Deploy Meteor onto Elastic Beanstalk

app.config

option_settings:

  - option_name: AWS_SECRET_KEY
    value: -------------------------------------------

  - option_name: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
    value: ------------------------------

  - option_name: PORT
    value: 8081

  - option_name: MONGO_URL
    value: mongodb://user:password@endpoint:27017/db

  - namespace: aws:elasticbeanstalk:container:nodejs
    option_name: ProxyServer

    value: nginx
  - namespace: aws:elasticbeanstalk:container:nodejs:staticfiles

    option_name: /public
    value: /public

gistfile1.txt

Bundling commands:

meteor bundle bundle.tgz 
mv bundle.tgz ..
cd ..
tar -zxvf bundle.tgz
sudo cp -a bundle/. ../<project_name>-production/bundle/
cd bundle
rm -rf programs/server/node_modules/fibers/

package.json

{
  "name": "appName",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node main.js"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "fibers": "1.0.1",
    "forever": "*"
  }
}

If you used a Mac to create the archive to upload to EBS and you're getting errors like this: YAML exception: unacceptable character '' (0x0) special characters are not allowed in "<reader>", position 0, you might need to remove the __MACOSX directory that the Mac zipping process produces inside the archive. In the terminal, go to the folder where your Archive.zip file is and type: zip -d Archive.zip __MACOSX/* -- then upload Archive.zip to EBS.

Another problem I encountered was that there was an error if the ROOT_URL wasn't set. Adding this to the app.config file solved the problem:

  - option_name: ROOT_URL
    value: http://appName-env.elasticbeanstalk.com

Or you can just add the ROOT_URL environment property under "Configuration > Software Configuration" on the AWS EBS console if you've already deployed without it set.

Do you have already deployed a Meteor 1.0 version with Elastic Beanstalk? I would be interested to get an update, since the process you described doesn't work anymore (or didn't for me at least). Thanks.

It's not easy right now, but it can be done. Here's the problem: Meteor 1.0.3.1 uses node version 0.10.33 but AWS EBS currently only supports node version 0.10.31.

To overcome this, you need to open bundle/programs/server/boot.js and change line 11 to var MIN_NODE_VERSION = 'v0.10.31';. (Not sure what the possible consequences of doing that are, but I've deployed a fairly large, complex app to EBS using that stunt and didn't notice any problems.)

You'll also need to add a few more dependencies in package.json, like "underscore": "*", "source-map-support": "*", "semver": "*", "bcrypt": "*". (bcrypt is only needed if you've built on a different platform, like a mac, and consequently had to remove the bundle/programs/server/npm/npm-bcrypt directory).

It would be great Meteor 1.0.3.1 without the workaround

1. No need to run the nmp module demeteorizer? https://www.npmjs.com/package/demeteorizer

2. Does a meteor app developed on a Windows machine run "as is" when deployed on a Linux machine on an AWS beanstalk?

Does this work with Meteor 1.3? I can't seem to get it working.

Same here :(

I've gotten it to work Meteor 1.3. Sort of... It all deploys no problem at all. The trick for me was to run npm install inside of bundle/programs/server folder then remove bcrypt and fibers from node_modules.

Although there are problems with using Meteor.settings, as EBS doesn't allow JSON to be used for the env variables.

The other problem I'm having is none of my subscriptions are working as WebSockets seem to be blocked. I keep receiving the error below.

WebSocket connection to 'ws://app-name.ap-southeast-2.elasticbeanstalk.com/sockjs/173/coo8rji6/websocket' failed: Error during WebSocket handshake: Unexpected response code: 400

@JacquesRobin I developed this on Windows and ran it on Linux on AWS EBS.

@justindra i found a google group here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/meteor-talk/VxMQzpVFpME they talk about the websocket setup. and there is also a stackoverflow tip for the nginx config that can serve the websocket here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27084124/how-do-i-customize-nginx-on-aws-elastic-beanstalk-to-loadbalance-meteor/27308730#27308730