README.md

Web Server Using Amazon EC2

An example based on the Amazon sample at: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/deploying.applications.html. The example deploys an EC2 instance and opens port 80.

Prerequisites

1. Install Pulumi
2. Configure Pulumi for AWS
3. Configure Pulumi for Python

Deploying and running the program

1. Create a new stack:

   $ pulumi stack init python-webserver-testing

2. Set the AWS region:

   $ pulumi config set aws:region us-west-2

3. Run pulumi up to preview and deploy changes:

   $ pulumi up
   Previewing stack 'python-webserver-testing'
   Previewing changes:
   ...
   
   Do you want to proceed? yes
   Updating stack 'python-webserver-testing'
   Performing changes:
   
   #: Resource Type          Name                                   Status     Extra Info
   1: pulumi:pulumi:Stack    webserver-py-python-webserver-testing  + created
   2: aws:ec2:SecurityGroup  web-secgrp                             + created
   3: aws:ec2:Instance       web-server-www                         + created
   
   info: 3 changes performed:
       + 3 resources created
   Update duration: 26.470339302s
   
   Permalink: https://pulumi.com/lindydonna/examples/webserver-py/python-webserver-testing/updates/1

4. View the host name and IP address of the instance via stack output:

   $ pulumi stack output
   Current stack outputs (2):
       OUTPUT                                           VALUE
       public_dns                                       ec2-34-217-176-141.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com
       public_ip                                        34.217.176.141

5. Verify that the EC2 instance exists, by either using the AWS Console or running aws ec2 describe-instances.

Clean up

To clean up resources, run pulumi destroy and answer the confirmation question at the prompt.