database.instance db.t2.micro \
--database.username demouser \
--database.password demopassword
This will take a few minutes.
Get the RDS host name from the log files.
eb logs | grep RDS_HOSTNAME
Save it into a local variable db_host.
This is what it will look like.
db_host=aa11m3x9tqrvme1.cuyh34rlvfmp.us-west-2.rds.amazonaws.com
Deploy environment.
eb deploy --staged
Open in browser.
eb open
Connect to the instance.
eb ssh
Install PostgreSQL client.
sudo yum -y install postgresql94
Init db_host on EC2 instance using same value as before.
db_host=aa11m3x9tqrvme1.cuyh34rlvfmp.us-west-2.rds.amazonaws.com
Connect using host name from output of create environment step.
psql \
--dbname=ebdb \
--host=$db_host \
--username=demouser
Run queries.
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM movies;
SELECT * FROM movies LIMIT 10;
Quit PostgreSQL client shell.
\q
Exit ssh.
exit
View build.sh.
less ./build.sh
View config file.
less .elasticbeanstalk/config.yml