What is this repository about?

This is a small Node application which can be deployed on AWS Elastic Beanstalk by following the simple steps below:

Getting started

1. Clone this repository
2. Run

   npm install
   

3. Check that the application runs locally

   node app.js
   

Setting up EBS on local

1. Make sure you have an account in AWS Management Console. You need to have an IAM user and a root user
2. You also need to have EB CLI set up on your machine and it can be checked by the following command

   eb --version
   

3. Now, run the following command to setup Elastic Beanstalk for the project deployment. This command will create a .elasticbeanstalk folder in the root of your project

   eb init
   

Creating AWS environment for app deployment

1. Run the following command to create the environment in AWS where the application will run

   eb create ENVIRONMENT_NAME_OF_CHOICE --single
   

2. Run this command to finally open the running app on the web browser

   eb open
   

3. You can also change something in your app.js file and reflect the changes on your AWS deployed app by running

   eb deploy