Deploy a Node.js server to AWS EC2

• GUI deployed server [here]http://basicexpressserver-env.eba-d296yg2f.us-east-2.elasticbeanstalk.com/)
• CLI deployed server here

• Ensure repo has server setup but has no database
• PORT is set in .env file
• Choose NodeJS as your platform
• Create and upload a .zip file with your application source code
  • Do not include node_modules or package-lock.json

This will create your application and environment in one step, giving you a full GUI from where you can manage the app

First, ensure that you've installed the aws cli and the aws eb command line utilities.

1. eb init - Initializes your folder as an Elastic Beanstal application
   • Choose your region (us-west-2)
   • Choose [Create new Application]
     • Note: If you already have an application, you could also choose that to connect
   • Answer the other questions as appropriate
     • Choose Node.js at the correct version
2. eb create my-environment-name - Create an "environment" for your app to reside in
3. eb deploy to deploy your new application to your new environment
   • You'll also use this whenever you make code changes

You can then use some other eb commands to manage your apps

• eb open to open your app in the browser
• eb list to get a list of apps
• eb ssh to ssh (login) to one of your apps
• eb health to get a health check on your environments