eb init - Amazon Elastic Beanstalk
DescriptionSyntaxOptionsCodeBuild supportOutputExample
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eb init

Description

Sets default values for Elastic Beanstalk applications created with EB CLI by prompting you with a series of questions.

Note

The values you set with eb init apply only to the current directory and repository on the current computer.

The command doesn't create anything in your Elastic Beanstalk account. To create an Elastic Beanstalk environment, run eb create after running eb init.

Syntax

eb init

eb init application-name

Options

If you run eb init without specifying the --platform option, the EB CLI prompts you to enter a value for each setting.

Note

To use eb init to create a new key pair, you must have ssh-keygen installed on your local machine and available from the command line.

Name

Description

-i

--interactive

Forces EB CLI to prompt you to provide a value for every eb init command option.

Note

The init command prompts you to provide values for eb init command options that do not have a (default) value. After the first time you run the eb init command in a directory, EB CLI might not prompt you about any command options. Therefore, use the --interactive option when you want to change a setting that you previously set.

-k keyname

--keyname keyname

The name of the Amazon EC2 key pair to use with the Secure Shell (SSH) client to securely log in to the Amazon EC2 instances running your Elastic Beanstalk application.

--modules folder-1 folder-2

List of child directories to initialize. Only for use with Compose Environments.

-p platform-version

--platform platform-version

The platform version to use. You can specify a platform, a platform and version, a platform branch, a solution stack name, or a solution stack ARN. For example:

  • php, PHP, node.js – The latest platform version for the specified platform

  • php-7.2, "PHP 7.2" – The recommended (typically latest) PHP 7.2 platform version

  • "PHP 7.2 running on 64bit Amazon Linux" – The recommended (typically latest) PHP platform version in this platform branch

  • "64bit Amazon Linux 2017.09 v2.6.3 running PHP 7.1" – The PHP platform version specified by this solution stack name

  • "arn:aws:elasticbeanstalk:us-west-2::platform/PHP 7.1 running on 64bit Amazon Linux/2.6.3" – The PHP platform version specified by this solution stack ARN

Use eb platform list to get a list of available configurations.

Specify the --platform option to skip interactive configuration.

Note

When you specify this option, then EB CLI does not prompt you for values for any other options. Instead, it assumes default values for each option. You can specify options for anything for which you do not want to use default values.

--source codecommit/repository-name/branch-name

CodeCommit repository and branch. See Using the EB CLI with Amazon CodeCommit.

--tags key1=value1[,key2=value2 ...]

Tag your application. Tags are specified as a comma-separated list of key=value pairs.

For more details, see Tagging applications.

Common options

CodeBuild support

If you run eb init in a folder that contains a buildspec.yml file, Elastic Beanstalk parses the file for an eb_codebuild_settings entry with options specific to Elastic Beanstalk. For information about CodeBuild support in Elastic Beanstalk, see Using the EB CLI with Amazon CodeBuild.

Output

If successful, the command guides you through setting up a new Elastic Beanstalk application through a series of prompts.

Example

The following example request initializes EB CLI and prompts you to enter information about your application. Replace placeholder text with your own values.

$ eb init -i
Select a default region
1) us-east-1 : US East (N. Virginia)
2) us-west-1 : US West (N. California)
3) us-west-2 : US West (Oregon)
4) eu-west-1 : Europe (Ireland)
5) eu-central-1 : Europe (Frankfurt)
6) ap-south-1 : Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
7) ap-southeast-1 : Asia Pacific (Singapore)
...
(default is 3): 3

Select an application to use
1) HelloWorldApp
2) NewApp
3) [ Create new Application ]
(default is 3): 3

Enter Application Name
(default is "tmp"):
Application tmp has been created.

It appears you are using PHP. Is this correct?
(y/n): y

Select a platform branch.
1) PHP 7.2 running on 64bit Amazon Linux
2) PHP 7.1 running on 64bit Amazon Linux (Deprecated)
3) PHP 7.0 running on 64bit Amazon Linux (Deprecated)
4) PHP 5.6 running on 64bit Amazon Linux (Deprecated)
5) PHP 5.5 running on 64bit Amazon Linux (Deprecated)
6) PHP 5.4 running on 64bit Amazon Linux (Deprecated)
(default is 1): 1
Do you want to set up SSH for your instances?
(y/n): y

Select a keypair.
1) aws-eb
2) [ Create new KeyPair ]
(default is 2): 1