Running Elasticsearch on AWS Elastic Beanstalk

TL;DR code on github @ pfeilbr/Elastic-Beanstalk-Dockerrun.aws.json-Example

This article will show you the steps to run elasticsearch on AWS Elastic Beanstalk . This example uses the elasticsearch docker image as an example. Once running you can visit http://<beanstalk domain>/?pretty an you will see the root elastic search JSON response.

Initial Deployment

Modify Dockerrun.aws.json for your needs.
Dockerrun.aws.json reference
Commit changes to repo
```
$ git commit -a -m "changes"
```
assumes Dockerrun.aws.json has already been added to repo. if not, git add .
Create eb app
```
$ eb init # populate details
```
NOTE: select Docker. Populate all details
Create environment for app
```
$ eb create dev-env
```
IMPORTANT Must immediately update the ec2 instance with tags so it doesn’t get terminated. Enable termination protection on the ec2 instance.

Deploying Updates

Modify Dockerrun.aws.json for your needs.
Commit changes
```
$ git commit -a -m "my updates"
```
Deploy to eb
```
$ eb deploy
```

NOTE: Takes between 3-5 min to deploy changes

Notes

Port mapping details specific to aws beanstalk