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* See [[Working With Django Projects, The Basics]]
* See [[Working With Django Projects, The Basics]]
* Run and test the Django application locally, e.g. with `python manage.py runserver`.
* Run and test the Django application locally, e.g. with `python manage.py runserver`.
== Install Django <ref>[http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/create-deploy-python-django.html#python-django-install Install Django] (Deploying a Django Application - AWS Elastic Beanstalk)</ref> ==
(Make sure to use the virtual Python 3 environment.)
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
$ pip install django
</syntaxhighlight>
Confirm the installation with
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
$ pip freeze | grep -i django
Django==1.9.2
</syntaxhighlight>
[[Deploying a Django app on AWS|Install the Django project]] [[Defining Django App Dependencies|and its dependencies]].


== Install AWS Elastic Beanstalk CLI <ref> [http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/create-deploy-python-common-steps.html#python-common-installing-ebcli Installing the AWS Elastic Beanstalk CLI] (AWS documentation)</ref> ==
== Install AWS Elastic Beanstalk CLI <ref> [http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/create-deploy-python-common-steps.html#python-common-installing-ebcli Installing the AWS Elastic Beanstalk CLI] (AWS documentation)</ref> ==
It's necessary to give the EC2 IAM role permission to assign AWS Elastic Beanstalk roles.
''N.B. It would probably be better to have a dedicated IAM user account to perform these actions, and assign this policy to a group that the user account would then be included in.
'''[https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/home AWS IAM Management Console]''' > '''Roles''' > `nrosedevs_ec2_iam_role` > '''Permissions''' tab > '''Attach Policiy''' button > select `AWSElasticBeanstalkFullAccess`


Install the AWS Elastic Beanstalk cli:  
Install the AWS Elastic Beanstalk cli:  
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Confirm the installation with `eb --version`
Confirm the installation with `eb --version`


Create an Elastic Beanstalk application in the project directory:
At this point the directory is ready to have an Elastic Beanstalk application created with `eb init`. See [[Deploying a Django app on AWS]].
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
$ eb init
</syntaxhighlight>
 
This command will prompt for properties of the application, e.g. application name, keyname pair, python version, region, etc.
 
Create an Elastic Beanstalk environment. This will prompt for the name of the environment and a domain name prefix for the environment.
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
$ eb create
</syntaxhighlight>
 
This command--even when run locally--will launch a new Elastic Beanstalk environment, and with it a new EC2 instance to support it.
 
The new EB environment and EC2 instance can be seen in the AWS Management Console.
 
This command and `eb deploy` take the local files (and a snapshot of the database?) and upload them to the corresponding EB environment.  
 
I was unaware of this point for the first two days of working my way through the documentation. Maybe it's because I jumped into the topic of deploying a Django app that I missed it, but it wasn't really stated plainly the abstract concept of working locally and pushing a working version of the app to the EC2 instance.  
 
=== Install Git and PostgreSQL ===
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
$ sudo yum install git-all
</syntaxhighlight>


== Notes ==
== Notes ==

Revision as of 17:17, 11 February 2016

Create a virtual Python environment for the Django project

Install virtualenv if needed: 

$ which virtualenv
$ pip install virtualenv

Create the virtual Python Environment[1] 

$ virtualenv -p python3.4 /path/to/project_venv

Where /path/to/project_env is a path unique to the project.

Start the virtual environment: 

$ . /path/to/project_venv/bin/activate

Confirm the Python version: 

$ python --version

Leave the virtual environment: 

$ deactivate

Create a Django application locally

  • Install all prerequisites necessary for the Django app, e.g. Python, pip, Django, etc.
  • See Working With Django Projects, The Basics
  • Run and test the Django application locally, e.g. with python manage.py runserver.

Install AWS Elastic Beanstalk CLI [2]

Install the AWS Elastic Beanstalk cli:

N.B. See [Troubleshooting_Deploying_a_Django_Application_With_Elastic_Beanstalk#Errors_installing_awsebcli_on_Mac_OS_for_Python_2.7|the Troubleshooting article] for issues installing awsebcli on Mac OS X. 

$ pip install awsebcli

Confirm the installation with eb --version

At this point the directory is ready to have an Elastic Beanstalk application created with eb init. See Deploying a Django app on AWS.

Notes

See also

References

  1. ↑ Setting up a virtual Python environment (AWS documentation)
  2. ↑ Installing the AWS Elastic Beanstalk CLI (AWS documentation)
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