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Python on AWS Elastic Beanstalk

This track focuses on AWS Elastic Beanstalk Python on Amazon Linux 2023 using Flask and Gunicorn. It follows the Elastic Beanstalk workflow from local development to deployment, operations, and production-ready extensions.

Prerequisites

  • Python 3.11 or later installed locally.
  • AWS CLI v2 configured with a profile and default region.
  • EB CLI installed (pip install awsebcli or your preferred package workflow).
  • IAM permissions to create and inspect Elastic Beanstalk application resources.
  • A test AWS account context with masked identifiers in shared examples.
python3 --version
aws --version
eb --version
aws sts get-caller-identity

What You'll Build

You will build a Flask application that:

  • Exposes an application callable in application.py for Elastic Beanstalk.
  • Runs locally with Flask dev server and Gunicorn for runtime parity.
  • Deploys to an Elastic Beanstalk web server environment.
  • Uses environment configuration, logging, and monitoring features from AWS docs.

Steps

Step File Focus
1 01-local-run.md Local Flask and Gunicorn execution
2 02-first-deploy.md First Elastic Beanstalk deployment flow
3 03-configuration.md Environment properties and configuration files
4 04-logging-monitoring.md Logs, CloudWatch, metrics, and tracing
5 05-infrastructure-as-code.md IaC options for environment definition
6 06-ci-cd.md Deployment automation with pipeline patterns
7 07-custom-domain-ssl.md Domain and HTTPS setup on load balancers
8 python-runtime.md Python platform runtime details on AL2023
9 recipes/index.md Integration recipes for common workloads 
flowchart TD
    A[Local Flask App] --> B[EB CLI Init]
    B --> C[Create Environment]
    C --> D[Deploy Application Version]
    D --> E[Observe Logs and Health]
    E --> F[Automate with CI CD]
    F --> G[Add Domain and TLS]
    G --> H[Apply Recipes]

Verification

Use these checks to confirm your workstation and guide entry point are ready:

python3 --version
aws configure list
eb --version
aws elasticbeanstalk list-available-solution-stacks

Expected outcomes:

  • Python 3.11+ is available.
  • AWS CLI shows configured credentials and region (masked in outputs).
  • EB CLI is installed and returns a version.
  • Elastic Beanstalk API calls succeed for your account context.

See Also

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