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You can also start with a less expensive instance type easily upgrade to a larger size in this same manner. One thing to note is that you cannot switch between 32bit to 64bit OS - choose well for your initial choice.

Notes for the sake of posterity

Gotchas Getting Started with Beanstalk

Here are some gotchas I ran into when using beanstalk for the first time:

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• Beanstalk is only in US East so you have to make and use a key pair from US East
• Get the key pair PlatformKeyPairEast from fremont

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• I needed to edit the default firewall setttings to open up port 22

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• If you want to save time (and a beanstalk deployment) you can overwrite that WAR with a new WAR if you want.

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Beanstalk FAQ

Where is the WAR file?

The servlet WAR is expanded under /var/lib/tomcat6/webapps/ROOT/

If you want to save time (and a beanstalk deployment) you can overwrite that WAR with a new WAR if you want. Don't do this on the production stack though, only test stacks!

Where are the tomcat log files?

The log files are here:

/var/log
/var/log/tomcat6/monitor_catalina.log.lck
/var/log/tomcat6/tail_catalina.log
/var/log/tomcat6/tail_catalina.log.lck
/var/log/tomcat6/monitor_catalina.log

Where are the Apache log files?

The log files are here:

/var/log/httpd/error_log
/var/log/httpd/access_log
/var/log/httpd/elasticbeanstalk-access_log
/var/log/httpd/elasticbeanstalk-error_log

How to configure HTTPS

The ARN for the synapse.sagebase.org cert is arn:aws:iam::325565585839:server-certificate/SynapseCert

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For links to more documentation and info about the ssl cert see PLFM-142

Gotchas Getting Started with Beanstalk

Here are some gotchas I ran into when using beanstalk for the first time:

1. I created a key pair in US West and was confused when I couldn't get beanstalk to use that key pair.
   • Beanstalk is only in US East so you have to make and use a key pair from US East
   • Get the key pair PlatformKeyPairEast from fremont
2. I could not ssh to my box even though I had the right key pair and the hostname.
   • I needed to edit the default firewall setttings to open up port 22
3. My serlvet didn't work right away and I wanted to look at stuff on disk.
4. Error: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/jsp/jstl/core/Config
   • In a tomcat container, such as Elastic Beanstalk, you have to include jstl.jar manually, hence this entry.

     Code Block
     <dependency> <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId> <artifactId>jstl</artifactId> <version>1.2</version> </dependency>

5. Here's what your deployment might look like when things are working well:

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