deploy express app to AWS by eb

eb-deploy.md

#1. install eb, tutorial

$ brew install awsebcli
$ eb --version

#2. start to deploy

$ eb init
$ eb create
$ eb setenv NODE_ENV=production
$ eb open

#3. set up custom domain

Domain Name & AWS 53 Management

AWS Route 53Management

• Go here and under the Networking section, select Route 53
• Create a hosted zone for your domain
• In the domain name field, enter “yourdomainname.com” and make sure it is set to public.
• Inside of your hosted zone, create a new record
• In the name field, enter “www.yourdomainname.com” and make sure to set the type to A-IPv4 address, set the alias to yes, and then save the record

Set up domain with Namecheap

Log in to your Namecheap account

• Select the Manage option at the right of the domain you want to set up
• Select the Advanced DNS tab
• For the CNAME record, change the host column to @ from www. For the value, paste in your Elastic Beanstalk environment address. You can find your address inside your Elastic Beanstalk console on AWS
• For the url redirect set the host to www and set your domain url to “http://yourdomainname.com”

#4 use ssh to connect to ec2

ssh -i ~/Downloads/aws-es2.pem ec2-user@[public-IP]

#5. install node on a ec2 linux server

-> http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-javascript/v2/developer-guide/setting-up-node-on-ec2-instance.html