Elastic Beanstalk: Simple Cloud Scaling for Java Developers

by Jurg van Vliet, Flavia Paganelli, Steven van Wel

While it's always been possible to run Java applications on Amazon EC2, Amazon's Elastic Beanstalk makes the process easier―especially if you understand how it works beneath the surface. This concise, hands-on book not only walks you through Beanstalk for deploying and managing web applications in the cloud, you'll also learn how to use this AWS tool in other phases of development. Ideal if you're a developer familiar with Java applications or AWS, Elastic Beanstalk provides step-by-step instructions and numerous code samples for building cloud applications on Beanstalk that can handle lots of traffic. Learn how to use Beanstalk with the Eclipse IDE, Hudson for continuous integration, and several AWS tools for load balancing, auto scaling, storage, and other services.

Genres: Programming

84 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

Reviews

[Amit Saurav · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a fast read giving a good overview of Elastic Beanstalk. The examples and source code were easy to follow too. I just wish that there was a little more emphasis on the advanced options with Elastic Beanstalks. The Hacking Elastic Beanstalk chapter felt too short.

[TN · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is a brief, but useful book on Elastic Beanstalk. I found interesting the parts about scaling up/down and deployments with Hudson.