I have been trying to install Pivotal Cloud Foundry on AWS and I have troubles with it.
In the section upload-cert mentioned that I need to create SSL Certificates for:
*.system.example.com
*.login.system.example.com
*.uaa.system.example.com
*.apps.example.com
So, I've created domain xxxxx.com on AWS Route53 and created a certificate on AWS ACM for domain and subdomains.
So, my questions are:
do I need to create subdomains (system, login, uaa, apps) in AWS Route53
do I need to bound my domain and subdomain somehow to PCF? Or the installation process had to do it for me?
for now, if I open http://login.xxxxx.com/ it responses with 503. what can be the reason?
what is the correct url to open the PCF UI?
I have such error in Ops Manager. What can be the reason of such error?
The same about logs. When I tried to download logs for failed services it failed too. What can be the reason?
Thank you for the help!
do I need to create subdomains (system, login, uaa, apps) in AWS Route53
do I need to bound my domain and subdomain somehow to PCF? Or the installation process had to do it for me?
You can create a wildcard subdomain (*.xxxxx.com) and alias using the instructions here: https://docs.pivotal.io/pivotalcf/1-10/customizing/cloudform-er-config.html#cname
what is the correct url to open the PCF UI?
If you mean Ops Manager, it is whatever DNS entry you created and pointed to the Ops Manager public IP address in this step: https://docs.pivotal.io/pivotalcf/1-10/customizing/cloudform-om-deploy.html#create-dns
For the ERT UI, there is the Pivotal Apps Manager https://docs.pivotal.io/pivotalcf/1-10/console/index.html
which is usually apps.system.xxxx.com
You can see what system apps are deployed by connecting to Cloud Foundry using the CLI and seeing which apps are in the system org, and what their routes are.
for now, if I open http://login.xxxxx.com/ it responses with 503. what can be the reason?
If the DNS has not been set up, I'm surprised you're getting any response whatsoever. Usually you get 503s when the routers connected to the load balancers are failing for some reason (http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/classic/ts-elb-error-message.html#ts-elb-errorcodes-http503)
I have such error in Ops Manager. What can be the reason of such error?
This would explain the 503s if the router is unhealthy. I would SSH into those machines and see what the logs say (in /var/vcap/sys/logs), which should tell you what is going wrong.
The reason of the red instances on the Status page was that my AWS account had limit on number of instances and it failed to create VMs for this nodes.
To find more information open Changelog (https://ops_manager_host/change_log) and the open log of the FAILED setup.
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In my AWS environment I have 2 hosted zones:
aaa.nl
bbb.nl
I have an elastic beanstalk (NodeJS) application running. It works fine. I want this EB application to be available via the domain name:
my-app.bbb.nl
I followed this approach:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/routing-to-beanstalk-environment.html#routing-to-beanstalk-environment-create-alias-procedure
Configuring a new record is easy. I can select my EB application and the record is created successfully. And i see it listed in the record list of hosted zone bbb.nl (A Record)
Now I open up my browser and navigate to:
my-app.bbb.nl
To my great surprise, what I get to see in the browser is a different application that I have running at https://my-other-app.aaa.nl, but the url is https://app.bbb.nl (my-other-app is listed as an A record in hosted zone aaa.nl)
I did get some certificate warnings in my browser as well (in the browser I see that it has the ssl certificate of aaa.nl coming along),
I do have something else running correctly at https://bbb.nl
I have no idea how this is possible and how to debug this. Anyone any clues?
Use browser development tools to trace the request to my-app.bbb.nl
Look for redirection in response.
Check if my-other-app.aaa.nl isn't hardcoded into app itself.
So I’ve just finished working on my first big personal project, bought a domain name, created an AWS account, watched a lot of AWS tutorials, but I still can’t figure out how to host my web app on AWS. The whole AWS thing is a mystery to me. No tutorial online seems to teach exactly what I need.
What I’m trying to do is this:
Host my dynamic web app on a secure https connection.
Host the web app using the personalized domain name I purchased.
Link my git repo to AWS so I can easily commit and push changes when needed.
Please assist me by pointing me to a resource that can help me achieve the above 3 tasks.
For now, the web app is still hosted on Heroku’s free service; feel free to take a look at the application, and provide some feedback if you can.
Link to web app:my web app
You mentioned - The web app is still hosted on Heroku’s free service
So, if you want the same thing in AWS, use Elastic Beanstalk.
First Question: How to host my web app on AWS?
There can be multiple options to host your web app:-
S3 Bucket to host your website. How to Host in S3
Elastic Beanstalk. Link
ECS - using containers
Single EC2 Server to host your website.
EKS - Kubernetes
By the way, there are many couples of things which you need to take care of before starting.
Second Question, Host the web app using the personalized domain name I purchased.
If you have used S3, the hosted URL will be in HTTP and you can create a route entry in your purchased domain settings. If it is AWS, create a new record in Route53.
If you host your website on EC2, you will get Public IP Address. Make a route entry with that Public IP.
If you have used ECS or EKS, you might require to use the Load Balancer and then you will have the Load Balancer DNS. Make a route entry with your Load Balancer DNS. Then again question will arise which kind of Load Balancer you want to use. [Like Application, Classic or Network Load Balancer]
If you use Elastic Beanstalk. It's a managed service, when you host you will directly get an endpoint. Make a route entry with that endpoint.
Third, Link my git repo to AWS so I can easily commit and push changes when needed.
For this, you have to use Code Build and connect Github as a Source while creating Code Build Project. Link
For CI-CD, there are multiple things again.
As Heroku’s is a PaaS, which provides you the platform and but when it comes to AWS, it is an IaaS. So you get the infrastructure and when you get the provisioned infrastructure, there are so many things which you need to take care of like you have to think like an Architect. Prepare the architecture and then proceed. It requires knowledge of other things also networking, security etc.
To answer your question, the best way to host a web app in AWS is Elastic Beanstalk
But what is AWS Elastic Beanstalk and what does it do?
AWS Elastic Beanstalk encompasses processes and operations connected with the deployment of web apps into the cloud environment, as well as their scaling.
Elastic Beanstalk automates the deployment by putting forward the required capacity, balancing the load, autoscaling, and monitoring software efficiency and performance. All that is left for a developer to do is to apply the code. In these conditions, the application owner has overall control over the capacity that AWS provides for the software and can access it at any time.
So this is the best way to deploy the app and let’s follow the steps.
Open the Elastic Beanstalk console and find the management page of your environment.
Select “Upload and Deploy”.
Select “Choose File” and choose the source bundle with the dialog box.
Deploy and select the URL to open the new website.
You can use CodeDeploy to connect your Github and deploy your code
Conclusion
I have taken a simplistic approach and told you exactly what you need to do the required task without going into the hus and fuss of AWS. Saying that there is still a lot that can be done to bring the real value of your application in terms of balancing the load, scaling or improving the performance.
I've a nice little ec2 instance, I've logged in the console, updated the YUM, started the httpd, but the IP doesn't work in the browser.
my httpd is up on chkconfig: httpd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
Thought it would be as listed on my connect from public DNS, same as I connect to console through. I've used the S3 server into the properties on the instance and enabled static website hosting, just to test it before using PHP. Even created a like bucket, trying to use my domain name from the Route 53, but the Route 53 also shows "No Targets Available" in the S3 (or any other).
Alrighty, found it. Was a security issue, but here is the process, in two quick url's.
Tutorial: Installing a LAMP Web Server on Amazon Linux
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/install-LAMP.html?shortFooter=true
But it says if it doesn't work, check the security groups, and a couple of clicks later you're looking at this.
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/security-group-rules-reference.html?shortFooter=true
Go into the security group settings and add http from pull down and it's done.
Also, the second part where there isn't a target, be sure and associate the elasticIP (created in the AWS services console) and sure enough a web server is up and running. Once you've the elasticIP address simply add it to the route 53 rule set(s).
It's the first time I will be publishing a website and have no idea on how this works.
Here's a few details on what I'm trying to achieve.
I have created a sample website in nodejs and uploaded it to docker (two containers, one for nodejs and the other one for mongodb database)
Now I would like to upload this on aws but not really sure where to start and what I need to know.
In addition, I want a domain, the price is quite high for the .com domain I am looking.
My questions are as follow:
If I buy a domain, how do I hookup the domain so it's routed to the aws server where I have my website deign, logic and database, how exactly does this work?
What's the best way to buy a domain? does anyone have any experience and advice on the best approach?
Thanks
You'll need to setup your vm and begin hosting your site w/ the custom ec2 URL, then configure the Amazon dns server (Route 53) with your domain to point at the correct vm.
Step 1
Get an ec2 box running (whatever size you think you'll need for traffic/storage). When you go through the portal, you'll need to Authorize Inbound Traffic.
Now you can sign into your ec2 vm, download any dependencies you'll need (npm for instance) and run your site just like you would locally in a terminal. Here's a sample that may help if you have trouble.
Step 2
You now need to the dns servers to translate the domain you owned into the ip of your ec2 vm. You can use the Route 53 service to do this.
Alternatives
You can also use Azure's App Services to do this. It's a cloud app hosting service that's meant to help you get your app on the cloud and scale it without much trouble. Here's a Node.js Sample.
...And here's the instructions on how to setup a custom domain.
I am trying to set up an Amazon Server to host a dynamic website I'm currently creating. I have the domain bought on GoDaddy.com, and I believe that what I've done so far has linked the domain to my Amazon account.
I followed this tutorial : http://www.mycowsworld.com/blog/2013/07/29/setting-up-a-godaddy-domain-name-with-amazon-web-services/
In short, this walked me through setting up and Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and Amazon Route 53. I then configured the DNS Servers, and my website now launches properly on the domain.
I'm not sure on the next step from here, but I would like to set up:
-A database server
-Anything else that might be necessary to run a dynamic website.
I am very new to hosting websites, and semi-new to web development in general, so the more in depth the better.
Thanks a lot
You have two options on AWS. Run an EC2 server and setup your application or continue to use the AWS managed services like S3.
Flask apps can be hosted on Elastic Beanstalk and
your database can be hosted on RDS (Relational Database Service). Then the two can be integrated.
Otherwise, spin up your own t2.micro instance in EC2. Log in via ssh and set up the database server and application like you have locally. This server could also host the (currently S3 hosted) static files too.
I have no idea what your requirements are, personally I would start with setting up the EC2 instance and go from there as integrating AWS services is without knowing what you need is probably not the easiest first step.
Heroku might be another option. They host their services on AWS and give you an end to end solution for deploying and running your python code without getting your hands dirty setting up servers.