I am following the instructions at https://docs.docker.com/compose/django/ to get a basic dockerized django app going. I am able to run it locally without a problem but I am having trouble to deploy it to AWS using Elastic Beanstalk. After reading here, I figured that I need to translate docker-compose.yml into Dockerrun.aws.json for it to work.
The original docker-compose.yml is
version: '2'
services:
db:
image: postgres
web:
build: .
command: python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
volumes:
- .:/code
ports:
- "8000:8000"
depends_on:
- db
and here is what I translated so far
{
"AWSEBDockerrunVersion": 2,
"volumes": [
{
"name": "db"
},
{
"name": "web"
}
],
"containerDefinitions": [
{
"name": "db",
"image": "postgres",
"essential": true,
"memory": 256,
"mountPoints": [
{
"sourceVolume": "db"
"containerPath": "/var/app/current/db"
}
]
},
{
"name": "web",
"image": "web",
"essential": true,
"memory": 256,
"mountPoints": [
{
"sourceVolume": "web"
"containerPath": "/var/app/current/web"
}
],
"portMappings": [
{
"hostPort": 8000,
"containerPort": 8000
}
],
"links": [
"db"
],
"command": "python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000"
}
]
}
but it's not working. What am I doing wrong?
I was struggling to get the ins and outs of the Dockerrun
format. Check out Container Transform: "Transforms docker-compose, ECS, and Marathon configurations"... it's a life-saver. Here is what it outputs for your example:
{
"containerDefinitions": [
{
"essential": true,
"image": "postgres",
"name": "db"
},
{
"command": [
"python",
"manage.py",
"runserver",
"0.0.0.0:8000"
],
"essential": true,
"mountPoints": [
{
"containerPath": "/code",
"sourceVolume": "_"
}
],
"name": "web",
"portMappings": [
{
"containerPort": 8000,
"hostPort": 8000
}
]
}
],
"family": "",
"volumes": [
{
"host": {
"sourcePath": "."
},
"name": "_"
}
]
}
Container web is missing required parameter "image".
Container web is missing required parameter "memory".
Container db is missing required parameter "memory".
That is, in this new format, you must tell it how much memory to allot each container. Also, you need to provide an image - there is no option to build. As is mentioned in the comments, you want to build and push to DockerHub or ECR, then give it that location: eg [org name]/[repo]:latest
on Dockerhub, or the URL for ECR. But container-transform
does the mountPoints
and volumes
for you - it's amazing.