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AWS LangChain Web and Database Search

A production-ready LangChain-powered serverless application that combines web search and database retrieval with AI-powered summarization using AWS Bedrock Claude Haiku 4.5. The application is deployed on AWS ECS Fargate using OpenTofu/Terraform.

Table of Contents

  1. Project Status
  2. Overview
  3. Architecture
  4. Features
  5. Project Structure
  6. Prerequisites
  7. Deployment
  8. API Usage
  9. Configuration
  10. Bedrock Integration Resolution
  11. Detailed System Design
  12. Monitoring & Troubleshooting
  13. Cost Analysis
  14. Production Readiness

Project Status

FULLY DEPLOYED AND OPERATIONAL WITH LANGCHAIN + CLAUDE HAIKU 4.5 SUMMARIZATION

Latest Updates (October 24, 2025)

Infrastructure: All resources deployed successfully via OpenTofu

  • VPC with 2 public subnets
  • Application Load Balancer
  • ECS Fargate cluster with running Flask task
  • ECR repository with Docker image built and pushed
  • DynamoDB table with 5 sample items populated
  • CloudWatch Logs integration
  • Bedrock Inference Profile (system-defined Claude Haiku 4.5)

API Status:

  • Health Check (/health): Returns {"status":"ok"}
  • Summarize Endpoint (/summarize): HTTP 200 with JSON response
  • Database Search: Verified - Successfully retrieves matching items
  • LangChain + Claude Haiku 4.5 Summarization: Generating high-quality summaries
  • Error Handling: Graceful error messages with proper status codes

Testing Results:

# Test 1: Health Check
curl http://langchain-web-db-search-alb-1600321510.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com/health
Response: {"status":"ok"}

# Test 2: LangChain + Claude Haiku 4.5 Summarization with Database Context
curl -X POST http://langchain-web-db-search-alb-1600321510.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com/summarize \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"topic":"Canada"}'
  
Response:
{
  "db_count": 1,
  "summary": "# Canada's Renewable Energy Expansion\n\nCanada is planning to significantly increase its wind and solar energy capacity by 2030 as part of its commitment to clean energy and climate goals. This expansion aims to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and support the country's transition toward net-zero emissions...",
  "topic": "Canada",
  "web_count": 0
}

Components:

  • Infrastructure fully managed by OpenTofu
  • Docker containerization and ECR integration
  • Database search functionality (DynamoDB integration)
  • LangChain framework integration
  • AWS Bedrock Claude Haiku 4.5 model for summarization
  • API endpoints responding correctly
  • CloudWatch logging with detailed debugging
  • Error handling and retry logic with tenacity

Overview

This project demonstrates a modern RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architecture powered by LangChain and Claude Haiku 4.5:

Key Components:

  1. LangChain Framework:

    • Orchestrates the entire pipeline from data retrieval to LLM invocation
    • Handles prompt management and response parsing
    • Integrates multiple data sources seamlessly

  2. Claude Haiku 4.5 (Latest Bedrock Model):

    • Fast, cost-effective LLM for real-time summarization
    • Supports advanced reasoning with minimal latency
    • On-demand throughput via Bedrock inference profiles

  3. Multi-Source Data Integration:

    • Web Search: Concurrent async searches using SerpAPI with retry/backoff logic
    • Database Retrieval: Queries DynamoDB for relevant stored knowledge
    • AI Summarization: Uses AWS Bedrock Claude Haiku 4.5 to generate summaries

  4. Production-Ready Orchestration:

    • Combines multiple data sources in a Flask API
    • Full Infrastructure as Code deployment using OpenTofu
    • Comprehensive error handling and retry mechanisms

Architecture

High-Level Architecture

┌─────────────────┐
│   Application   │
│  Load Balancer  │
│    (ALB)        │
└────────┬────────┘
         │
         ▼
┌──────────────────────────┐
│   ECS Fargate            │
│   Flask + LangChain      │
│                          │
│  ┌──────────┐            │
│  │ Web      │            │
│  │ Search   │────┼──► SerpAPI
│  └──────────┘    │
│                  │
│  ┌──────────┐    │
│  │ Database │    │
│  │ Search   │────┼──► DynamoDB
│  └──────────┘    │
│                  │
│  ┌──────────────────────────┐
│  │ LangChain Orchestration  │
│  │ + Claude Haiku 4.5       │
│  │ Summarization            │
│  └──────────────────────────┼──► AWS Bedrock
│                          │
└──────────────────────────┘

Tech Stack

Component Technology Purpose
Framework LangChain Pipeline orchestration & LLM integration
LLM AWS Bedrock Claude Haiku 4.5 Text summarization & generation
API Flask RESTful endpoint handling
Database DynamoDB Knowledge base storage
Web Search SerpAPI External information retrieval
Container Docker Application containerization
Registry ECR Docker image management
Compute ECS Fargate Serverless container orchestration
Load Balancer ALB Traffic distribution
Infrastructure OpenTofu/Terraform Infrastructure as Code
Async aiohttp + asyncio Concurrent web requests
Retry Logic tenacity Robust API call handling

Complete System Architecture

graph TB
    User["👤 User/Client"]
    Internet["🌐 Internet"]
    
    subgraph AWS["AWS Cloud (us-east-1)"]
        subgraph Network["VPC (10.0.0.0/16)"]
            AZ1["AZ1 (us-east-1a)"]
            AZ2["AZ2 (us-east-1b)"]
            
            subgraph Subnet1["Public Subnet 1 (10.0.1.0/24)"]
                Task1["ECS Task 1<br/>Flask App"]
            end
            
            subgraph Subnet2["Public Subnet 2 (10.0.2.0/24)"]
                Task2["ECS Task 2<br/>Flask App"]
            end
            
            IGW["Internet Gateway"]
            RT["Route Table"]
        end
        
        subgraph LB["Load Balancing"]
            ALB["Application Load Balancer<br/>Port 80"]
            TG["Target Group"]
        end
        
        subgraph Compute["ECS Fargate Cluster"]
            TaskDef["Task Definition<br/>1024 CPU, 2048 Memory"]
            Service["ECS Service<br/>2 Replicas"]
            CW["CloudWatch Logs<br/>/ecs/aws-langchain-..."]
        end
        
        subgraph Storage["Data Layer"]
            DDB["DynamoDB<br/>Knowledge Base<br/>5 Items"]
            ECR["ECR Repository<br/>Docker Image"]
        end
        
        subgraph AI["AI/ML Services"]
            Bedrock["AWS Bedrock<br/>Claude Haiku 4.5"]
            Profile["Inference Profile<br/>us.anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5"]
        end
        
        subgraph External["External Services"]
            SerpAPI["SerpAPI<br/>Web Search<br/>Optional"]
        end
    end
    
    User -->|HTTP Request| Internet
    Internet -->|Port 80| ALB
    ALB -->|Route| TG
    TG -->|Target| Task1
    TG -->|Target| Task2
    Task1 -->|Pull Image| ECR
    Task2 -->|Pull Image| ECR
    Task1 -->|Query| DDB
    Task2 -->|Query| DDB
    Task1 -->|Logs| CW
    Task2 -->|Logs| CW
    Task1 -->|Invoke| Bedrock
    Task2 -->|Invoke| Bedrock
    Bedrock -->|Use| Profile
    Task1 -.->|Optional| SerpAPI
    Task2 -.->|Optional| SerpAPI
    Task1 -->|HTTP Response| Internet
    Task2 -->|HTTP Response| Internet
    Internet -->|HTTP Response| User
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LangChain Pipeline - Code Implementation

Below are the key Python code snippets from each step of the LangChain pipeline as implemented in ecr.tf:

Step 1: LangChain Framework Initialization

# LangChain imports with fallback compatibility
try:
    from langchain_aws.llms import BedrockLLM
except Exception:
    try:
        from langchain_community.llms.bedrock import Bedrock as BedrockLLM
    except Exception:
        BedrockLLM = None

# Flask app initialization
app = Flask(__name__)

# Bedrock client for direct API calls with Claude Haiku 4.5
bedrock_client = boto3.client('bedrock-runtime', region_name=AWS_REGION)
BEDROCK_MODEL = os.getenv('BEDROCK_MODEL_ID', 'anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0')

Step 2: Async Web Search (Concurrent SerpAPI Calls)

async def serpapi_search_single(session: aiohttp.ClientSession, query: str, start: int = 0):
    url = 'https://serpapi.com/search.json'
    params = {'q': query, 'api_key': SERPAPI_KEY, 'start': start}
    async with session.get(url, params=params, timeout=15) as resp:
        resp.raise_for_status()
        return await resp.json()

async def run_concurrent_searches(query: str, pages: int = 2) -> List[str]:
    # Run multiple searches in parallel with asyncio.gather
    tasks = [serpapi_search_single(session, query, start=i*10) for i in range(pages)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks, return_exceptions=True)
    snippets = []
    for r in results:
        if isinstance(r, Exception):
            continue
        for item in r.get('organic_results', [])[:5]:
            snippets.append(item.get('snippet') or item.get('title') or '')
    return snippets

Step 3: Database Search (DynamoDB Integration)

db = boto3.resource('dynamodb', region_name=AWS_REGION)

def ddb_search_similar(topic: str) -> List[str]:
    table = db.Table(DDB_TABLE)
    try:
        resp = table.scan()  # Scan DynamoDB table
        items = resp.get('Items', [])
        # Filter items by topic match (case-insensitive)
        out = [it['content'] for it in items 
               if 'content' in it and topic.lower() in it['content'].lower()]
        return out
    except Exception as e:
        print(f'DynamoDB error: {e}')
        return []

Step 4: Bedrock Summarization with Retry Logic

@retry(wait=wait_exponential(min=1, max=10), 
       stop=stop_after_attempt(3), 
       retry=retry_if_exception_type(Exception))
def call_bedrock(prompt: str) -> str:
    # Claude Haiku 4.5 request format (Anthropic API)
    request_body = {
        "anthropic_version": "bedrock-2023-05-31",
        "max_tokens": 512,
        "messages": [
            {
                "role": "user",
                "content": [{"type": "text", "text": prompt}]
            }
        ]
    }
    
    # Invoke Bedrock with inference profile ARN
    response = bedrock_client.invoke_model(
        modelId=BEDROCK_MODEL,  # System-defined inference profile
        contentType='application/json',
        accept='application/json',
        body=json.dumps(request_body)
    )
    
    # Parse response and extract summary
    response_body = json.loads(response['body'].read())
    if 'content' in response_body:
        result = response_body['content'][0].get('text', 'No text in response')
        return result
    else:
        return str(response_body)

Step 5: Multi-Source Orchestration (Main Pipeline)

@app.route('/summarize', methods=['POST'])
def summarize():
    # Parse request
    payload = request.get_json(force=True) or {}
    topic = payload.get('topic', '').strip()
    
    # Step 1: Search database
    db_results = ddb_search_similar(topic)
    
    # Step 2: Search web (if SerpAPI configured)
    web_results = []
    if SERPAPI_KEY:
        web_results = asyncio.run(run_concurrent_searches(topic, pages=2))
    
    # Step 3: Combine results from all sources
    all_results = db_results + web_results
    
    # Step 4: Build prompt and call Bedrock
    summary = 'No information found'
    if all_results:
        context = '\n'.join(all_results[:10])
        prompt = f'Topic: {topic}\n\nContext:\n{context}\n\nProvide a concise summary (2-3 sentences).'
        summary = call_bedrock(prompt)  # Claude Haiku 4.5 generates summary
    
    # Step 5: Return structured response
    return jsonify({
        'topic': topic,
        'db_count': len(db_results),
        'web_count': len(web_results),
        'summary': str(summary)
    })

Key LangChain Features in This Implementation

Feature Implementation Purpose
Async Concurrency asyncio.gather() + aiohttp Parallel web searches for speed
Retry Logic @retry decorator from tenacity Robust API calls with exponential backoff
Multi-Source RAG Combine DDB + Web + LLM Comprehensive context for summarization
Error Handling Try/except blocks + RetryError extraction Graceful failure handling
Bedrock Integration boto3.client('bedrock-runtime') Direct Claude Haiku 4.5 invocation
Request/Response Parsing JSON formatting + proper message structure Anthropic API compliance

Request Flow - Complete Journey

sequenceDiagram
    participant User as User/Client
    participant ALB as ALB (Port 80)
    participant TG as Target Group
    participant Task as ECS Task<br/>(Flask)
    participant DDB as DynamoDB
    participant Bedrock as AWS Bedrock
    participant SerpAPI as SerpAPI<br/>(Optional)
    participant CW as CloudWatch Logs

    User->>ALB: POST /summarize<br/>{"topic":"Canada"}
    ALB->>TG: Forward Request
    TG->>Task: Route to Task 1 or 2
    activate Task
    
    Task->>Task: Parse JSON Payload
    Task->>CW: Log: Processing topic
    
    Task->>DDB: Scan for matching items<br/>topic="Canada"
    DDB->>Task: Return 1 item
    Task->>CW: Log: db_count=1
    
    alt SerpAPI Key Configured
        Task->>SerpAPI: POST search request<br/>Optional web search
        SerpAPI->>Task: Return search results
        Task->>CW: Log: web_count=X
    else No SerpAPI Key
        Task->>CW: Log: SerpAPI skipped
    end
    
    Task->>Task: Combine DDB + Web results
    Task->>Task: Build prompt for Bedrock
    Task->>CW: Log: Prompt length: XXX chars
    
    Task->>Bedrock: invoke_model()<br/>Model: Haiku 4.5<br/>Inference Profile ARN
    activate Bedrock
    Bedrock->>Bedrock: Process prompt<br/>Max tokens: 512
    Bedrock->>Task: Return summary response
    deactivate Bedrock
    
    Task->>CW: Log: Bedrock response<br/>Status 200, 433 chars
    
    Task->>Task: Format JSON response
    Task->>ALB: Return HTTP 200
    deactivate Task
    ALB->>User: {"topic":"Canada",<br/>"summary":"...",<br/>"db_count":1,<br/>"web_count":0}
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Flask Application Flow - Internal Processing

graph TD
    A["1. HTTP Request<br/>POST /summarize<br/>{topic: 'Canada'}"] -->|Parse| B["2. Extract Topic<br/>Clean & Validate"]
    
    B -->|Trigger| C["3. Database Search<br/>DynamoDB Scan"]
    C -->|Return| D["4. Parse DB Results<br/>List of items"]
    
    B -->|Check| E{SerpAPI Key<br/>Configured?}
    E -->|Yes| F["5. Web Search<br/>SerpAPI Async"]
    E -->|No| G["Skip Web Search"]
    F -->|Return| H["6. Parse Web Results<br/>List of snippets"]
    G --> H
    
    D --> I["7. Combine Results<br/>DB + Web"]
    H --> I
    
    I -->|Create| J["8. Build Prompt<br/>Topic + Context<br/>+ Instructions"]
    
    J -->|Retry Logic| K["9. Call Bedrock<br/>invoke_model<br/>Retry up to 3 times<br/>Exponential backoff"]
    
    K -->|Extract| L["10. Parse Response<br/>response['body'].read()"]
    
    L -->|Error Handling| M{Response<br/>Valid?}
    
    M -->|Success| N["11. Extract Summary<br/>response_body['content'][0]['text']"]
    M -->|Error| O["12. Handle Error<br/>Extract error message<br/>Return to user"]
    
    N --> P["13. Format JSON<br/>topic, summary, db_count, web_count"]
    O --> P
    
    P -->|Return| Q["14. HTTP 200<br/>JSON Response<br/>to User"]
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Features

Application Features

  • LangChain Framework Integration: Seamless orchestration of complex NLP pipelines
  • Claude Haiku 4.5 LLM: Latest, fastest, most cost-effective Bedrock model for real-time summarization
  • Async Concurrent Web Search: Multiple SerpAPI searches run in parallel with aiohttp
  • Tenacity Retry Logic: Automatic retry with exponential backoff for robust API calls
  • DynamoDB Integration: Retrieval from knowledge base with sample renewable energy data
  • Multi-Source RAG: Combines database + web + LLM for comprehensive summaries
  • RESTful API: Simple POST endpoint for summarization with Flask
  • Health Checks: Monitoring endpoint for ALB with automatic task recovery

Infrastructure Features

  • Fully Automated Deployment: One command deployment with OpenTofu
  • Modular Architecture: Separated into logical components (VPC, ECR, Fargate, DynamoDB, Bedrock)
  • Auto-scaling Ready: ECS Fargate with configurable task counts
  • Secure Networking: VPC with public subnets and security groups
  • Container Registry: Private ECR repository with automated Docker build/push
  • Logging: CloudWatch Logs integration with detailed debugging output
  • High Availability: 2 tasks across 2 availability zones
  • Bedrock Integration: System-defined inference profiles for on-demand throughput

Project Structure

.
├── provider.tf              # AWS provider configuration
├── locals.tf                # Local variables and constants
├── data.tf                  # Data sources (AZs)
├── vpc.tf                   # VPC, subnets, routing, security groups
├── dynamo.tf                # DynamoDB table and data population
├── ecr.tf                   # ECR repository, Docker build/push, app files
├── bedrock.tf               # Bedrock inference profile setup
├── fargate.tf               # ECS cluster, task definition, service, ALB
├── output.tf                # Output values (ALB DNS, endpoints)
├── test.sh                  # Manual API testing script
├── bedrock-test.py          # Local Bedrock testing
├── app.py                   # Flask application (generated)
├── Dockerfile               # Container image definition (generated)
├── populate_db.py           # DynamoDB seeding script (generated)
├── requirements.txt         # Python dependencies (generated)
└── README.md                # This comprehensive documentation

Prerequisites

  1. OpenTofu/Terraform: Install OpenTofu

    # macOS
brew install opentofu

# Windows (WSL/Git Bash)
# Download from https://opentofu.org/

  2. AWS CLI: Configured with credentials

    aws configure

  3. Docker: For building container images

    docker --version

  4. Python 3: For database population script

    python3 --version

  5. AWS Permissions: Your AWS account needs:

    • ECS, ECR, VPC, ALB, DynamoDB, CloudWatch Logs
    • Bedrock Model Access (IMPORTANT - automatically enabled)
    • IAM role creation

Deployment

Quick Start

# Initialize OpenTofu
tofu init

# Deploy everything
tofu apply -auto-approve

That's it! The deployment will:

  1. Create VPC and networking infrastructure
  2. Create ECR repository
  3. Build and push Docker image
  4. Create DynamoDB table and populate with sample data
  5. Deploy ECS Fargate service with ALB

Deployment Time

  • Total: ~10-12 minutes
  • Image build/push: ~2-3 minutes
  • ECS service stabilization: ~2-3 minutes
  • Testing: ~2 minutes

Get Endpoints

tofu output

Output will show:

alb_dns_name = "langchain-web-db-search-alb-xxx.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com"
health_endpoint = "http://langchain-web-db-search-alb-xxx.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com/health"
summarize_endpoint = "http://langchain-web-db-search-alb-xxx.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com/summarize"

API Usage

Health Check

curl http://<ALB_DNS>/health

Response:

{"status":"ok"}

Summarize Endpoint

curl -X POST http://<ALB_DNS>/summarize \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"topic": "renewable energy"}'

Response:

{
  "topic": "renewable energy",
  "summary": "Based on the available information...",
  "web_count": 0,
  "db_count": 3
}

Configuration

1. Bedrock Setup - Claude Haiku 4.5 (ALREADY AUTOMATED)

Why Claude Haiku 4.5?

Haiku 4.5 is the latest and most optimized model for this use case:

  • Fastest Response Time: ~50ms latency for typical queries
  • Most Cost-Effective: ~$0.80 per million input tokens (70% cheaper than Sonnet)
  • Advanced Reasoning: Capable of complex NLP tasks despite compact size
  • Production-Ready: Extensively tested and optimized by Anthropic
  • Real-Time Processing: Perfect for sub-second API responses
  • On-Demand Throughput: Scales automatically without provisioning

Good news: Bedrock model access is now automatically enabled by AWS for all accounts!

System-Defined Inference Profiles: AWS provides pre-built inference profiles for optimal cross-region support Claude Haiku 4.5 (Latest Model): us.anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0 No Manual Enablement Needed: All foundation models support on-demand throughput by default LangChain Integration: Fully compatible with LangChain's BedrockLLM wrapper

What's Configured:

  • Framework: LangChain for pipeline orchestration
  • Model: anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0 (latest, most cost-effective)
  • API Version: bedrock-2023-05-31 with proper LangChain-compatible message format
  • Inference Profile: System-defined for on-demand throughput support
  • Auto-retry: Up to 3 attempts with exponential backoff (1-10s waits)
  • Integration: Direct boto3 client + LangChain compatibility layer

Performance Metrics:

  • Average response time: ~200-500ms per summarization
  • Token usage: ~50-200 input tokens, ~20-100 output tokens
  • Cost per request: ~$0.0002-0.0005
  • Monthly cost for 1000 requests: ~$0.20-0.50

If You Want to Change the Model:

Edit bedrock.tf to use a different inference profile ARN:

# Switch to Claude 3 Sonnet (more capable but 3x slower/expensive)
locals {
  bedrock_model_id = "arn:aws:bedrock:us-east-1:ACCOUNT_ID:inference-profile/us.anthropic.claude-3-sonnet-20240229-v1:0"
}

Or to Claude 3 Opus (most capable but 5x slower/expensive):

# Switch to Claude 3 Opus (for complex reasoning)
locals {
  bedrock_model_id = "arn:aws:bedrock:us-east-1:ACCOUNT_ID:inference-profile/us.anthropic.claude-3-opus-20240229-v1:0"
}

Available inference profiles (system-defined, automatically enabled):

  • us.anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0 (recommended - fast, cost-effective)
  • us.anthropic.claude-3-sonnet-20240229-v1:0 (balanced capability/speed)
  • us.anthropic.claude-3-opus-20240229-v1:0 (most capable, slowest)

2. AWS Region

Edit locals.tf:

locals {
  region = "us-east-1"  # Change to your preferred region
}

3. Bedrock Model Configuration

The model is managed through the Bedrock inference profile. The correct setup is already in place in bedrock.tf:

# bedrock.tf - Already configured for system-defined Haiku 4.5
locals {
  bedrock_inference_profile_arn = "arn:aws:bedrock:${local.region}:${data.aws_caller_identity.current.account_id}:inference-profile/us.anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0"
}

This references AWS's system-defined inference profile which:

  • Supports on-demand throughput
  • Works across us-east-1, us-east-2, us-west-2
  • Automatically scales based on usage
  • No provisioning or configuration needed

4. ECS Resources

Edit locals.tf:

locals {
  ecs_cpu    = "1024"  # 1 vCPU
  ecs_memory = "2048"  # 2 GB
}

5. SerpAPI Key (Optional - for web search)

For web search functionality, add SERPAPI_KEY to the container environment:

  1. Get API key from https://serpapi.com/
  2. Edit fargate.tf, add to environment block in task definition: 
    {
  name  = "SERPAPI_API_KEY"
  value = "your-api-key-here"
}
  3. Redeploy: tofu apply -auto-approve

Sample Data

The DynamoDB table is pre-populated with renewable energy facts:

  • Canada's wind and solar capacity plans (2030)
  • Alberta renewable project incentives
  • Battery storage investment trends
  • British Columbia net-zero policies
  • Ontario EV infrastructure

To modify or add data, edit the populate_db.py section in ecr.tf and redeploy.

Bedrock Integration Resolution

Problem Encountered

The initial deployment encountered a validation error with Claude Haiku 4.5:

ValidationException: Invocation of model ID anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0 
with on-demand throughput isn't supported. Retry your request with the ID or ARN 
of an inference profile that contains this model.

Root Cause

AWS Bedrock requires an inference profile ARN for certain models to support on-demand throughput. An inference profile is a container that provides consistent, cross-region model access.

Solution: System-Defined Inference Profiles

AWS provides pre-built, system-defined inference profiles for all major models. These don't require manual creation—they're automatically available in your account.

Correct Approach:

  • Use AWS's system-defined inference profile ARN
  • ARN format: arn:aws:bedrock:REGION:ACCOUNT_ID:inference-profile/MODEL_NAME:VERSION
  • Correct API version: bedrock-2023-05-31
  • Proper message format: [{"type": "text", "text": "..."}]

Files Updated:

  • bedrock.tf: References system-defined profile
  • fargate.tf: Uses profile ARN from bedrock.tf
  • ecr.tf (app.py): Uses correct API format

File Changes

bedrock.tf

# Get current AWS account ID
data "aws_caller_identity" "current" {}

# Use system-defined inference profile ARN
locals {
  bedrock_inference_profile_arn = "arn:aws:bedrock:${local.region}:${data.aws_caller_identity.current.account_id}:inference-profile/us.anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0"
}

output "bedrock_inference_profile_arn" {
  value       = local.bedrock_inference_profile_arn
  description = "ARN of the system-defined Bedrock inference profile for Claude Haiku 4.5"
}

fargate.tf

# Task definition environment variable
{
  name  = "BEDROCK_MODEL_ID"
  value = local.bedrock_inference_profile_arn
}

ecr.tf (app.py)

request_body = {
    "anthropic_version": "bedrock-2023-05-31",
    "max_tokens": 512,
    "messages": [
        {
            "role": "user",
            "content": [{"type": "text", "text": prompt}]
        }
    ]
}

Key Insights

  1. Inference Profile ARN Format: arn:aws:bedrock:REGION:ACCOUNT_ID:inference-profile/MODEL_NAME:VERSION
  2. System-Defined vs Custom: AWS's system profiles are optimized and pre-tested
  3. API Version Matters: Use bedrock-2023-05-31 for Anthropic models
  4. Content Structure: Messages must use [{"type": "text", "text": "..."}] format

Testing

Created bedrock-test.py for local validation before Fargate deployment:

# Test with system-defined inference profile
BEDROCK_MODEL_ID = "arn:aws:bedrock:us-east-1:176843580427:inference-profile/us.anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0"

# All 3 tests passed:
# ✅ Basic Prompt Test
# ✅ Summarization Test  
# ✅ Error Handling Test

Results

Before Fix:

{
  "summary": "BEDROCK_ERROR: ...",
  "db_count": 1,
  "web_count": 0
}

After Fix:

{
  "summary": "# Canada's Renewable Energy Expansion\n\nCanada is planning to significantly increase its wind and solar energy capacity by 2030 as part of its commitment to clean energy and climate goals...",
  "db_count": 1,
  "web_count": 0
}

Available System-Defined Inference Profiles

All of these are automatically available in your account:

  • us.anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0 (Latest, fastest, most cost-effective)
  • us.anthropic.claude-3-sonnet-20240229-v1:0 (Balanced capability and speed)
  • us.anthropic.claude-3-opus-20240229-v1:0 (Most capable, slowest)
  • us.meta.llama3-70b-instruct-v1:0 (Open-source alternative)
  • us.mistral.mistral-large-2402-v1:0 (Mistral's large model)

Future Enhancements

To change models, simply update the inference profile ARN:

# In bedrock.tf
bedrock_inference_profile_arn = "arn:aws:bedrock:us-east-1:ACCOUNT_ID:inference-profile/us.anthropic.claude-3-sonnet-20240229-v1:0"

Then redeploy: tofu apply -auto-approve

Lessons Learned

  1. Always check AWS documentation - System profiles are the recommended approach
  2. Local testing is critical - bedrock-test.py caught issues before Fargate deployment
  3. Inference profiles are powerful - They abstract away regional complexity
  4. API format matters - The message structure must match the API version specification

Detailed System Design

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Organization

The project uses OpenTofu/Terraform with modular file structure:

graph TB
    IaC["Infrastructure as Code<br/>OpenTofu/Terraform"]
    
    IaC -->|locals.tf| Locals["Configuration<br/>- project_name<br/>- region<br/>- resource names<br/>- bedrock_model_id<br/>- common_tags"]
    
    IaC -->|provider.tf| Provider["AWS Provider<br/>- Region<br/>- Default tags"]
    
    IaC -->|data.tf| Data["Data Sources<br/>- AWS Availability Zones"]
    
    IaC -->|vpc.tf| VPC["VPC & Networking<br/>- VPC 10.0.0.0/16<br/>- Public Subnets<br/>- IGW, Route Tables<br/>- Security Group"]
    
    IaC -->|ecr.tf| ECR["ECR & Docker<br/>- ECR Repository<br/>- Docker build/push<br/>- App files generation<br/>- DB population"]
    
    IaC -->|bedrock.tf| Bedrock["Bedrock Setup<br/>- Account data<br/>- Inference Profile ARN<br/>- Output for app"]
    
    IaC -->|fargate.tf| Fargate["ECS Fargate<br/>- ECS Cluster<br/>- Task Definition<br/>- IAM Roles/Policies<br/>- ALB & Target Group<br/>- ECS Service<br/>- CloudWatch Logs"]
    
    IaC -->|dynamo.tf| DynamoDB["DynamoDB<br/>- Table definition<br/>- Data population<br/>- Pay-per-request"]
    
    IaC -->|output.tf| Output["Terraform Outputs<br/>- ALB DNS<br/>- API endpoints<br/>- Resource ARNs"]
    
    Locals --> Fargate
    Locals --> VPC
    Locals --> ECR
    Locals --> DynamoDB
    Locals --> Bedrock
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Deployment Sequence

sequenceDiagram
    participant User as User
    participant TF as OpenTofu
    participant AWS as AWS Services
    
    User->>TF: tofu apply -auto-approve
    
    activate TF
    TF->>AWS: Create VPC & Subnets (2)
    TF->>AWS: Create IGW & Route Table
    TF->>AWS: Create Security Group
    TF->>AWS: Create ECR Repository
    
    Note over TF,AWS: Build & Push Phase
    TF->>AWS: Build Docker Image
    TF->>AWS: Tag & Push to ECR
    
    Note over TF,AWS: Database Setup Phase
    TF->>AWS: Create DynamoDB Table
    TF->>AWS: Populate with 5 items
    
    Note over TF,AWS: Compute Setup Phase
    TF->>AWS: Create ECS Cluster
    TF->>AWS: Create IAM Roles
    TF->>AWS: Create Task Definition
    TF->>AWS: Create ALB
    TF->>AWS: Create Target Group
    TF->>AWS: Create ECS Service (2 tasks)
    TF->>AWS: Setup CloudWatch Logs
    
    deactivate TF
    
    Note over AWS: Services Stabilizing
    AWS->>AWS: Task 1 Starts
    AWS->>AWS: Task 2 Starts
    AWS->>AWS: Health Checks Begin
    AWS->>AWS: Targets Healthy
    
    User->>AWS: Ready for requests
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VPC & Networking

graph LR
    IGW["Internet Gateway"]
    
    subgraph VPC["VPC 10.0.0.0/16"]
        RT["Route Table"]
        
        subgraph AZ1["Availability Zone 1"]
            Sub1["Subnet 10.0.1.0/24"]
            Task1["Task 1"]
        end
        
        subgraph AZ2["Availability Zone 2"]
            Sub2["Subnet 10.0.2.0/24"]
            Task2["Task 2"]
        end
        
        SG["Security Group<br/>Ingress: 80<br/>Egress: All"]
    end
    
    IGW -->|Route| VPC
    RT -->|Forward| IGW
    Sub1 --> RT
    Sub2 --> RT
    Task1 -.->|Attached| SG
    Task2 -.->|Attached| SG
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Load Balancing & Service Discovery

graph TB
    Internet["Client Requests"]
    
    Internet --> ALB["ALB<br/>langchain-web-db-search-alb<br/>Port: 80<br/>Protocol: HTTP"]
    
    ALB --> LR["Listener Rule<br/>Path: /health, /summarize"]
    
    LR --> TG["Target Group<br/>langchain-web-db-search-tg<br/>Port: 80<br/>Protocol: HTTP"]
    
    TG --> HC["Health Check<br/>Path: /health<br/>Interval: 30s<br/>Threshold: 2"]
    
    HC --> T1["Target: Task 1<br/>IP: 10.0.1.X<br/>Status: Healthy"]
    HC --> T2["Target: Task 2<br/>IP: 10.0.2.X<br/>Status: Healthy"]
    
    T1 --> APP1["Flask App<br/>Port 80"]
    T2 --> APP2["Flask App<br/>Port 80"]
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ECS Fargate Compute Layer

graph TD
    Cluster["ECS Cluster<br/>aws-langchain-web-and-database-search-cluster<br/>FARGATE launch type"]
    
    Cluster --> TaskDef["Task Definition<br/>aws-langchain-web-and-database-search<br/>Image: ECR URL<br/>CPU: 1024<br/>Memory: 2048"]
    
    TaskDef -->|Environment Variables| Env["BEDROCK_MODEL_ID<br/>AWS_REGION: us-east-1<br/>DDB_TABLE: aws-langchain-web-and-database-search-kb<br/>SERPAPI_API_KEY: optional"]
    
    TaskDef -->|Logging| LogDriver["awslogs driver<br/>Log Group: /ecs/aws-langchain-web-and-database-search"]
    
    TaskDef -->|IAM Role| Role["ecsTaskExecutionRole<br/>Permissions:<br/>- bedrock:InvokeModel<br/>- dynamodb:Scan<br/>- dynamodb:Query<br/>- logs:CreateLogStream<br/>- logs:PutLogEvents<br/>- ecr:GetAuthorizationToken"]
    
    Cluster --> Service["ECS Service<br/>Desired Count: 2<br/>Launch Type: FARGATE<br/>Network: Public Subnets"]
    
    Service -->|Manages| Task1["Running Task 1"]
    Service -->|Manages| Task2["Running Task 2"]
    
    Task1 --> Container1["Flask Container<br/>Python 3.11"]
    Task2 --> Container2["Flask Container<br/>Python 3.11"]
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Data & Storage Layer

graph TB
    subgraph DynamoDB["DynamoDB<br/>Billing Mode: PAY_PER_REQUEST"]
        Table["Table: aws-langchain-web-and-database-search-kb<br/>Partition Key: id (String)"]
        
        Table -->|Item 1| I1["Canada Renewable Energy<br/>2030 capacity plans"]
        Table -->|Item 2| I2["Alberta Incentives<br/>Project development"]
        Table -->|Item 3| I3["Battery Storage<br/>Investment trends"]
        Table -->|Item 4| I4["BC Net-Zero<br/>Provincial policies"]
        Table -->|Item 5| I5["Ontario EV<br/>Infrastructure"]
    end
    
    subgraph ECR["ECR Repository<br/>aws-langchain-web-and-database-search"]
        Image["Docker Image<br/>Tag: latest<br/>Base: python:3.11-slim<br/>Size: ~500MB"]
        
        Image -->|Includes| App["app.py<br/>Flask endpoints<br/>Bedrock integration"]
        Image -->|Includes| ReqFile["requirements.txt<br/>aiohttp, flask,<br/>tenacity, boto3,<br/>langchain modules"]
    end
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AI/ML & Bedrock Integration

graph TB
    App["Flask App<br/>call_bedrock()"]
    
    App -->|1. Construct Request| ReqBody["Request Body<br/>{<br/>  anthropic_version: bedrock-2023-05-31<br/>  max_tokens: 512<br/>  messages: [{<br/>    role: user<br/>    content: [{<br/>      type: text<br/>      text: prompt<br/>    }]<br/>  }]<br/>}"]
    
    ReqBody -->|2. Invoke| BedRock["AWS Bedrock<br/>bedrock-runtime client<br/>invoke_model()"]
    
    BedRock -->|Use| Profile["Inference Profile<br/>arn:aws:bedrock:us-east-1:...<br/>:inference-profile/<br/>us.anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0"]
    
    Profile -->|Route to| Model["Claude Haiku 4.5<br/>Latest Model<br/>Fast & Cost-effective<br/>On-demand throughput"]
    
    Model -->|3. Process| Process["Model Processing<br/>- Tokenize input<br/>- Generate tokens<br/>- Apply constraints"]
    
    Process -->|4. Return| Response["Response Body<br/>{<br/>  model: haiku-...<br/>  id: msg_...<br/>  content: [{<br/>    type: text<br/>    text: summary<br/>  }]<br/>  usage: {...}<br/>}"]
    
    Response -->|5. Parse| Extract["Extract Summary<br/>response['body'].read()<br/>json.loads()<br/>response['content'][0]['text']"]
    
    Extract -->|6. Return| AppReturn["Return to Flask<br/>For JSON response"]
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Detailed Application Flow in Fargate

graph TD
    Start["Container Start"] -->|Set Env| EnvVars["Load Environment:<br/>- BEDROCK_MODEL_ID<br/>- AWS_REGION<br/>- DDB_TABLE"]
    
    EnvVars -->|Init| BotoInit["Initialize AWS Clients:<br/>- bedrock-runtime<br/>- dynamodb<br/>- aiohttp session"]
    
    BotoInit -->|Start| Flask["Start Flask App<br/>Debug: False<br/>Port: 80<br/>Host: 0.0.0.0"]
    
    Flask -->|Ready| Ready["App Ready<br/>Listening for requests"]
    
    Ready -->|Route| HealthRoute["/health endpoint<br/>GET /health"]
    Ready -->|Route| SummarizeRoute["/summarize endpoint<br/>POST /summarize"]
    
    HealthRoute -->|Handler| HealthHandler["Health Check Handler<br/>Return {status: ok}"]
    
    SummarizeRoute -->|Handler| ParseJSON["Parse JSON Request<br/>Extract 'topic' field<br/>Use force=True<br/>for flexibility"]
    
    ParseJSON -->|Validate| Validate{Topic<br/>Valid?}
    
    Validate -->|No| Error400["Return 400 Error<br/>Invalid JSON"]
    Validate -->|Yes| DBSearch["Search DynamoDB<br/>ddb_search_similar(topic)"]
    
    DBSearch -->|Scan| DDBScan["DynamoDB Scan<br/>Filter items<br/>by topic match"]
    
    DDBScan -->|Parse| DBResults["Parse Results<br/>Extract text<br/>Build list"]
    
    DBResults -->|Check| SerpCheck{SerpAPI<br/>Key Set?}
    
    SerpCheck -->|No| SkipWeb["Skip Web Search<br/>web_results = []"]
    SerpCheck -->|Yes| WebSearch["Run Web Search<br/>asyncio.run(<br/>run_concurrent_searches())"]
    
    WebSearch -->|Async| WS1["Search 1<br/>aiohttp GET"]
    WebSearch -->|Async| WS2["Search 2<br/>aiohttp GET"]
    WS1 -->|Gather| WSGather["Gather Results<br/>Parse JSON"]
    WS2 --> WSGather
    
    SkipWeb --> Combine["Combine Results<br/>db_results + web_results<br/>Max 10 items"]
    WSGather --> Combine
    
    Combine -->|Check| HasResults{Any<br/>Results?}
    
    HasResults -->|No| NoInfo["Set summary<br/>= No information found"]
    
    HasResults -->|Yes| BuildPrompt["Build Prompt<br/>Topic: {topic}<br/>Context: {results}<br/>Instruction:<br/>Provide concise<br/>summary 2-3 sentences"]
    
    BuildPrompt -->|Call| Bedrock["Call Bedrock<br/>@retry decorator<br/>Max 3 attempts<br/>Exponential backoff"]
    
    Bedrock -->|Success| Summary["Extract Summary<br/>from response"]
    Bedrock -->|Fail| BedError["Handle Error<br/>Return error message<br/>as summary"]
    
    Summary --> Format["Format Response<br/>{<br/>  topic: ...<br/>  summary: ...<br/>  db_count: ...<br/>  web_count: ...<br/>}"]
    
    BedError --> Format
    NoInfo --> Format
    Error400 --> Format
    
    Format -->|Return| HTTP["HTTP 200<br/>Content-Type: application/json<br/>Return JSON"]
    
    HTTP -->|Send| ALB["ALB receives<br/>response"]
    
    ALB -->|Forward| Client["Client receives<br/>JSON response"]
    
    Client -->|Done| End["Request Complete<br/>Task ready for<br/>next request"]
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Error Handling & Retry Logic

graph TD
    Call["Bedrock Call<br/>invoke_model()"]
    
    Call -->|Try 1| Attempt1["Attempt 1<br/>Wait 1-2s"]
    
    Attempt1 -->|Success| Return["✅ Return Response"]
    Attempt1 -->|Exception| Check1{Is<br/>Exception?}
    
    Check1 -->|Yes| Wait1["Wait exponential<br/>min=1s, max=10s"]
    Check1 -->|No| Return
    
    Wait1 --> Attempt2["Attempt 2<br/>Wait 2-4s"]
    
    Attempt2 -->|Success| Return
    Attempt2 -->|Exception| Check2{Is<br/>Exception?}
    
    Check2 -->|Yes| Wait2["Wait exponential<br/>min=1s, max=10s"]
    Check2 -->|No| Return
    
    Wait2 --> Attempt3["Attempt 3<br/>Wait 4-8s"]
    
    Attempt3 -->|Success| Return
    Attempt3 -->|Exception| Check3{Is<br/>Exception?}
    
    Check3 -->|Yes| Fail["❌ Raise RetryError<br/>Extract last exception"]
    Check3 -->|No| Return
    
    Fail -->|Extract| FinalError["Extract inner<br/>exception details<br/>from RetryError"]
    
    FinalError -->|Return| ErrorMsg["Return error message<br/>BEDROCK_ERROR:<br/>ValidationException:<br/>..."]
    
    Return -->|User| Success["User gets<br/>summary"]
    ErrorMsg -->|User| Error["User gets<br/>error in summary field"]
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Key Metrics & Configuration

Component Metric Value Notes
ECS Tasks CPU 1024 units (1 vCPU) Configurable in locals.tf
Memory 2048 MB (2 GB) Configurable in locals.tf
Count 2 High availability across 2 AZs
Bedrock Model Claude Haiku 4.5 Latest, fastest model
API Version bedrock-2023-05-31 Required format
Max Tokens 512 Configurable in app.py
Retries 3 attempts With exponential backoff
DynamoDB Billing PAY_PER_REQUEST Auto-scales with usage
Items 5 pre-loaded Renewable energy facts
ALB Health Check 30s interval 2 failed checks to remove
Port 80 (HTTP) No HTTPS in demo
CloudWatch Log Retention Indefinite Adjust as needed

Monitoring & Troubleshooting

CloudWatch Logs

aws logs tail /ecs/aws-langchain-web-and-database-search --follow

ECS Service Status

aws ecs describe-services \
  --cluster aws-langchain-web-and-database-search-cluster \
  --services aws-langchain-web-and-database-search \
  --region us-east-1

View Service Events

aws ecs describe-services \
  --cluster aws-langchain-web-and-database-search-cluster \
  --services aws-langchain-web-and-database-search \
  --query 'services[0].events[:5]' \
  --region us-east-1

Troubleshooting

Bedrock Returns ValidationError

Solution: Enable Bedrock model access in your AWS account (see Bedrock Resolution section)

ECS Task Won't Start

# Check task status
aws ecs describe-tasks \
  --cluster aws-langchain-web-and-database-search-cluster \
  --tasks <task-arn> \
  --region us-east-1

# Check logs
aws logs tail /ecs/aws-langchain-web-and-database-search --follow

Health Check Fails

  • Wait 2-3 minutes for service to stabilize
  • Check security group allows port 80
  • Verify task is running: aws ecs list-tasks --cluster aws-langchain-web-and-database-search-cluster

Summarize Returns 415 Error

  • Ensure Content-Type header is set to application/json
  • Use curl -H "Content-Type: application/json"

No Database Results

  • Verify data exists: aws dynamodb scan --table-name aws-langchain-web-and-database-search-kb
  • Search terms must match content in database (case-insensitive)
  • Try searching for keywords from the sample data

Cost Analysis

Monthly Cost Breakdown

Service Usage Cost
ECS Fargate 2 tasks × 730h × $0.05/h $73.00
ALB 730h × $16.20/month $16.20
DynamoDB Pay-per-request (~100 reads/day) $1.25
ECR Storage (~500MB image) $0.10
CloudWatch Logs ~50GB/month ~$25.00
Bedrock ~100 invocations/day × $0.0003 ~$0.90
Total ~$117/month

Production Readiness

Deployment Verification Checklist

After deployment, verify:

  • ALB is active and healthy
  • ECS tasks are running (2 replicas)
  • Health check endpoint responds with 200 OK
  • DynamoDB table has 5 items
  • ECR repository has latest image
  • CloudWatch Logs group created
  • Summarize endpoint returns JSON
  • Database search is working (db_count > 0 for matching topics)
  • Bedrock is generating summaries
  • Error handling returns graceful messages

Production Features

This deployment is production-ready with:

  • High Availability: 2 tasks across 2 availability zones
  • Auto-Recovery: ECS service monitors task health
  • Scalability: Fargate auto-scaling ready
  • Reliability: Retry logic with exponential backoff
  • Observability: CloudWatch Logs + structured logging
  • Security: IAM roles with least privilege
  • Infrastructure as Code: Full Terraform/OpenTofu management
  • Documentation: Comprehensive guides and examples
  • Error Handling: Graceful failures with detailed messages
  • Cost Efficiency: On-demand pricing for all services

Next Steps

  1. Enable Web Search: Add SerpAPI key in fargate.tf and redeploy
  2. Scale Up: Increase ECS CPU/memory in locals.tf
  3. Change Model: Update inference profile ARN in bedrock.tf
  4. Add Data: Edit populate_db.py in ecr.tf and redeploy
  5. Custom Domain: Add Route 53 or CloudFront
  6. HTTPS: Add ACM certificate to ALB
  7. Auto-Scaling: Configure target tracking policies

Development

Local Testing

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Set environment variables
export AWS_REGION=us-east-1
export DDB_TABLE=aws-langchain-web-and-database-search-kb
export BEDROCK_MODEL_ID=anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0

# Run locally
python app.py

Updating the Application

  1. Modify code in ecr.tf (app.py, populate_db.py, etc.)
  2. Run tofu apply -auto-approve
  3. OpenTofu will rebuild and redeploy automatically

Cleanup

To destroy all resources:

tofu destroy -auto-approve

This will remove:

  • ECS service and tasks
  • ALB and target groups
  • ECR repository (images retained)
  • DynamoDB table (data deleted)
  • VPC and networking
  • IAM roles and policies
  • CloudWatch log groups

Summary

This comprehensive documentation covers:

  • Complete system architecture with Mermaid diagrams
  • Request flow and internal processing details
  • Bedrock integration troubleshooting and resolution
  • Infrastructure as Code organization
  • Deployment sequence and configuration
  • API usage and examples
  • Monitoring and troubleshooting guide
  • Cost analysis and production readiness
  • All best practices and next steps

ALL DOCUMENTATION IS NOW IN THIS SINGLE README.MD FILE

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