Amazon Web Services part 5 - cloud formation and beanstalk CloudFormation overview CloudFormation template structure CloudFormer Elastic Beanstalk overview Deploy Docker image

1. 5 AWS - CloudFormation and
Elastic Beanstalk
Artem Zhurbila
artem.zhurbilo@itechart-group.com
artemzhurbilo@gmail.com

2. Agenda
1. CloudFormation overview
2. CloudFormation template structure
3. CloudFormer
4. Elastic Beanstalk overview
5. Deploy Docker image
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3. CloudFormation
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- Control AWS infrastructure in predictable way
(infrastructure as code)
- You don’t need to figure out the order for provisioning of
AWS services
- no additional charge
- JSON-formatted template (Declarative style)
- By default, “automatic rollback on error” feature is
enabled. Stacks can be fully created, or not at all.

4. AWS Test Drive
AWS Test Drive - sandbox containing
preconfigured server based solutions.
Using a step-by-step lab manual and
video, launch, login and learn about
these popular 3rd party IT solutions,
powered by AWS and CloudFormation.
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Resources block is mandatory.
Other blocks are optional.
Template structure

6. Parameters
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7. Intrinsic Function
● Fn::Base64
● Condition Functions
Fn::And
Fn::Equals
Fn::If
Fn::Not
Fn::Or
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● Fn::FindInMap
● Fn::GetAtt
● Fn::GetAZs
● Fn::Join
● Fn::Select
● Ref

8. Pseudo Parameters Reference
● AWS::AccountId
● AWS::Region
● AWS::StackName
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"Outputs" {
"MyStacksRegion" : { "Value" : { "Ref" : " AWS::Region" } }
}

9. Resources
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10. Resources types
● AWS::AutoScaling::
AutoScalingGroup
● AWS::AutoScaling::
LaunchConfiguration
● AWS::AutoScaling::ScalingPolicy
● AWS::AutoScaling::
ScheduledAction
● AWS::CloudFront::Distribution
● AWS::CloudTrail::Trail
● AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm
● AWS::DynamoDB::Table
● AWS::EC2::CustomerGateway
● AWS::EC2::DHCPOptions
● AWS::EC2::EIP
● AWS::EC2::EIPAssociation
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● AWS::EC2::NetworkInterface
● AWS::EC2::
NetworkInterfaceAttachment
● AWS::EC2::Route
● AWS::EC2::RouteTable
● AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup
● AWS::EC2::Volume
● AWS::EC2::VolumeAttachment
● AWS::EC2::VPC
● AWS::EC2::
VPCDHCPOptionsAssociation
● AWS::EC2::
VPCGatewayAttachment
● AWS::EC2::VPCPeeringConnection
● etc

11. Conditions
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12. Outputs
"Outputs" : {
"Logical ID" : {
"Value" : "Value to return",
"Description" : "Information about the value"
}
}
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13. Stack
Stack - collection of AWS resources that result from
instantiating a template.
Stack = template + input parameters
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14. CloudFormation console
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20. Bootstrapping Applications
Python helper scripts (preinstalled on Amazon Linux AMI in /opt/aws/bin):
1. cfn-get-metadata: Retrieve metadata (key-value) attached to resources in
the template.
2. cfn-init: install packages and files described in AWS::CloudFormation::Init.
3. cfn-signal: signal to the stack creation workflow that your application is
ready to take traffic. Signal an CloudFormation CreationPolicy or
WaitCondition
4. cfn-hup: daemon to listen for stack updates and execute hooks to react to
those changes.
You can use CloudFormation scripts on their own or in conjunction with
CloudInit (official Ubuntu EC2 AMI support it).
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21. Elastic Beanstalk
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22. Beanstalk components
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23. Applications
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24. Create new environment - step 1
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25. Worker Tier
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26. step 2 - Application
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27. Ways to deploy Docker app
1. Create a Dockerfile to deploy a Docker container to
AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
2. Create a Dockerrun.aws.json file to deploy a Docker
container from an existing Docker image
3. Create a .zip file containing any application file
dependencies, the Dockerfile or Dockerrun.aws.json
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28. Dockerrun.aws.json file example
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29. step 3 - Environment
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30. step 4 - Additional resource
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31. step 5 - configuration
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step 6 - environment keys

33. First docker app example
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35. Inside EC2 - docker
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36. Docker + Elastic Beanstalk
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Artem Zhurbila
artemzhurbilo@gmail.com
artem.zhurbilo@itechart-group.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhurbila