eb config and .ebextensions/ - .ebextensions/ not working

Question

It is my understanding that editing the config via eb config and via .ebextensions/ both do the same thing. Using eb config directly changes the config were using .ebextensions/ changes the config but is scripted, thus repeatable.

Is this correct?

Initially, I usesed ebconf to change

aws:elasticbeanstalk:container:python:
    NumProcesses: '1'
    NumThreads: '15'
    WSGIPath: application

to

aws:elasticbeanstalk:container:python:
    NumProcesses: '1'
    NumThreads: '15'
    WSGIPath: project.wsgi # <-- change

which worked and I was able to run my application.

I then decided I wanted to do all my changes thru .ebextensions/ . I reverted the change made with eb config and created the file .ebextensions/02_python.config which contains:

option_settings:
   "aws:elasticbeanstalk:container:python":
     WSGIPath: project.wsgi
     NumProcesses: 3
     NumThreads: 20
   "aws:elasticbeanstalk:environment:proxy:staticfiles":
     "/static/": "static/"

after eb deploy all the chages are reflected when I do eb config except the WSGIPath value is not changed thus my app is no longer working.

Why is .ebextensions/02_python.config not overwriting that one value?

Answer 1

Here is what I did to fix this issue.

eb config

delete WSGIPath: application

save and wait for reload

eb deploy

save and wait for reload

eb config

verify the changes from the file are made!