AWS : Elastic Beanstalk single profile with multiple applications

Question

I am trying to figure out how can i set up two or more applications in single repository.

Lets say: I wanted to keep separate Eb Applications for Production(P) and Development(D) with one environment each(P > env-p & D > env-d). So how can i config my repository that master branch points to P > env-p and development branch points to D > env-d.

Note: I have setup Elastic Beanstalk in single AWS account with different applications. I have tried searching but could not anything related to this.

If any body have done this please share your views.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

If I understand you correctly you want to run an application with two different environments, for two different branches.

You can do that with a config file in: .elasticbeanstalk/config.yml

branch-defaults:
  master:
    environment: master
    default_region: ap-southeast-2
    default_ec2_keyname: master_key
    profile: master_profile
  staging:
    environment: staging
  develop:
    environment: develop    
global:
  application_name: my_application
  default_ec2_keyname: develop_key
  default_platform: Python 2.7
  default_region: ap-southeast-1
  profile: develop_profile
  sc: git

It will create this file when you do eb init for each branch, but I have seen it sometimes needs some manual edit.

Here is another answer for a similar question with more discussion.

AWS Elastic Beanstalk deploy to multiple applications

Related documentation:

• http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/branch.html
• http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/environment-configuration-methods-before.html
• http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/command-reference-branch-environment.html

Answer 2

I had a similar problem with filebeat configs in the same situation.

Basically, you need to use environment variables to differentiate the environment, and then run different commands in the container_commands section depending on which environment variables you have set.

You can see my worked example here: https://www.dativa.com/simplifying-filebeat-logging-with-elastic-beanstalk/