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": "*"
  }
}

@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