How to deploy cloud code on AWS hosted Parse server

Question

I am new to AWS elastic beanstalk. I have deployed the Parse example server using deploy to AWS button in the Parse Server Example Link . I want to update the cloud code in main.js but I don't know how can I deploy the cloud code the way I was deploying with Parse in terminal.

Answer 1

Try this command:

eb deploy

It will zip your repository, upload to S3 and deploy to eb.

Get the CLI tool: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/eb-cli3-install.html

Answer 2

You need to have the Parse Server Example locally on your machine. Then, setup the EB CLI tool in that folder so that you can deploy using the eb deploy .

Make sure that you indicate to the ParseServer in index.js that you want CloudCode enabled:

var api = new ParseServer({
  ...
  cloud: process.env.CLOUD_CODE_MAIN || __dirname + '/cloud/main.js',
  ...

I am using environment variables for configuration of the path.

To update your Parse Cloud Code there is "cloud" folder in the file structure that contains a main.js file. Paste your existing Cloud Code into this file and then deploy the update to AWS. This is all I had to do for mine and it works.