Single Docker Container Deployment to AWS Elastic Beanstalk With GitHub Actions

Prerequisites

1. Create a new Elastic Beanstalk application and environment manually with the following configuration:

• Name: docker_single_container_deployment
• Platform: Docker
• Platform Branch: Docker running on 64bit Amazon Linux 2
• Application code: Sample application (default choice)

2. Create an IAM user with programmatic access and the following permissions: AWSElasticBeanstalkWebTier, AWSElasticBeanstalkManagedUpdatesCustomerRolePolicy, and AmazonS3FullAccess

3. Create 2 repository secrets in your GitHub repository: AWS_ACCESS_KEY and AWS_SECRET_KEY of the IAM user newly created

Overview