- We have created an AWS account with two-factor authentication.
- We have bought a domain name.
- We have requested and downloaded TLS certificates signed by Amazon Certification Manager.
What we need to do now is to create an Amazon Elastic Beanstalk web application. This application needs a load balancer, a web server, and a user interface.
- Go to AWS Elastic Beanstalk website, read introduction and watch the video.
- Login to AWS Console with two-factor authentication.
- Go to Amazon Elastic Beanstalk Console.
- Under EBS Console, create an application using Sample Application template:
- In container options select Node.js.
- Select a Load Balancer (do not pick Single Instance).
- Select instance type t2.nano.
- Set up HTTPS on the EBS Load Balancer.
- During HTTPS setup use the certificate ARN you noted in the previous step.
- In the Network Configuration turn off HTTP. This will prevent insecure HTTP access to your website.
- From AWS Console go to Route 53 Management Console.
- Under your Hosted Zone, click the button Create Record Set.
- Select type "A" (ALIAS).
- Set Alias Target to Elastic Beanstalk application environment URL. The URL should look like this: https://my-app-env.us-west-2.elasticbeanstalk.com/. It will link your EBS application to the registered domain in the Hosted Zone.
- Once the EBS environment is up and running, browse to "https://yourdomain.com". You should be able to see the home page of Sample Application.
- The URL bar should look like below. The address should start with https:// and the browser should recognise the certificate as Secure.
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