Exploring AWS Elastic Beanstalk
- Hafeez Baig |
- 22 steps |
- 3 minutes
Refer to the following guide to learn how to use IAM in the cloud\
<https://scribehow.com/shared/Creating_an_IAM_User_and_User_Group_in_AWS_Management_Console__hWNiiXlcRJKFqYZZEJD-cg>
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Sign in to **AWS Management Console** as an **IAM User**
**Pre-requisite** - Ensure you have selected the AWS region closest to your location\
For this guide, we will be using us-east-2 (Ohio) as a preferred choice
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Type **Elastic Beanstalk** in the search bar and click on **Elastic Beanstalk** to view the Elastic Beanstalk Dashboard
**What is Elastic Beanstalk?**
Elastic Beanstalk is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering from AWS that simplifies the deployment and management of applications.
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**Elastic Beanstalk** dashboard will open, click on the Environment name **My-first-elastic-beanstalk-appli-env**
Refer to this guide to learn how to create an Elastic Beanstalk Environment\
<https://scribehow.com/shared/Creating_your_first_AWS_Elastic_Beanstalk_environment_with_Python__RdVRs3N5Rci-pDIWzFpKLQ>
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**My-first-elastic-beanstalk-appli-env** wizard will open, scroll to the **Domain** section and click on the **My-first-elastic-beanstalk-us-east-2.elasticbeanstalk.com** link
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New tab will open with Congratulations page
Elastic Beanstalk will handle the creation of EC2 instances, load balancers, and target groups for us. Let's take a look.
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Type **EC2** in the search bar and click on **EC2** to view the EC2 Dashboard
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On the EC2 dashboard click on **Instances** from the left bar to view the EC2 instances
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**Instances** wizard will open, select the Name **My-first-elastic-beanstalk-appli-env**
**Note:** Elastic Beanstalk has created this Instance
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Click on the **Load Balancers** from the left bar
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**Load balancers** wizard will open, select the **awseb** load balancer
**Note:** Elastic Beanstalk has created this Load Balancer
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Click on the **Target Groups** from the left bar
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**Target groups** wizard will open, select the **awsseb** target group
**Note:** Elastic Beanstalk has created this Target Group
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Go back to the **Elastic Beanstalk** dashboard and scroll the page to view the **Events**
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Click on the **Configuration** from the left bar
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**Configuration** wizard will open, here you can view the Elastic Beanstalk Configurations
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On the left bar click on the **Logs**
