elastic-beanstalk-docker-container.md

How to setup a docker container on an aws elastic beanstalk environment as a single node container

1. prepare a docker image which runs locally. (You can find a docker image of the routing service here)
2. setup aws account and create organization with required roles
   • elasticloadbalancing
   • aws-elasticbeanstalk-service-role
3. Install EB-CLI (Command line interface) and AWS CLI

brew install awscli
brew install awsebcli

4. Inside folder of docker image create Dockerrun.aws.json and setup work environment

{
  "AWSEBDockerrunVersion": "1",
  "Image": {
    "Name": "osrm/osrm-backend",
    "Update": "true"
  },
  "Ports": [
    {
      "ContainerPort": "5000"
    }
  ],
  "Volumes": [
    {
      "HostDirectory": "/var/app/current",
      "ContainerDirectory": "/data"
    }
  ],
  "Entrypoint": "osrm-routed",
  "Command": "/data/berlin-latest.osrm"
}

5. access server instance via ssh (helpful to clear up folder structure) and find path directories for volumes in Dockerrun.aws.json

eb ssh