paulrenenichols / opsworks-linux-demo-cookbook-nodejs

AWS OpsWorks cookbooks for Node.js demo on Linux

AWS OpsWorks Demo Cookbooks

These are the cookbooks used for the OpsWorks demo for Linux.

Modifying and using these cookbooks in AWS OpsWorks

The following steps will help you get started with your own AWS OpsWorks custom application based on the demo app:

• Fork the repository and make modifications, add new cookbooks, etc.
• Run berks package to create a cookbooks-*.tar.gz file on your computer.
• Upload the generated cookbooks-*.tar.gz to an Amazon S3 bucket or a web server.
• On the AWS OpsWorks Stack settings toggle Use custom Chef cookbooks and set the Repository type and URL.
• On the OpsWorks Stack create a custom layer.
• Add nodejs_demo as recipe in setup or add your own custom recpies.
• Create an app, using e.g. https://github.com/awslabs/opsworks-linux-demo-nodejs as a source.
• Add and start an instance on the Layer that was created.
• Go to http://public IP or DNS name of your instance/

See also https://aws.amazon.com/opsworks/