Boardroom CDK to deploy bot(s)

This CDK instance deploys the bot in an EC2 instance. This is a summary of what it does:

1. Create a user and access keys for that user
2. Create a DynamoDB table called subscriptions.
3. Grant the user permissions to access the subscriptions table
4. Create an EC2 instance (t2.micro), with the port 22 open using the key bot-ssh-key
5. Pass the keys for the user to .aws/credentials
6. Run the set up files, which installs dependencies and the bot, and runs it permanently.

Set up

The AWS CLI and AWS CDK must be installed. You can refer to this guide to install and configure the CLI and this guide to install the CDK.

The Discord application token must be exported as BOT_TOKEN: export BOT_TOKEN=b32.... You can generate an application token from the Discord developer portal.

You also need an SSH key to access the server called bot-ssh-key. This is so you can access the server later on. See a guide here

Once you have the cdk installed, the token exported and the key created, you can run cdk deploy.

Useful commands

• npm run build compile typescript to js
• npm run watch watch for changes and compile
• npm run test perform the jest unit tests
• cdk deploy deploy this stack to your default AWS account/region
• cdk diff compare deployed stack with current state
• cdk synth emits the synthesized CloudFormation template